New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-14
SCOTTISH HUMOK.
Erom HE L.lsure Hour.

From The Leisure Hour.
,td Is ,Dg tbot when Mrs Siddons was in Edn-
buIgh on the occasion of her first appearance, the
audience had been, to English notions, singnlarW
u,demonstTat we # their appreciation. lei duiing
ono sreno the whole house was held entirely spell
bound and brcathlcss. when there was heard dls-
mctly from the PIT a voice from some canny; eau 1
tlnus Scotch critic, " lOn was no that bad ana
nj that word the whole house burst forth INTO per-
feet tumnlt and uproar of applause
A lady OF rank. very dear friend oil the wIller'
herself Scotch woman OF a very ola family
usually goes INTO the housekecpoIs room every
mornii to give her directions for the day 10 heT
honsckceper a daughter of Aberdeen. Our iiiend
has a considerable play of humor andEfun ana she
mas told us how, moro Than once, after some hulnOr
ous remark, on the day following her housekeeper
will say TO her lOn was very humorous lhlhg
we're eddysiip saying Yesterday. It nau taken
twenty four hours for the saying ialTy TO WORK III
II is no doubt owing to this queer slowness in the
| Character that we have among Scottish anecdotes
So many Of tie lUd!UOus, when are hot humorous
4 baltic Of TIE GoTbals Glasgow, was n9ted iol the
e;rnnic;tv OF his manners on the bench. youth
was charced before his tribunal with abstrdctIng
handkerchief from Gentisan 4 p.Aji, Ire
rr,sonrr remarked: :" hae ne doOt We did the
deed. for | had a handkerchief taen DOT o my am
poucb- pocket tins vera week , .,
rtT dral of the humcr is Just in the shrewd
| si,nnhcitv of n reply A London tourist met
young woman going TO the kirk, and ms was NOT
| unusual. she carrying her boots III het mana
| and trudgng along barefoot. ~ A.
! people IN these parts 10 go oattloot q,
| Partly they do SAID the glrl, ana parity
! they mind their own business
In tbc town of Falkrk there lived very no
| torious inhdel who gloried in his profanity. On
| one occasion he was denOuncing the abSurditN OF
tbe doctriue of original sin aud the beadle Oi the
parish perhaps. thought himself bound officially 10
but in bis word. although the other was socially
! his superior. go. .
M fa,h trOube) yourself about original sin, for 10
my certain knowledge YOU have as much akwal lac
| mall SIN as will do your business"
! The humors of tie religious character are among
| +bc nlo,i noticeable. To some English readers the
nI,rase 3l3gy may be amusing nom its guainJneSs
bnt Ter them remember that II Is used With the most
| solemn reverence. A Scotchman would be equally
| amused with the seeming luevcrence OF " Jessicas
| T,ref PRAYER or with the words OF the worthy
Engsh soldier who in bis prayer az the opening Of
| NIs. DANIELS Home, at Aldershot. sand Lord
Thon kuowest what hX The poor soldier was III be-
fore mis- here blessed place was butt STORES are
told OF a NJ. James LOckhart, at the salt Market,
! IN Glasgow who was a good specimen q the old
| fi>t,iouea morality OF by gone times. one day
country a.r came into his chop 10 buy PAR q gar
| ters Havlng asked the price, Mr. IoekhaIt told
| her they were fourpence. The gri said wiz
MOI give you a farthmg more than threepence Tor
| them" " Weol. lassie. you'll not get them, re,
nhed the shOpkeeper. shortly atterward the girl
,eturned and said: "Ill moo gle ye fourpence"
'tiang ava. lassie gapg AVA replied Nh Lock-
h.xl, Z" and 10 tell lies