Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22

for overcoming her, and with all tho
anxiety of an ardent experimentalist.
waited to put it into practice. He re-
solved to open the attack. At this time
O'Connells own party, and the loung-
ers about the place formed an audience
quite sufficient to arouse Mrs. Moriar-
ty, on public provocation, to o due ex-
hlbition OF her powers. O'Conneu COM
menced the attack -
What's the price of this walking
stick, Mrs. What's-your-name9 e.
Moriarty, sir, is my name, and a
good one it is and what have ycu cot
to say agen it anu one-and- ixpence's
the price of the stick. Troth it's cheap
as dirt-so it is.''
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for a walking
stick whew why you are no better
than an impostor, to ask eighteenpence
for what cost you twopence."
"Twopence, your grandmother :"
replied Biddy; edo you name to say
that it's chatting the people I am9 In
postor indeed |"
"Aye, impostor and it's that I call
you to your teeth" rejoined Dan. o.
Connel1.
"Come, cut your stick, you cantan-
kerons jackanapes."
"Keep civil tongue in your head.
you old di1gonal," replied O'Connell,
calmly.
"stop your jaw, you pug .nosed bad
ger or by this and that, cried Mrs.
Moriarty, showing her fists. "I'n
make you go quicker nor you come.'
"Dont be in passion, nv old rad
t.s-anger will only wrinkle your beau
By the hokey, If you say another
word of impudence, I'll tan your dirty
hide, you bastely common scrub and
sorry I'd be to soil my fists upon your
carcass"
Whew boys, what a passion old
Biddy is in! I protest, as I'm gen.
tleman-"
Jintleman jintlemen /! the likes
OF you a jintleman Wisha, by gar ::
that bangs Banagher. Why you po-
tato.faced pippin sneezer, when did q
Madagascar monkey like you pick
enough of common Christian decency
to hide your Kerry brogue."
: Easy, now, easy, now," cried o.
Connell, with imperturbable good hu-
NOR, "don't choke yourself with fine
language, you old whisky-drinking
paraletlograns."
" What's that you call me, you mur-
derln' villain Z" roared Mrs. Moriarty,
stung into fury.
81 call you," answered O'Oonnell, q
" 2oorolell0grana, and Dublin Judge
and jury would say that it's no libel to
call you SO ~
" Oh, tare-an-ouns Oh, ,oly Bid.
dy! that an honest woman like me
should be called parrybellygrum to
her face. I'm none of your parrybelly-
grums, you rascally ga1lows bird you
co"ardly, sneaking, plate-lickin' big
gardl"
Oh, not you, indeed |" retorted o.
Connell why, I suppose you'll deny
that you keep an hypothcnusc in your
:" It's lie for you, You dirty robber;
l never. had such a thing in my house,
you swindling thief"
Why, sure all the neighbors know
very we'll that you keep, not only an
hyp0theause, but that you 90 out ia
walk with him every Sunday, you heart.
less old hptogoa."
"Oh, hear that, ye saints of glory !
Oh, there's bad language from fellow
that wants to pass for jintlemsn.-
May the devil fly away with you, You
micher from Munster, and make celery
sauce of your rotten limbs, you mealy-
mouthed tub Of garbage"
Ah, you can't deny the, charge, you
miserable sssbnsultiole of a dul1licu't
rutiO."
"Go rinse your mouth in the Liffev,
You nasty tincle-pitcher; after all the
bad words you speak it ought to be
tilti'ier than your face, you dirty chick
en- of Beelzebub."
| Hinse your own mouth, you wicked
minded old 2'oty9on. To the devil
pitch you, you clustering intersection
OF sinking snpcafcies."
"You saucy tinker's apprentice i
you don't cease your jaw I'li--" Blu
here she gasped for breath, unable Il
hawk up any more words, for the last
volley OF OConnell had nearly knocked
the wind out of her.
"While 1 have tongue I'll abus,
you, you most inimitable 2,eria,hc,.u
Look at her, boys! there che stands
convicted perpendicular in petticoats
There's contamination in her circum
ference, and she trenbles with gull
down to the extremities of her coroI
lories. All you're found out, you rec
titinco,' 1,etecetlent, equitzng,tiar ol,
hag! "Tis with you the old ono viii
fly away, you porter-swiping smilitud
of the dissection of u U0rIcz."