, 1870-05-15

ute Of tho verb to atoot IN its ganeric sense,
which, unfortnnately, va restric, to N arrow
or the contents ut gun. and Ia CORRECT, :
II tho dthnituns Of rat1ipgn md pursuits
there are considerable variations. :" Tho
Ba1h6a Ro.h%chi'dt, Brown, Bhipley i Go.
md Morgan Ale merchants not bankers: Nor
risou Co, Cook i Co, tbs crnse1eys,. and
pshrss In Lcmdun, the largest Of their class,
arc not Wholesale uorchan,e, but warehouse
uen; tho pstson who sttendB tc your
legal business Is not lawyer, but So
hnto1, md he who appeArs for Jou At
court, harrsster: your doctor Is mod
vhtnp1er he sends his account, vhile {he po.-
ton be calls in consultation is physician you
addttea bun n a. Doctor" and pay him u
guinea usually) a be le1tes your door; IL you
attend ut one Of ths established churches tho
services ara conducted by clergyman, Il 1t a
Dissenting house Of Worship. by 4 minister;
ttadesmen, and your dom cstios, sarvante.
In locomotion BY rail, identical IN origin and
nearly the same II hge in both countries, dit
feront words expucas prsctselJ sslnilaf mean-
irgs- Our railroad is their railuay, cur cars
their carriages, our depots thair stations, our
grades their gradients, and when We aWitch on
they ahunt, ....-..
Ii is in olden habftudes Of Life, however, sad
in things long existing, that tho chief differ
enoes arc found. Lottcrs there are posted,
not mailed; periodicals. are takanint not taken
a friend On visit etopa, but does not stay; you
yon ride On horseback only. nernr in car
1iaEe; foremost men A1e clever, not snAst !;
high wind only Is storm, not fall Of rain
meadows are up1ands, never boga o. swamps
cooked meat may be under-duna. uorer rare
Lady-dAy, Midsuumer-dAy, Mehaelnss and
Christmls ara the tirnea when Ill quarterly
rents are due, never March 81, JAM 80, Sop
tember 80 and December 81 II is the rental Of
house you pay. not the rent; autumn u tho
lste eeason nf tho year, not fA11; hsdgea,
shrubs md troes aro quick, not alive; and you
1ak that two OF moro things may bo done ut
lp. Cocks xnd hens, rama and ewes, bulls and
cows, stations, ma1es And geldings, jacks and
lcnuies, bnckr and roes, dogs and sluts, still
retain their 41xon nAnne8 and it il At no time
offensive to use them And women of good
blood and gentle breeding, in common with the
other sex, hayo ankles and calven, knees and
legs, and do not b1nsh to speak Of them
30, also, ainnp1es are herbs, Is in "The
Merry Wivca Of Windsor" perfumed gar
ment is said to smell like Buck1ersbury in
eimple tme;" cheApening is marketing; kir-
tie Is ehemise; ta.ta (a1l s2ve those made from
Cock hobin:
katd the owl,
With my spade and Bhowi
III diX his gravcT;
chouse Is deceit; Btoat is weasel; equal is fau
ar just ("Are not my ways equal are no.
is eonceitsd; and starvation is suffering from
| extreme cold A. we'll as hunger. The word
chouse, Just named, almost in universal use
has curious history. It ID not vulgar, II
Webster sayB. Lander, Robert Drowning
Forster, and other classical writer's, use It
The Arabic word chiaouse means interpreter
In 1907 an attache Of the embassy OF the Sui
| tan fo fha Nnur3 nj ~ IArrAA ehoHhp
Is he VAS called on ChAnge-com
The Persian merehants resident IN
London, cheating them out Of many thousand
pounds sterling. Prom tho extent and motto
liety Of this transaction. any One who choated
that is, to do as this caouse (interpreter) bad
done, ind henca the ENGRAVING tho word or
English spoech ssspital," spite Of its inner.
ent vulgarity, is still applied (peshsps out oi
respect for school tradisions) to the annua
serinon preached at tho Mue-coat School, and
published, Spital Sermon !" bat "a" for car
AVN, 'cdTsity for university, and bus for ON
nibus, though equally common. have 1level
reached the dignity.of introduction into grave
competition. In speaking OF weights tht
word stone fourteen pounds) is universally
| used.
The adjective queer always has ludicrou,
it's Saxon origin, "a when ve eay ~
queer fellow, queer story, and the Like u
England tho Eense is serious. II feel yer.
! queer, to describe sudden Illness "smltl
of rndeness and ~ the stroke cut him quoe,
ly," TO giyo the surgeon an idea OF dAngel
ous wound,
When Mccormick took his reaper first to Ems
land be was greatly lonized. Ererywhcre h
was feted and toasted Prince Albert e1amir
cd and admired the wonderful implement thu
, was to change the harvest home Of the !abo'
or; Philip PuBey, member Of Parliament an
P1csidcnt OF the British Agricultural Club, hs
: it first tried upon his ripencd crops In Betl
shire and Sir John Key, who had been twit
Lord Mayor Of London, g.ve III Meconnisk
3 made over tha wine VIE ons By ". Ransom
, who, BY e1trsvsgAnt eu1ogics Of tho great il
: ventor, was bidding high for an exclusive
: cense to manufacture and ycnd tho tesper. :!
9 the climax Of his eloquence yoice from di
tant part Of the table c1iod out, Nal
8 rpario1s laughter Instantly. followed whic
. peal succeeding peal, quito broke dov
+ The speaker. Not IN American present unde
n stoodit Every one asked N explanation
J his next neiRhbor. And when the meAnil
+ Eas given no one Of them seemed quite, al
better Illustration Of the indsdnAblo mean1
= that merely local words often obtain. A p'u
+ is, in English patlAncc, ono hundred thousA
!. pounds sterling. It Is word neithor diguif
II nor low, but holds, with elight davor Of t
% ludicrous, midway position In conTeraah
!; eompositiou. Sprung suddenly, - In this q.
1. upon E12ye ind tuIgid pchls Addzaaar Il
'e aesio-comic eense that sinks tho, farthl
N flights Of language into bathos- Hence, wh
70 Ill. Ranhomsb eloquence had raised Nj. y
Is Cornick's inventive, genius to the high
'e It = plum, Rausone," acting Ike pointed
Q; strument upon = balloon, caused collAI
d | that waa frretmtihly conicAl.
= The corruption Of proper names IN Lond'
n both In speech and writing, is worth rena
:, "Bols in Tnn," famous inn p. On Fleet stte
+ it in 144S; F" Bull and Mouth, on st. Maytir
on le- e-Grand, Has named Doulogne Mouth in CO
er nemo1ation Of the destruction Of the Fre1
tie Heet In Doulogne harbor In 1544; tho "Ss
lot with Two Necks," in Lad lane. is corruP
IN from two nicks-a mark Of tho vintner4 &
as psny upon the bills OF the swans still :
on eerved In the Thames and ;" Talbot and Do
II \ in High street. Southwark, wta ChAnce
m Tobard {" talbot WIS the old tynonym
i'll dog, and 4 fool Of landlord, installing Tdh
to for Ialbot painted it 50 on bis sign, and id
as- tho dogl, as in the Canterbury Ta1es:7
a. "BeIeN that IN that season, On day,
in At SOUTHWARK u TIE Tahart Old hy.'
3, OF the AZ Bell Saraee," still famous for
e., ale, Addison, in No. 3sof the "spect.tor"
ths "As the Bell Savage, which is
OTIS Tns Formerly rery much nnzzled d
are Tho conceit Of it. TIL accidentally fell
oo1 tho reading Of an old romance which gives
=. account Ct u very beautiful woman who
% o. found in Wilderness, and ia called "a
! oas Sourd9e. md is everywhere translated BY
os country yruen tho Belle Savage"
aEp J1alEo,,, All (!oyAuf Gan
acs Convent Garden; MarSlebane (pronous
IT ~ n,arrotr oone), Msty-st-the-Bonrne; and
let Bones, in Fetter lane, the double-hous
~ which lived Praise God Harcboncs Of g
os' s' wells time, and lis brother, "Damned I
= ~, bones
e Old common names arc still retained in
~ lish use. AIolsasea il treAcls, aAhes are hse
~ ~ pitcher is Jug, and bug, losing entirel
unk M generic sense, which VIC retain. Is eondnes
sath elusirelY to that most disgusting OF al
as !; ~ u min. the bed-bug. Tho verb, 'to plavs
~ still retains, IN parts of suasex, No
a as primitive neaninv- 4, Tsad In thh
"a % tho.ized vcrsinn Of the Bible"
e e preventest bo in the night ssason,e and /.
sn n Prayer Book, "Th1t thy EEaoe may alwa5s
N N sent and follow ua "--or 10 go before.
doubtful, however, whethsr i did not al
ehxre its present m& auing. Tfeneh think
cha5 But it il difficult to see the following, for
they 1922 ef M E-ss ...Ys L.rs e.1an -,
horn Lon9on o1 1as9, Dow u coolo osse uoeu "
a. etoou ot1s1Rseo' A1o - sao.o -
telli- patysns eaafke thas fJneata cn5leWe Aite
COM eaI1eEe % konB9 ~ ou~o fftSas, -
,ach- NEoe q OF st' d!iee slnnoote-Gapoi6.e = =.
Prayer Book Of the English communion,
rise contains our nsosa' ieSscy ~ pn aS4o hu !
What on EnenSn, "a ooapnat "nst ns'1s. IN - -
more stand tho meaning o. he Wosu naol y : !
glah ihe Ltany, whets peuGan Put ~ ~ o,a AZ
,ithsr mcans it to be understood: lta esnp,oyn
wsv exceptional tits not found il the Bible MOI
q moi elsewhere in the Prayer Book. Tho E1
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