The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-02

90 sonal Verbs, or such as indicate tb
DIS state OF the atmosphere, sit lightens,
thunders, it rains.'
lr should very much enjoy the spell
er ing match proposed by the ladies OF tb
Methodist church in Columbia.
A few days ago pupil camo to INT
- with this, Somebody told me to ask
you how to spell the name of little dog
or whether there is any such name" As
a this little word is not in the dictiona-
l. ries, and has puzzled more than one
c clerical digni;ary,I thought my igno-
r rance not wholly inexcusable. But this
t ignorance is never a safe shelter, and a
p very poor protection in an emergency
! | couldn't tell her DIR. S. says "fist," 3
, little dog about as big as your fist, for
he would straightway call Inc "a goOse;"
besides there has been no such formula
bic fist since the days of Briareus. But
that is "neither here, neither there"
How do 20 spell that Cieminine) dimin~
utiVe OF the genus canine called flee?
Green Morrow used to sing HAS any,
body seen my tog," and upon a certain
occasion funny fellow inquired "Mis-
ter, were she female fice?" Thereup-
on he subsidized, and left us to conjecture
whether the doggerel description suited
any stray dog he had seon. After some
search, 1 concluded there is no such
thing, properly speaking, as a tice-dog.
hunted for dog track to the sea, (going
all over Prairie du Cbieu;) then l took
ship and crossed over TO tho other side;
then l found some signs, and after a
time, came upon the little dog sitting at
| the root of All old tree. At least, / CON
cluded it is the canine under considera- |
ton from what the boys have told me OF |
its habits-"barks mighty loud, but the |
bite is not so mighty bad;" this verify |
| ing the popular proverb: "Canis timi-
| dus vehementius Iatrat guam mordet-
| his bark is worse than his bite" / give
| the following theory of the word rather
to elicit information than to impart il.
The term flee 1 believe to be corrup-
ton OF dice. Its a Roman of low birth,
and prOUiHciaL parUe1tU. 1t is easy 70
preceive that in the transit from one
country to another, the scspRE of poor
steerage passenger mighebB readily mis-
taken by prouder people in the cabin,
and Mr.. Dice be styled Mr.. Flee. Pos
sbly the dog. with ready instinct, Ia
vored the false pronunciation, and lik
a bad man, was more than willing to
adopt an alias. His association in the |
old country were not such as to recon
mend him to first class society in the
new The Roman law forbade gaming
except during the Saturnalia, when exs :
cesses OF all sorts might be INDUCED.
The character of gamestcr was held in !
famous, still there was much gaming
done while Senators slept. They had !
a game called Alea, originally Dice {
III ere were two kinds OF dice--tesserie q
and tall. The tesserap had six sides, !
marked with the Roman numerals like 2
dice; the tall had four sides long wise I
for the ends were not regarded. Upon '
one side there was one point, an ace q
like tho ace in cards. This was called
cdHis the dog. In playing three tesser;e
and four tall were used. They were y
put in box made in the form of a tow |
er, with straight neck, and wider be- I
low than above. This box was shaken j
and the dice were thrown upon the gam t
ing table. The highest and most fortu-
nate throw was OF the tesserae, three {
skies, and ofthe tall when they all came II
out with different numbers. The 1cOrSt f
or forrest thrOW called iaCtatus posse y
mus or dammOusus CAMS Tor canicula) II
was of the tesseTae three aces, and OF .
the tall when they were all the same, t.
Then the worst throw in game of dice | G.
was the dog-throw or the dice-dog. Fl
Hence l have no doubt originated the
expressive phrase "gOing to the dogs, II
FAST" dice-dogs, or that young man is p
losing fast at the gaming table. Per~ n
hsps, L should not have said young n
g.. -
rule old men INDUCED in dice more fire.
quently than the youths, as it required q
no physical strenth. The American II
Mullen, is the VGJVet Plant OF England, I,
and is tenderly cared for in the hot~ 4
houses of the rich, but it is the same old Il
stalk which the gallant school boy Cap u
tain charged upon, on that summer day
so long ago. The FIce-dog so common
here is the dirty dice-dog which damned
the throwers in Royal Court and Camp
more utterly than al the darts and jay
elm cast by the enemies hand
Canicula is the feminine diminutive 7
for CAMS, dog, and means "a small q
dog or bitch;" so by a figure of speech +
signifying female of hot, passionate n
temper, or to enlarge upon the idea of n
woman possessing these n
virtues in diminished de- v
gree. \
1.-The dog star doth not yet rage, my :
lord, and l hope no cy1Iic will Sndr! at v
this style of spelling Fico, Ok as Prof. \
Frank II. Smith said of Poe, think I'm 3.
"a raving (raVen.)n 8
The Changers had a mass meeting /
here Tuesday night. There were sensi- s
bic speeches by DIR. Lee and Prof Mot 4
fatt. The Doctors remaks on practical t,
farming were interesting and instruc- 6
tive, and Withal OF a scientific sort Not-I {.
that scientific matter is always deficient Y
il these items, but sometimes it Is so n
wrapped up in tho COSBtOgOHicS, that v
even an Intelligent ape fares no better q
than Moses did at the Fair, he is taken X
in, by the learned language, and soon n
finds that he has made a bad bargain. I
The DIR. thought there is but little 'tsOls d"
id substance" i'll ma1, decidedly more
shan dust, so that # his BODY
be burned there is not much of him left.
the bulk being air. PIOf. MoffAtt's facts ,,
and figures on tinanciering, and COOPER =,
alive industry are we'll worthy the con> ri
sideratiOn of Southern people The OBJ &C
jept OF the meeting was ITO secure subs
to -four mill 10 be located ~
near Spring Hill" The projectors are w
OF success. We hope soon to "a,
have good home made flour, and then p
some beat biscuit in which no foreign iii
foe may he found JHJEmQ. By the way 81
Mr.. Mote PatJOn's dislike TO such hair "a,
bread(tb) Escapes and Rev. Mr. Mar d.
tins experience and the double discov~ u
eEy DS IndL sAdT I-slSuCeA GTchlH, CeS~ q,
yroyed digestion for a week and made T.,
me hate The HERALD-lust as long as n
could. l am always thirsty after hear pr
ing preacher analy 10 a drop of water IA
in order to show the power OF God. If ne
such things be, and the stomach is the ~
sepulchre, or rather the UCjng t0up6 tell AZ
us not where they be hurried" IA people IA,
thinflamed imagination vii! 10 send e
ing fer Dr.-whC took tho live snake ot
from Mis- ThankfIll Taylor's stomach =
last summer. Very thankful she ought OF
10 be that 1t was taken out while She al
was atiCe, or as Paddy would put it, it =,
would have been the dedh Of her. Lest ~
Ibis Damascus blade should cut too 70
sharply, prudently put by pen and pa 10
per for the present, er
MRS. S. T. MOONEY. 10