The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-07
sAM NELLER's AssAuLr.


san EELLER's ASSAULT.
Everyone remembers the famous kiss
imprinted by Mr.. BUNDLE on the "chaste
nose" Of Mrs. COrney, and tho still more
famous kiss applied 10 tho lips OF Mary,
| the pretty houscmaid, by Sam Weller.
sam had dropped his hat, which the
houscmaid picked up, aud sam kissed
her.
"You don't mean 10 say you did that
on PurposcY said tho pretty houscmaid,
blushing.
mo, / didn't then, said Sam, "but |
will now" So he kissed her again.
"Slm'" said Mr.. Pickwick, calling over
the banistcrs.
Coming, sir" replied sam, running up.
stains.
"llow long you have bccnl' said Mr..
| PiCkwick
There was something behind the door
| which pcrwonicl our getting il open for
over ~ long sir, replied sam.
Aud thus WIS the first passage OF Mr..
Wvl'Crs inst love.
Tho custom Of kissing the barney stone
Is explained u follows In the year lGO2,
when the spiniirds were melting the Irish
chicitains 10 harass the English authorities,
]
! pvndvnCica the castle oi Harney, and had
! concluded an armsiicc with the Lord Pres.
idcnt, ON condition OF surrcndcring this
fort n an English garrison. Day after day
did his Lorlship look Tor the iulnlment oi
the compact, while the Irish pozzD Ill
ioTgo, ~ 10th 10 part with hi- stronghold
~ Russia 10 rclnguish the Dardoncllcs,
kept prolucpliEing with soft promises and
dclus,Nc delays, until az last Cnrcw became
the laughing stock q ElEihcth's minis.
n, and "Blnfucy talk" ptoycrbial.
\ popular Tradition attributes to the
hlarnvy stone the power OF ondowing who.
ever kisses Il with the sweet, persuasive,
wheeling cl0qucnco M pcrccptiblc Ia the
language Of The Cork people, and which I.
generally termed blarncv. This is the true
meaning of the vurl. aud not, ~ some
writer's have supposed, faculty Of deviat.
ing from ycmcity with an unhlushinl
countcnanoc, whenever Il may b. conycn.
lent.
The curious traveller will seek In vain Ia,
real stone, unless be- allows himself 90 bg
lowered from the northern anglo Of IN,
lofty castle, when lac will discover IL about
twenty irct lrom the top. with the IA
sCuption. "Connac MncI auhy iortis M,
iicriccit, A. ~, ltiG" As the kissing %
this would be somewhat difficult, the can
didltc Tor hancy honors will be- glad .,
know that nj the summit, aud within cas-,
Access, Is another teal stone, bearing th,
date ui l1Ol
lu n,msy Castle ona rrumbliur tower.
lhurH Nrs STONE iHlurv your taiN uarhl.
Mhlh "a ilg NfH lmIafia o. slli. The pluUf
90 tactic alfhuHl aud Iafsua ,u Fcaeh.
Aui h.uut 90 uuH uhH tiIks in such tDur
10 lbr iTi.ahu el Hoe ki.a.ti iht nlafu,y stone.
rnr sgvtrut EIs1
The famous soulful" LIES given 10 Faii
Una, suggests the thought that such kissu
, arr by no means new, though. la the prs
i cut day, they may b. out Of fashion. IL
. Don JUAN byron speaks Of
D such kis,r, o. belong ~ early ds,s.
! When h'art and ,'ul ani rguIc In conccu move
/. Diagnosing such a kils, the poet inform
~ that on such occasions the blood h. lk,
, lava, The pulse j. al ablaEc, aud each His
, at that Kind be- drclarc- isa heart quake
la tho time " llcrtick thcrr was ~
, anonymous poet who thus philosophizc,
on the soulful kiss"
4 Philosophers pretend a. trli
low hsr a htrmt tn his oru
TIE .lui within thu brain dnss dwell
4 hlt I wlpam not half ID Wias
Think hHtU asut iu JhiuH'f e,tr.
. Down tn bee 'll.s frnu thcnoc d fole,
\ Ani 'h,fg kisoi hsf zen soul
y The Kings and Queens Of England II
y ancient times pucliccd the ceremony q
= washing the lcct ot bcsgau In imitation q
CHRIST, Who washed thc feet Of Ills dis
\ ciplcs. They washed aud kissed the icc
y OF ne many poor people ~ they thcmsclvc
" numbered In Year, aud bestowed eff
~ mnunday, upon each. the cufcmon,
occutrrd on Maundy-1hufsday Qucci
o Elizabeth performed this ceremony whci
y she was thirty mine ycara old-that II, sh
/. kissed the feet Of thir,y.ninc pHupcrs aitc
b their feet had been washed by ycomen O
= tho Laundry with warm watcr and awcc
: hcrbe, and ai,olwird by tho uuballnoncr
J, The last Of the English monarchs who per
a formed this Office In person WINS James n.
9 In 1891. In his iorty-cighth year. In 1884
d ON Maundy.Thur,day Cardinal Wolsc!
washed and kissed the fec, Of fliiy-nin
b poor men, "and after lac had wiped then,
he gave every ono Of said poor men
d pence In money, three ellis Of good canya