The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-31
IRISH BULLS.

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AppletonsIs Journal has an article
upon the tendency to, ,catqchesss so
prominent among the sons of Erin.
Here are few specimens from. the
collection: ..,-z z,, 80, s.-,,i;ft rs,,,iss.
1t was an aIrishman5 who wrote to
his son in the "ould q counthry,n-
"Come till Ameriky, Mike. 'Tis a
fine counthry to get living in. % All
we haveto do is to get three cornered
sbexaI an gitwid bricks, ana carry it
to the sep of a three story building,
and the man at the top, does all the
work" 1t was another of the same
nationality, who, hearing that his
mother had married again, since he
quilted Ireland, exclaimed,- aMur-
therl I hope she won't have son
oulder than me; if she does Il shall
lose the whole estate.n od5 auiT0b 81
Singnlarlya confused ideas must tbs
son of Erin have of death, for tits re-
lated of one who was reprieved5 the
day before that appointed for his exec
cution, and wished to get rid of his
wife, that he wrote to 5herl:o 81 was
hung yesterday, and died like hero ;
do as did, and bear it like q man p
and of another whose master had died
suddenly, leaving a letter ready for a
mail, 'thathe dispatched it after adding
1T the bottom HsSince writing the
above, l have died "of still another,
who wished to inform. friend in a |
town of the death of a 7
elbow workman, that he sent a dis
'atch signed with the deceased mans
lame, reading: James, come home.
died last night" and an Irish 'ladyy
'rdered her body to be opened after
leath, lest she should be buried alive.
\ similar story has been floating about
he newspapers, of Smithson, the
ounder of the Smithsonian Institute.
lie had five doctors, and they had {,
cen unable to discover his disease.
icing told that his case was hopeless,
e called them around him and said,
My friends, | desire that you win /
lake a post meortem examination Of +
lie, and find out what ails me, for, II
sally, I have heard such long discus q
ons on the subject that 1 am dying
know what my disease is myself" D
was an Hibernian gentleman who / a
Id friend who was studying for d
e ministry; hope I may live to n
"a you preach my funeral sermon y d
was an Emerald Islander who, be- 1
g asked to go on the deck of a vessel Q
hen she was indanger of laundering, b
id he had no wish to see himself n
owned: 1t was Michael { O'Mulligan K
no remarked, with much good sense, ia
at man gets a very poor show 81
40 waits till he is kilt before he acts 81
the defensive !" and the following "
found on an Irish tombstone: "Here W
S John Higley and his wife, who th
re drowned in their passage. from d,
nerlca. Had they both lived they 70
'uld have been buried here" Sam til
Ireland tells of the miracle of st. fe,
ennis W alking from Paris after his tic
collation. with his head under his al,
n, but makes the miracle still great pr
by his mode of relating the story. ba
says; During his peregrination, bu
carried his head under his arm "a.
Tn much GOODNESS and ideliberation, tic
often kissed it by the way. sg1pial ON
t was an Irishman who said, in we
srence to a pair of new boots !: ssBe tat
ers l shall never get them on till fee
ear them day or two z who said obs
his son was SO clever that he had cor
two chairs and table out of his h.
head, and had plenty of wood a4 ]
for another; who fold his lsweot- but
It that he thought SO much of her not
'ould not sleep for dreaming of vii
who having been married at tun
'teen, said he would never marry onl.
n SO young, If he lived to be as tain
rs Methuselah on
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