The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-27
An Expensiye Word.


In these days of failure, shortage at
both ends and financial stringency gen.
orally, often wonder that some peo-
pie should go on, day after day, using
just as extravant language as they did
during the flush times. When l get
hard up, the first thing 1 do is to econ
omize in my expressions in everyday
conversation. Ii there is marked
stringency in business, lay aside my
French. then my Latin and finally my
German. Should the times become
greatly depressed and failures and as
signments become frequent, begin to
lop off the large words in my own
language, beginning with ''incom-
prehcnsibility, ''unconstitutionality,
etc., etc.
Julius C@sar's motto used to be,
"Avoid an unusual word as you would
a rock at sea-" and julie was right
about it, too. Large and unusual
words, especially in the mouths of ig-
norant people, are worse than Rough
on Rats" in clearinghouse pie.
Years ago there used to be a pomp-
Gus cuss in southern Wisconsin, who
was a self made man. Extremely so.
Those who used to hear him assert,
again and again that he was a self
made man, always felt renewed con-
fidence in the Creator.
He rose one evening in political
meeting, and swelling out his bosom,
as his eagle eye rested on the chair
man, he said:
''Mr Cheerman l move you that
the cheer do appoint a committee of
three to attend to the matter under
clothed by the cheer with omniscient
and omnipotent powers. "
The motion was duly seconded and
the cheerman said he guessed that it
wouldn't be necessary to put it to a
vote.
81 guess it will be all right, Mr..
Pinkham. l guess there'll be no de-
cliyity to it,
And so the committee was appointed
and clothed with omniscient and ON
nipotent powers, there being no de-
clivity to it.
We. had self-made lawyer at one
time in the northern part of the state
who would rather find a seventY-fve
Ctub WOlu duu use ~ Ill d 6pCCCll w nCl .
it did not belong than to eat good
square meal. He was more fatal to
the kings English than O'Dynamite
Rosa. One day he was telling how
methodical one of the county officials
was.
why" said he, 81 never saw a
man do so much and do it SO easy. But
the secret of it is plain enough. You
see, he has a regular rotunda Of BUSH
ness every day."
If he meant anything, l suppose he
meant a routine of business, but man
would have to be mind reader to fol-
low him some days when he had about
six fingers of cough medicine aboard
and began to paw around in the dark
and musty garrett of his memory for
motheaten words that didn't mean any
thing.
A neighbor of mine went to Wash
ington during the Guiteau trial and
has been telling us about ii ever since.
He is one of those people who don't
want to be close and stingy about what
they know. He likes to 90 through
life shedding information right and
left. He likes to get n crowd around
him and then tell how he was in Wash
ington at the time of the "post mort
Use examination.
boys, you may talk as you're a
mind to, but the greatest thing l saw
in Washington, said he, "was DR..
Mary Walker on the street every
morning riding one of these philoso-
piers"
He painted the top of his fence green
last year, so it would "kind of comb.
nate with his blinds
If he would make his big words
"combinate" with what he means lit
tie better, he would not attract so
much attention. But he don't care.
He hates to see big, fat word loating
around with nothing to do. so he just
throws one in occasionally for exercise,
I guess.
In the Minnesota legislature, in 1867,
they had under discussion bill to in
crease the per diem of members from
three dollars to five dollars. A men,
Der of the lower house, who voted for
the measure, was hauled over the Goals
by one of his constituents and charged
with corruption in no unmeasured
terms. 10 all this the legislator calm
ly answered that when he got down to
the capital and found out the awful
price of board, he concluded that his
'.per diadem" ought to be increased,
and so he supported tho measure.
Then the belligerent constituent said !:
al beg your pardon and acquit you
of all charges of corruption, for leg
islator who does not know the differ
ence between crown of glory and
the price of days work is too big a
blankety BANKED fool to be convicted
of an intentional wrong.-BiH Nye, in
NesU York Mercury.
An Eminent Naturalist.