The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-07

his rCcoisecttoNSi 7e9 rHtsE va.
makes his jokes you apptaad enc accuracy o.
his. memory, and tits only wnen ne sEites h's
facts that you admire the flights OF his ima'
eination.' 81. % .,,,
Wit is an evergreen, and jokes OF grea'
antiquity are continually appearing rs new
We can trace the sentiment contained III INC
we!l.known lines,
For he who fights and runs away
Nay live 10 fight another day.
to nemostlenes, who, when he fed from the
rabblc and was reprosc!,ed for il, said that
he that flies might fight again
.The germ of Douglass Jcrrold'5 Joke,
.thas It was better to be witty and wise tllan
witty and otherwise Is TO be found IN III
tie book Of 'Conceits,' published m ioo'.
In the same work is the evergreen joke ol
the man Gun. who, having been charged pF
Judge for tale.beaiing, was desired TO give
a good report in future.
:. Lord Lyndhurst used to say Oh Lolu
Campbell when he wreie his Lives OF the
CEanceilors' that he had added new pun
to death. The original of this witticism can
be traced to Dr. Arbu:hnot, who styled Inc
infamous publisher CURL one OF the new tcf.
rors Of death. Cicero classes PompcE ai1iel'I
those who arc SUI nnaaptcs s'nc T3cdh' 'hu
we often hear the same turn OF expression
used 10 describe some vain man. Mt. h''ihcs ;,
in his diary, cites bon mot appIlcd 10" sic''
coycomb. who was said to TIC 'te Pb* "en-
reGur des hon,me$; IL est fort dmo"re"f oe
lai-aaen,e ct ma point de '7ronr.' RoSers re-
lates that when Person was told thnt Dr.
Prcttyman had been left large estate by
Mr.. Tominc, who had only seen MN once,
he said, 1T would not have happened II he
utoY =.
rowed bis idea from the old eplg1m
..I owe said Mc,ins. much to Colon's care
Once only eern he chose me for his heir.
sYr,c Nc,IuS. hence your fortunes take hrir fi"'
HIS heir you we're moi had lac seen You twice.
"Pcter Pindar gave new point 10 an Old
ic,t when he said that If he had not leen a
good subject to the King his Majesty had
been good subject to him. Scaliger tells OF
Il proud MIN who, having qlarrelled with
the Queen of Navarro, was ordered to quit
her kingdom immediately, and replied, bat
can do in very short time This has given
rise to the following modern version: \
prince of Italy. whose dominion was Of small
extent, ordered person out Of it IN twenty
four hours. The prince has been liberal,
for can quit it in half an hour answered
the banished man.
"Wit is sometimes involuntary, and anus
ing anecdotes often gain their point from the
nGiretc of those to whom they relate. Sir
Walter Scott tells how lie was at Il country
sale and bought an old piece for five and
twenty guineas. This price much astonl>hod
an old wife. who was locking to buy some
thin. herself, and she cried out. If the par
ritch pot gangs at that, what will the kail pot
gang for?" An American minister was once
preaching about heaven, and, to show the
abalrdity of Swedenborg's ideas, drew a
graphic picture Of the SwedenborSlan hea-
ven, with It's beautiful fields, fine horses,
cows. and pretty women, when, i'll the lnldst
of his glowing description, one OF the sisters
went into rapt,lrcs. and shouted GLORY.
Glory. "lorv,' This 50 discounted the
preacher that he paused. when an cider cried
out 10 the shoutcr, Hold OH there. >lster !;
YOU IRE shouting over the wrong heaven
at is thought ny SON" ~ nc III advantage
| for the teller Of good stories to Keep "a So
LINN countenance himself; but Charles
Lamb classes among III, PDpulGr futldc'eS
this: that "a man must hot laugh at his own
jest, and SayS:
50 We love to SEC Il wag taste his own joke
70 his party, to watch quirk, or merry
ronccit Pickering upon the lips some seconds
before the tongue is delivered Of II. Ii 1t
be good, fresh. and racy, bcgotten Of the
OCCASION; if he that uttcrs il never thought
of 1t before, be is naturally the first to be
ticklcd at it. and any suppression OF such
camphccnct we hold to be clOwni;h and in.
autins.''