The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13
Compliments Extraordinary.

r specimen of her sex, "Ye're 81 nice lassie,
Miss Drysdale," said he. Nearly all
/ girls are like bundle of pens cut by the
same machine; but ye're not of the
bundle"
Not contented with giving verbal
demonstration of his admiration was the
Shah of Persia, who, when an English
lady of high degree pronounced his dia
monds to be $50 lovely" slapped her
ladyship's fair shoulders, saying, "Not so
lovely as what we have here" The
Shah, however, might with advantage
tske a lesson in the art of compIimenting
from the Sultan of Zanzibar, who Iikened
Queen Victoria to the mountain of load
stone which drew the nails out of the
sides of passing ships, for even so did the
hearts of Englshmen seem to be drawn
on by magnet to her Majesty. Or be
might learn something from that Siamese
Ambassador who wrote Gone can not
fail to be struck with the aspect OF the
august Queen of England, or fail to
observe that she must be OF pure
descent from race of goodly and warlike
kings and rulers of the earth, in that her
eyes, complexion, and, above all, her
bearing, are those of a beautiful and
majestic white elephant"
At first meeting with Mrs Somerville,
La Place told her the world only held
three women who understood him,
namely, Caroline Herschel, herself and
a Mrs GFeig, of whom he had never been
able to learn anything. 81 was Mrs.
Greig," was the quiet response. $50
then there are only two ef you %
exclaimed the philosopher 1t was a
naive compliment but not one to stir
the recipients pulses fer, after all, the
most pronounced blue-stocking would
probably prefer exciting male admiration
by physical rather than mental charms.
Does not Mrs. Thrale say emphatically,
''That a woman Will pardon an afront to
her understanding much sooner than one
to her person, is well known, and none of /
US will contradict the assertion" Had |
Lslande known as much, he would not,
on finding himself placed between
Madame Recamier and Madame De Stael, |
have discharged the double barreled /
compliment: "How happy am to be
thus placed between Beauty and Wit :" |
drawing upon himself De Staels retort I
eyes, and without possessing either !'
Fishers for compliments are apt to
make strange catches. \ curate COM
planning to DR.. South that he had only
been paid five pounds for preaching at
Oxford, the doctor rubbed the sore by
declaring he would no. have preached
such a sermon for fifty pounds Julius
Beer, playing to Rossini funeral march
he had composed in honor Of his uncle
Meyerbeer, was delighted by the maestro
listeniag -Gssall1a1 'ssd>zaprs
when the per rorman6e came TO an end Il
but his delight was somewhat damped at
hearing his judges every good, very
good indeed :" supplemented with But
it weuld have been better if it hsd been
you who were dead, and the funeral
march had been your uncle's."
"Will you please to insert this obituary
notice ?" wrote country editors CORE
spendent 81 make bod to ask it,
because l know the deceased had a great
many friends'whoVw would be glad to hear
of his death" Just as innoce3tly did
the negro propose ode Gubernor OBJ our
State he come in wild much opposition;
he go out wild none at all :" and the
King of Portugal greets Lsndseer with
''Ah, Sir Edwin, I'm glad you have ]
come; ! am so fond of beasts :" There !
was more mischief in the d0uJie-entendre
of the French dame who, upon a newly
married friend exhibiting monkey her ,
husband had bought for her, exclaimed !:
''Dear little man, it's so like him %
And there was no misunderstanding !
Macready's reply to the actors, 81 had
the honor of playing Iago to your
Othello, at Bath, twelve months ago; !
don't you remember me, Sir?" "Remem-
Der you, Sir? l shall never forget you"
A clergyman visiting a sick man. as he
was leaving, asked the invalid's wife if
she went to any church, and was told
that she and her husband went to the
Barony Kirk. "Why don't you send for
your own minister, Dr. Macleod, then %
was his natural query. Ma, ma, Sir
deed no" came the answer; eve wadna
risk him; this is a dangerous case o
typhus." DR.. Thomson taking for his
text, "Loek not upon wine when it is
red in the cup" enlarged upon the evil
effects OF drinking, upon the head, heart
and purse. As the congregation departed,
two old cronies, given to taking more
than wee drap, talked over the sermon.
"Did you hear yon, Johnnie % quoth
one. "Did I heart? Wha didna hear ?
I ne'er wiuked an e'e." "A-weel, an
what thought ye OF ?' '|Adeed, D4vie,
| think he has been lad in his day, or
he couldna ha' kenn'd so weel about it
he's been sly hand the minister ~ Not
but what English churchmen hear odd
things sometimes. Riding out near
Leeds, the Archbishop of York came
upon an urchin busily engaged collecting
road dirt. Pulling up, he said, "Boy,
know your face; you were at the Leeds
Ragged School, and obtained a prize for
drawing ?'' ''Ya, mon, were," replied
the boy. II hope you keep up your
studies in that art ?" said the Archbishop
'Ya, mon, do. Look you yeere that's
a model of church them's the pews,
and there's the vestry, and that's the
poolpit" Very clever indeed" said
the Archbishop; but where's the parson"
"Oh, ay, mon, but it takes a deal of
muck to make a pa'sen,' said the
unsophistical youth. His Grace rode en-.
Mr.. J. n. ADAMS, in the Rural
American thus tells of his experience in
narrowing wheat in the spring OF 1877
after being badly winter-killed, mainly
to secure good catch of clover 81 re-
ceived a good catch of clover while a
neighbor who ridiculed my movements
has ploughed his ground this spring for
another crop. He seeded in the same
manner, the same kind OF soil without |
narrowing" There are hardly ten farm
ers in Eastern Pennsylvania who harrow |