The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-03
oriein OF Popular Phrases.

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Mace in the vocabulary Of slang
bsa "a,,ih Webster defines a. 'sno3.
id "fmlishness," IL the name In
err; and Flanders for butter adul
H'l.aiw with salt aud water. The orr
leratts.,, h u name is thus explained In
gu gu Journal Of the Royal Agricultural
i's s; Of Europe, second series, vol.
xviii :!Ii T. district around Hertcgenbosc',
due, commonly written Bosch.
t .a,ilal Of the Province Of North
,M,,r,rt, for many years sent to the
ls..L,n market an inferior quality ri
ll.! ",'. butter. That particular brand
vu|T%; s. pres.red under the influence of
Gss ' .rtiiirial butter which IL chiefly
'Ne -. in and about that region, and in
W.. 1,r London market il quoted ~
'fI %".k of Age~.-By Toplady, who
LING the first year Of his ordination
QUILT 'ui,;s,t4l his collection of hymns. over
P. ..;" number. In December, 1875. he
same editor Of the Compel Moguzine.
p is "w;ny to i'll health relinquis.ied the
,n.t in l''i: .,,
r. ,.ns,rva,ive.-This name as distin-
u,;.hinc party In politics, is Of no re-
s' W, "r;. in ~ 1870. The word was &C.
su N;,nallv used in it's little sense by the
,I.lrr writer's. particularly hy Sir Thom,-
" Er,wne, hut had become obsolete
a.,'.. i, was revived in the following
,".,.r,r IN the London Owuytcriy Re-
':r vol. xiii, page 276, In paper At
,,;,.tc, 10 Mr.. Croker: I'VE despise
nd ,Io,ni,latc the details of partisan
m.rarr: but now are, ~ We ALWAYS
'.r. lacn. decidedly and cs,nscic ntio,is-
i~ ,,tr,rt,, to " hat is called the Tory.
:,I which might with more prOpriety
irr.!.rsI The conservative party" etc.
rhe wvr. Conservative was brought in
t,.,a I" Radical.
'G,rryr,.mder.-This word came into
ID. in ISL in Massachusetts, where for
..yr,al wears previous the Federal and
n,uwrati.. l:,rt'es stotNl nearly equal.
IN Ina. year the Democratic party, hav-
IN. majority in the Legislature, deter
mined to 30 district the State anew that
rIr,-c sections which give large NUM-
irr Of Federal votes might he brought
into one district. The result was that
n. D.,,rnratic party carried everything
;.l;,r il ut the following election, al
i;,,u.h it appeared bv the votes return
ID that nearly twO-tD,i Ids of the voters
were Fe,eraiists. ElbriGge Gerry was
the originator of this plan which was
therefore called ;errynlandering."
iim-laying.-This term origin ated
frnni an accusation brOn. Int against
r;,n,inent members Of the Wing party
{" New York of being endagetl in u 81
santic scheme I" bring voters thither
inn Philadelphia, who. It was said,
.rtter to conceal the plan, were de~ig-
mated is piw-laycrs, the work Of laying
down ,'ilc iOr CrOtOn water being ut
that time IN progress.
Log-rOliing.-T'he term Genes from
he practice of men OF three ar four diff
..rpnt camps of lunlbernen in Maine
uniting 10 help each other to roll their
li,licuIt part Of their work. OF late
yea1, it has lpen applied to politicians
vii" unite together for the purpose Of
carrying some measure beneficial to
themselves through State Legislatures
OF the National Congress.
Hear. Hcar.-This Phrase, now so
COMMON III the British Parliament, was
originally Hear him." and was first
u>td in that lnnly to remind members
IT the duty If attending 10 the discuss
ion, hut gradually became what it now
ia Try Indicative of admiration, ac-
iui.s,pilce, Indignation or decision, nc
rnrling t. the tone, and no one can
have heard it in its varied uses without
Miny struck with the great power of ex-
PRESTON that simple information gives to
This little word.
TMldy-This term for q mixture Of
spirits app; ars to Ike taken Fl ON the In
dian word t0ri or tail, pronounced tOtlav
by Europeans-the sap or wine Of q
palm.
HIST. Bernadine, Of Sienna, is
sail to have been the inventor Of these
initials tO denote the name and mission
ofour Savior. They are to be found in
acircle alNve the principal doors Of SAN
IL CrOce in Florence, and are said to
have lnen placed there by the saint
after the plague Of 1347, after which
time these letters were soon commonly
introduced into churches. These letters
have had assigned to them the following
syniticatiOns ycssls hOnainMM S,lIr0tOr,
I'm Him is Salvation"
OM Foyies.-This word is said to lie
d;rvel from a. peculiar body Of men,
wha, ut the end of the last century, ex-
httd In Edinburgh Castle, and were
called Fosies. They were old men,
1nssed in red coats with apple-green
facings, and cocked hats, and were =
S'rt Of invalid company, who performed
various trivial duties. Others derive
this word from the Swedish, meaning
'silift.. Others still derive 1t from toIE,
~ la'sie il derived from lass.
The G"rtlian KnOt.-Named from TINS
Incident in classic history: GOrtiius II
k'ny of Thrygia MajOr) being raised
from the plow to the thrOne, placed tht:
harness. Or furniture Of his vain and
oxen in the Temple Of Apollo, tied ~
s'r'! y knot that the monarchy OF the
world was promised tn him that ccu'a
unite it, aud when Alexander. that
t"nmr Of man, had long tried ana
could not do. he cut it with his sword.
Punch and Judy.-The supposed, or
gin Of these puppets from Pontius Pliate
and the Jews has no authority from his
'"ry. Much learning has l,een bestow-
"a IN this subject Ivy Gallant in ms
'",t'"in.y a.! the NapOle0nic d'a!ect:
amt he fixes upon PucciO d. AnleIio ~
SSttrra. rear Naples, ~ the orlglnal
ro'''h, after whose death P0Ieccue''"