Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-14
WAR AMONG WORDS.
Nome That Arc Overworked and Others
 That Arc Neglected.

Twas awakened in tine middle of the night by disturbance in the library, writes Post correspondent. It did not seem to be the noise of burglars. It was more like the murmuring sound of many tongues engaged in. spirited debate. l listened closely and concluded that it must be some sort of discussion being held by the words in my big unabridged dictionary. Creeping softly to the door l stood and listened. q don't care," said the little word Of; Il may not be very big, but that IS no reason why every body should take advantage of me. am the most merclless- ly overworked word in the whole dictionary, and there Is no earthly reason for 1t, either People say they consider of and approve of and accept of and admit of all sorts or things. Then they say all of us,' and both of them and first of all,' and tell about looking out of the window, or cutting a piece of bread of of the loaf, until am ut terly tired out.''
 "Pshaw!" said the word Up, q am not much bigger than you and I do twice as much work, and q good deal of it needless ly. too. People wake up in the morning, and get up and shake up their beds and dress up and 'tTash up and draw up to the table, and 'eat up and drink up their breakfast. Then they jump up from the table and hurry up to 'go up to the cor ner, where the Street-car driver pulls up his horses and the passengers ascend up'the steps and 'go up into the front seats, and the conductor takes up the tickets. All this is done even before people get up town and take up their days work. From that time until they put up their books and shut up their offices do more work than any two words in this book; and even after business hours 1 am worked until people lock up their houses and 'go up to bed and cover themselves up and shut up their eyes for the night It, would take a week to tell what have to put up with in a day, and am a good deal worked up over it.''
 "I agree that both Up and Of are very much overworked," said the word Stated, ''but think myself deserve little sym pathy. 1 am doing not only my own legiti- mate work, but also that which ought to be done by As friend Said. Nobody says any thing nowadays; he always states it.
 "Yes," chi@ped in the funny little word Pun, 'these are very stately times"
 Some of the words laughed at this, but Humor said: ''Pun is simpleton.''
 ''No," said Wit; ''he IS fellow of duplic- ities."
 He makes me tired" said Slang. Then the discussion was resumed ''I do a great deal of needless york; said tho word But. ''People say they have no doubt but that it will rain, and that they shouldn't wonder but what it would snow, until I dent know but I shall strikc''
 ''What have most 10 complain about" said the word As, lis that l am forced to | associate much with the word Equally. | Only yesterday a man said he could see | equally as well as another man. don't see what business Equally had in that sentence"
 ssWeu," retorted Equally, linen every
 
 as something else, and 1 don't secwhat | business As has in that sentence"
 II think" said Proprtety, ''you two should be divorced by mutual consent" | There was fluttering sound and clamor of voices.
 I've, too, ought to be granted divorce" was the substance of what they said, and among the voices 1 recognized those of the following-named couples: Cover Over, Enter In, From Thence, Go Fetch, Have | Got, Latter End, Continue On, Converse | Together, New Beginner, Return Back, Rise Up, Sink Down, They Both, Try And, | More Perfect, Seldom Ever, Almost Never, | Feel Badly, United Together, Two First, An One, Over Again, Repeat Again and many | others.
 | When ouietude had been restored the | word Rest said: "Hou words all talk 4of | being overworked, as if that were the worst | | tell you 1t is much worse to be cut out of your own work. Now, look at me. Here | am ready and willing to perform my part in the speech of the day, but almost every | body passes me by and employs my aWk- ward friend Balance. It is the commonest thing in the world to hear people say they will pay the 'balance' of debt or will sleep the balance of the night''
 sI suffer considerably from this same | of c,i5 ba ''Nobody ever deems thing beautiful | any more; 1t is always considered beau tful when, in fact, it is not considered at all"
 Ut is no worse'' said the word Fewer ethan to have people say there were less men in one army than in another"
 s'No," added More Than, ''and no worse than to have them say there were 'over' 100, 900 men,"
 .It seems to me- said the word Likely, ''that nobody has more reason for com- plaint than I have. My friend Liable is doing nearly all my work. They say a man is 'liable' to be sick. or 'liable' to be out of town, when the question of liability does not enter into the matter at all.'
 "You're no worse off than I am,'' said the little word So; ''that fellow Such is doing all my work People say there never was such a glorious country as this, when, of course, they mean there never was SO glorious country elsewhere'
 saw there was likely to be no end to this discussion, since half the words in the dictionary were making efforts to put in their complaints, so returned to my couch, and will leave it to any person who has read this account to say whether had not already heard enough to make me or any body else sleepy.
 l MT. and Mrs. Sykes.
 Sykes is known among his Milwaukee friends as a very verbose individual, says Yenowine's News. Recently he was an ur- successful candidate for lodge honors. When asked the result by an inquirin 2 friend he replied: "Well my name is mud, that's all." 'Oh, mo-" replied his friend,
 'that can't be true" 'Why not!' "Be- cause mud dries up sometimes" was the crushing reply. Speaking of Sykes re- minds me: Mrs. Sykes is so close listed that she never gives any thing to charity ex- cept her advice. "Why," said Mrs. Bouncer, 'when offered to furnish lemons for the