, 1875-05-02
OUR LIAR,

N1s OlC1eHa. III Oue OIL ulh 1op.iutdu P1eceos
very faithfully and humorousJ describes
'tOur Bore" creature to be found in every
village aud hamlet in the world indeed, 60 truly
did he depict him that when readiug it imag-
ined that the bore knew best musthave sat for
tho picture. There Is another character equally
ubiquitous with the bore, and possessing many
Of bis qualities, which shall make the subject
OF the present sketch. shall write OF "Our
Liar." Everybody knows liar. You see them,
meet them, every day. Go where gou will on
the cars, in steamboat, in q saloon to circus,
Il toWn-meeting, d public assemhIago Of any
kind, or anywhere, and you will find Our Liar j"
the centre of iittle coterie. He is IA orator in
his way, and very eloquent. He attracts men
like sugar does flies. You may not believe in
him you may despise him but you want to hear
him, and when he is done you will pronounce
him the greatest liar you ever saw. There are
many kinds Of liars. There is the profound nar,
who is generally IN old man with white hair
and Eober mien. He walks about With cane,
and daily sits in the POST Offce or gro
Gerry. Ho tells the most marvellous stories
Of what be saw and did when q yousg man. and
speaks with such apparent candor and truthful
ness that You are compelled to say 10 yourself !:
s' I cannot believe bis story, but there certainly
must be some truth in it." Then there is the
shallow liar he is the fellow with expression
less face and big mouth; he lives to lie; he
never deceives anybody, however He is as
transparent as clean window-pane. He never
told the truth in his life, purpossE, and You
never expect him 10 !; he lies about TIE common
est Affairs OF life. He has seen q great many
wonderful things that nobody else ever SAW. It
was his peculiar good fortune to zee white
squirrel with three eyes that no other human
being ever saw. ae once had in his possession
ahen named 'Betty," that raised six orphan
pigs, and Il he had that hen now ho wouldn't
take million dollars for her; no air, he
wouldn't! When that hen died there wasn't =
DR.! eye in tbs village where he lived. Owing to
I similar streak of good luck years ago, he saw
atBucks County, Penn, q man at circus swal-
low boa constructor feet long. He wouldn't
5 hsye believed j. could 2 have oeen done Il he
people who we're at the circus are al dead now,
aud the men who performed in it arc all dead
too; il any OF them we're living he could prove
it by them. -.
Then there is the itinerant commercial liar
him probably peddling razorsstrops and paste,
sir, that had won the distinguished admiration
Of the crowned heads Of Europe. You have
heard him on q atreet-coEner vending the Won
derfu1 and sublime concentration, which is in-
tho worlds fair against 81 Zoo competitors s2a
bottle and recipe thrown in. Or perhaps you
have seen hin t75f-g to induce the pig-headed
populace to buy the celebrated South San Island
pile remedy $50 cents boxl which h.s been OK
tEolled to the skies BY President G.nnt, Peter
Cooper, Bismarck and Pope Plus II. Secret
obtained from IN aged Indian. Oryou may have
heard him say to gaping crowd; t4Gentlemen,
this u probably your Last chance to get bottle