Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-20
Scottish HunOr.
From the Leisure Hour,l

It is recorded by Chambers and other Scot tish historians that when Mrs. Siddons was in Edinburg, On the occasion of her first appear ance, the audience had been, to English mo- tions, singularly undemonstrative of their ap- probation. Yet during one scene the whole house was held entirely spellbound and breathless, when there was heard distinctly from the pit voice from some canny cautious Scotch critic ''Yon was no that bad ;" and at that word the whole house burst forth into perfect tumult and uproar of applause.
 lady Of rank, very dear friend of the writer, herself a Scotch woman of a very old family. usually goes into the housekeepers room every morning to give her directions for the day to her housekeeper, 8 daughter of Aberdeen. Our friend has g considerable play of humor and fun, and she has told us how, more than once, after some humorous remark, on the day following her housekeeper will say to her, "Yon was a very humorous thing yere leddyship was saying yesterday" It had taken twenty four hours for the saying fairly to work in the mind.
 It is no doubt owing to this queer slowness in the character that we have among Scottish anecdotes so many of the ludicrous, which are not humorous. baiie of the Gorbals GIas- gov, was noted for the simplicity of his man. ners on the bench. youth was charged be- fore his tribunal with abstracting handker- chief from @ gentleman's packet. The indict- ment being read, the bailie, addressing the prisoner, remarked: 1T hae no doot ye did the deed, for I had a handkerchief ta'en oot O my ain pouch pocket this vera week.
 A good deal of humor is just in the shrewd simplicity of reply. A London tourist met young woman going to the kirk, and as was not unusual, she was carrying her boots in her hand and trudging along barefoot
 My girl, said he, F'is 1t customary for all the people in these parts to go barefoot ?"
 "Pairtly they do, 'said the girl, land pairtly they mind their own business"
 In the town of Falkirk there lived very notorious infidel who gloried in his profanity. On one occasion he was denouncing the ab- surdity of the doctrine of original sin; and the bsadle of the parish, perhaps, thought himself bound officially to put in his word, although the other was socially his superior.
 ssMr. H." said he, ''it seems to me that you need na fash rouble)yourseP about orig inal sin, for to my certain knowledge you have ss much akwal (actuaD sin as will do your business"
 The humors of the religious character are among the most noticeable. To some Eng fish readers the phraseology may be amusing from its quaint ness, but let them remember that it is used with the most solemn reverence Scotchman would be equally amused with the seeming irreverenee of ''Jessica's First Prayer," or with the words of the worthy English soldier, who, in his prayer at the opening of Mrs. Danieips Home, at Aldershot said. 'tLord, Thou knowest what fix the poor soldier was in before this here blessed place was built" Stories are told of Mr. James Lockhart, at the Salt market, in Glasgow, who was good specimen of the old-fashioned morality of bygone times. One day country girl came into his shop to buy a pair of garters. Having asked the price, Mir. Lockhart told her they were fourpenee, The girl said: ''Tll moo gie you fourpenee-" Gang ava, lassie; gang ava" replied Mr, Lockhart, land no tell iies.''