West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-10-16

sparkling eye might not have com
mandod somebody called to him i'm
Greek: "Do not SPOIL the pupil"
"A punStcr. being requested 20 give a
specimen OF his art, asked for a subject:
Tho King The King is not sub
lcct, lac replied This holds good in
French likowisc--Lc Roi "a est pas pl
St0ct
The las, case belongs to class which
Is perhaps, moro extensive than is COM
monty supposed; where the two senses
OF the word are allied by an easy meta
phor. and may consequently be found
IN more than one language. Wo givc
another of the same kind
Erskinc was rcproachcd with his pro.
pensity to punning, and was told that
puns were the lowest kind of wit
True, " said he. "and therefore they
are the foundation of wit
Madame dc Lamottc was condemned
60 be marked with a hot iron on both
shoulders, as we'll rs TO a perpetual inn
prlSonmcnt, for her fraud i'm the affair
of Marie Antoinotte' diamond necklace.
At the end of ten months, however.
Shc made her escape from L'Hosp.tal,
whore She was confined. 10y the aid of a
STWr, who said. when 90 ting her
"AdicH, Madame, prcHcs g,trdc dc rOuS
Jdtrc rCmdrqUcr" Farewell, madame
take care not To be re-mdrkcd.)
At time when public affairs were in
a very unsettled state in France, NJ de
c., who sQuintcd terribly, asked
Talleyrand how things we4c going on
(" NdiS, CONNIE rOuS COyc}, Monsieur. ="
(Nhy. rs you see, sir
Many pf fl,. p,f oil, ,,,,,,-t,,.- ,,-,,..
dramatic-wrltcrs or proies -ional come
dians, and selection of some bv
George Colman will serve To show tho
quality of this style of wit
A gentleman having remarkably
Tong visagc was one day riding by
Mr. Whytc's school at Dublin, aI the
gate OF which he overheard Young
Richard Brnslcy Sheridan say: That
Sontlcman'S face Is longer than his
/ lie Struck by the strangcness of
the remark. hc elrncd his horses head.
and requested its meauing. "Sir, "
said the boy, II meant no oilensc i'm
the world but have read in the Bible
at school that a mans life is but Il
span, aud ! ann sure your face is double
that length. The gentleman threw
the lad SiNpcncc for his Wit
In preaching u charity sermon, Rev
Sydney Smith frequently repeated the
assertion that. of all nations. English
men were most distinguished for gcncr-
o ,ity and the love of their species. The
collect on happened to bc Inferior To his
cNpeciat ons; and hc said that hc had
evidently made a great mistake. for that
his expression should have been that
they were distinguished for the love of
their specie.
w. IL. ireland, the Shakespeare for
ger, wrote in volume of his "Rhap-
sodics'
Al on thy utlc-pnRo poor little book,
Fun oft cast sad and ponsivc look
] shake my head and pity thee.
For ]. nlas! no hraZcu front possess,
Nor do cv ~ potcut art profess.
To rcnd thco forth from ccnsurc free"
Upon this Pors0n wrote: Though /
can not help looking upon him rs too
modest i'm the fourth verse, ne certainly
undertakes the amount and extent OF his
possessions; he is by no means poor in
his OUH brdsS"
George Colman was an admirable
punstcr. Sheridan once said, when
George made successful hit: II hate
a pun, but Colman almost rcconcilcs
me TO the infection lie was once
asked if ne knew Theodore Hook
"Oh, y,s," was his reply Hook and /
EYE are old associates"
One day. when Colman and his son
were walking from Soho Square TO the
Hay Market two witlings, Miles Peter
Andrews and William Augustus Miles
were coming the contrary way, on the
opposite side Of the street They had
each sent dramatic manuscript for The
Summer Theatre, and, being anxious
TO get the start Of each other in the
production Of their several works, they
both called out "Remembcr. Colman,
| ann first oar ''Humph, muttercd
the manager, as they passed on, "thcy
may talk about first oars, but they havo
not scull between them. This re-
minds one of witticism Of Douglas
Jcrrold Two conceitcd young authors
were bOasting that they rowcd in the
same boat with celebrated wit Of the
day "Ayc, replied Jerold, "but not
with the same sculls. ~ T. Observer.
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