The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-11-28
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Salutat;ons.
ssBY GRIs.''
It would be a curious task to col
lac5 the various salutations with
which Americans accost each other
How'd We do p is the most com
mon Of course, to which the almost
Einvariable rejoiner is, GLOW are ye'
This reply rarely fails give the
most intense satisfaction to the in
terlocutor, who is dying to know
how his friend is getting along.
How does the world use you 2'' in
quires one. . 81 don't complain -
says the one with sublime resigna-
ton, leaving it to be inferred that al
though he is the subject of cruel per-
secution, yet will he not murmer, a
touching example of patience under
suffering and studied self-con
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We know one man whose envaria-
BILE reply TO the question, "How does
the world use you p 'sSlow, slow" :"
What does he mean ? What he have
us infer that the world is slow to
discover his uses, and therefore tar
dy in using him, or that instead of
using him up fast, as it does some
distinguished ornaments, is lenient
and easy with him How goes it
is one of the most comprehensive of
our numerous salutations. 1t
may be taken to apply simply to
yourself addressed Or to the world
at large. A cheerful heart prone to
look upon the bright side ofhis own
lot in life, as well as every lot adioin-
ing naturally responds, "bully;;" but
the complaining man who is never
satisfied with anything, generally re-
plies trough" and is only qualifiedly
grateful under the most favorable
circumstances, in saying, $50
So"
"How does the world wag with
you ?" Is another way of putting
the case, not at all confined to wag-
gish people. ''Been well ?" Is the
laconic salutation of the busy men,
who pass you so hurriedly that he did
not catch your rejoinder even if you
give it. You may not have '.been
well'' since you can remember; you
may have unmistakable admonitions
OF being worse very soon, or if not
being anybody at all; yet it is all
the same to him. He stops for no
explanation, but hurries on satisfied
that he has performed his social du-
ties to friend by asking him if he
has ''been we'll"
One of the most common saluta-
tons with us here is s'What do you
know ?" 1t sounds little imperti-
nent to stranger who hears it for
the first time. He half suspects a
covert insinuation that he. don't
know much, and therefore could
convey it all in reply to a street
corner salutation. Another man
who knows great deal, and who
knows he does, which is. usually
the case with knowing ones, is puz-
zled to know where to begin.
.'Nothing strange" is the reply
which mostly follows the question
and we have observed that it affords
the questioner the highest satisfac-
ton, as general thing Indeed, it
would be strange fit did not, as
nothing is more remote from his
mind than the expectation of any
more startling conclusion.
Some individuals have salutations
peculiar to themselves and to nobody
else. We know one man whose
eccentricity is to ask people il they
are sound. Sound % he exclaims
with cheerful interrogatory, as he
meets al: acquaintance on the. street
"Sound'is the rejoinder which seems
to afford him intense satisfaction.
1t is terse and well-meant method
Of sounding friend against which
no one can complain.
Glow dc ?" is old fashioned and
almost obsolete. How have you
been p is often employed-generally
with tone of great apparent solici
tude although in nine cases out of
ten it is matter ofthe highest indif-
ference to the questioner how you
have been. "A very good morning
to you, sir" is polite elaboration
only indufged in by gentlemen of
the old school, race that is nearly
extinct.
Among parting salutations
take care Of your self,'' is most fire.
-quently used probably than any other
except Good bye. You part with
an old friend who is about starting
on a journey. Take care of yourself
old boy, is your final expression, as
you wiring his hand for the.last time
Do you mean to insinuate that you
have been taking care of him all
a ong and that now he must look out
for himself? 1t sounds a little like
it. When he assures you that he is
bound to do it what anxiety is reno
we'd from your mind.
I'll see you again, is q parting sal
utation common to many people.
How do they know they will? The
uncertainties of life forbid the use of
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