The New York herald., 1869-02-24
LECTURES LAST NIGHT.
A PAPER FULL or Rlsa BULLS.
Lecture by william Anderson.

Lecture by william Anderson.
The concluding lecture Of course OF free popular
lectures given under the auspices Of the Western
Branch Of the Young Mems Christian Association
was delivered last evening by Mr.. William Anderson
to . crowded audience. Among the lecturers have
been the Rev. Drs. John Hall, Bacon and Dowlng
and other distinguished gentlemen. Mr.. Anderson's
theme was .Irish Bulls" He said it became his
province In following out the bill OF fare provided
for their rcgalement TO- supplement the sub
preceded him with q few bonbons In the
shape OF paper full OF Irish bulls which he hoped
might, might encourage our rather than retard mental mental a.,
experience did not arise from the fear that
the indefatigable and ubiquitous President Of
the Society for the prevention OF Cruelty to AMI
mails might be contemplating a summary arrest for
crowding number OF bulls into paper parcel. but
his embarrassment was occasoned by the considera-
ton that the subject not which would afford
solid instruction. He proceeded to argue that the
exercise OF the mirthful element, which was part
sOotne overtaxed faculties and then entered upon the
discussion OF the topic announced. The best etymo-
Logical deaailon a o. pS n ca wSa,d ~ aona IN one
termed cdtdchreSLs, figure which uses q term 0p-
posite in meaning to the thing it desired to EXPRESS
Quite number Of apt Illustrations were mentioned
to show that the .sbup was not Indigenous to irish
soil alone but was characteristic OF other peoples
The lecturer, however, confined himself to Hiber.
man bulls, dividing them, or more properly speak
bulls IN speech. It would be impossible to enume-
y
before the mental vision OF the audience
many OF which provoked great merriment
The son OF Erin, VINO was troubled with q
toOthache and filed the excavation with powder,
put allow match to 1t and then ran TO get out OF
the way; Patrick Mclaughlin who in q mistake
poured q bottle OF aquaforts instead Of holy water
upon heretcal cows back, ev0king the oxclama-
tiOn "Wasn't the Protestant strong In her, the
basteYn and the good natured Andy, when he
brought bottle OF "soap and wather" soda water)
into the dining room together with other equally
brilliant gems or the Emerald Isle, dazzled the au-
dience with their laundering movements.
Some OF the mental bulls were excellent; such, for
instance. as the blunder made BY an Irshman who
wrote review Of "EnOCh Arden" for the London
Times, wherein he said that "En0ch died, but not
til he died did he mention to those around him who he
was; that OF Sir Boyle Roach, who rebuked his shoe
maker thus-"Oh. you're precious blockhead, to do
directly the reverse OF what desired you. told
you to make OF the shoes larger than the other
and instead OF that you made one Of them smaller
than the other;' that Of Mr.. O'Grady, who was con-
vUraing with two young ladies' and was asked by
one 81 them which did No fnink was the elder, the
reply being, UY0u both look younger than each
oterd and that OF an old Irish peer who said tbes
the only way in the world true gentleman Would
ever look at the faults Of pretty woman was to
shut his eyes, ~
and in conclusion he said that whatever might be
the merit or demerit or the exhibition" they had
had "buliy lme.v