Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-28
, USE OF BIG WORDS.
!. dEcom ch.mbers, Journal.l /.

fnHe goes q Ibis own hook,p has been rem.
dsred more elegantly, in Difference To- and IN
sccordance with the spirit Of the times. In
this manner she progresses on his own.per-
soual curve" aud {, barber In London sdver.
tises TINT hiy. customers are shaved without
incision or liberation for the microscopic sum
Of one half-penny." zone might have heard
spin fall, MS . proverbia1 expression Q silence;
but 1t has been eclipsed by the French phrase,
.Idusmis1t, have heard the unfoidtns Of =
it Is somewhat vulgar to say ''pitch dark.
ness" it has been 10 improved rs to read
Lnbftuminouss .obscurity." Another polite
way OF expressing the fact that . man 10
naturally lazy, Is to say that he IL "constttu-
ssSs a !, st5sdis w and ossspIng .eW yHIF r PH1ss Won
I.hsve "a, drinhE, Il y 4 l. ~ ~
On one occasion, we are told. 2 doctor q
divinity run the changes on "He that hath
ekrs to hear, let him hear s"Het that is &C.
cessible to auricular vibration" said the doc
tor, 'slet him not close the gates Of his tym-
pana." Then again we have that old.fash.
toned saying, 1.-THE moro the merrier,"
delightfully."-, translsted In this. way, .sMnltitu-
diqoW asSenShlagea ates tie most provocative.
OF cachinatory hflarity." It is even reported
: .s.'n not + very yeyn 1sn Isa sge a : is1ssrf Sssa1i.d iRsas ct Ct
/ Sheek.p he meant that she IVA crying. Ger
l1sincr5tics. too, occasionally launch out in .
HRilat metaphorteali style. Concerning .
young NC aspiring orator, one wrote he
ately drowned with applause" 81
r Quite recently, q literary man Of some
celebrity, in q letter describing the early fall
~ snow IN aw1fserland, dd not say inc storm 2,
abated, but 1.-THE hakes dwindled 70 nocculs =,
melted 1 potfdl Of snow to obtain water. he
said that was .exPenaed IN rem
gdertn9 tts nh latent IN the indispensa
BILE huids" Equally as good was That which
reiates 70 ceissln emlnelt PIolessoE' Wno
occasionally discovered nowadays. He had
Hound out lately that "Nystagmus, or osclila'
ton Of the eye-hails, u an eplieptiorm anec-
tloa ct the cerehellular oeulomotorial cen
tres; !" and he added: "Don't forget In future
what sort Of . thin . .1ystagmps, Is" a,.,,,
the evening" observed one otthe audience e
q lecturer, s:the word ~'periphrasis; would
you kindly inform me Of Its precise mean
ing. "Csrtsiniy, said ne. 1T Is simply !.
ical sonorosity, circumscribing an atom O
identity, lost in verbal ~profnndity." As THU
explanation was received 10 solem silence
VIC trust 1t was deemed = satisfactory one
It Is, however, recorded that the gtfted orator
was not called upon again to explain for thu
q possesses epnraseology or ls
and Is at times rather amusing than other
wise. Two pedestrians were recently accost
Led IN tsrps the most magniloquent by
Estseet.beggsr "Good Gentlemen, VIII yo'
kfAdlysd.nin6ter the balm Of consolation Il
wrecked and debilltated constitutions
, 'O6 buses said . conductor in answer t.
= inquiry made, '"runs . quarter arter, ar
arter, quarter to, and 81" A young mai
from the country, while exploring one Of tn,
qa1es 1anss In the city for Q dinner, had hi
I ears mysteriously saluted by Q shrtll voic
d irom an eating.house which uttered In rapi'
tones the following incomPrehenstble 5srgon
, .Biiedlsmancapersors, Rosebeefroseg0ose
Observation-Disclosures, Rosemutton
autaters, BiledamAncabbas everglades, walk
insirtakeaseatsir -
Sometimes. In ordinary conversation, "
find people very apt to make use of . particu
lar sentence, or q somewhat puzzling wor
even, MtthmsSalyA vague idea Of its prope
/, meaning! tffke tho following rs an instance
"A ffeiFbut ignorant iady,who was rather am
> bilious in her Conversational style, in speak