Telegram-herald., 1889-10-12

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Dore l1s ths n.rn1riEg sound ot lnzny
tongues s1 Eagea Ia spirited ceoa-s.
lfstsasd closely a11 concluded tbsI il must
be soas sorG ef discussion beng he'd -
ne words IA ny Ok unabridged dictioe4ry.
Creeping sottly - the deer stood sd
Islsned. 4 don't care, sad ths hrtls
ward OF, Il nsY not be very big. but tn4t
= 20 reason why every body Should tsks
Advantages q ne. ] an tas Most ueTcsess-
u oFerWorzsd word IL the whole cietl01Asy,
al1 t1sEe - no earthly reason for It. elIhsr.
People say they consider or sld approve
cf and 4ccept or snd 'sdAlL q al sorts Of
tnings. tnen they say 'sl Of "a, and both
of them sLd 'nrsE q al Snd ~ soou.
'loOzng out or the window, or cutting .
piece OF bread u of. TIE lozf, until al ~
teE-y tired out"
"Pshaw A" sad the word CO, Il an uot
much bigger than you snd DO twlce as
q 1ch Worz, znd good deal u IL needless
l.. 700. People 'w2ze Up Ia The morning,
and get up' And shake up their beds and
dress up snd wash up and draw up 10
the table. and eat up &c DRINK up their
breakfast Then they Jump up from the
taole snd hurry up 70 'go up 70 the cor
ner, where the street-car driver pulls up
his horses and the passengers ascend up'the
steps and go up into TIE front seats, and
the conductor taxes up the tickets All
this Is done even before people get up
town and take up their days work. From
that tine until they put up their books and
shut up their Otnces l Do moro work than
n- a
business hours | am worked until people
lock up their houses and go up 20 bed
and cover themselves up and shut up
their eyes for the night IL would take
week 70 tel what have 70 put up with in
day, and an a good deal worked up
over IL"
Il agree that both Up and OF are very
much Overworked," said the word Stated
"but think myself deserve a little sym
pathy. am dong not only my own legiti-,
mate work, but also that which ought 10
De done by my friend SAID. Nobody says
any thing nowadays; he always states u.
YES chi ped in the funny little wora
| Pun, "thess are very stately times"
Some OF the words laughed at this, but
/ Hunor said: "Pun IA a simpletou."
"NO," said w.t. ''he is fellow Of duplic-
tiles"
"He makes me tired said Slang.
Then the discussion was resumed.
II do a great deal OF needless work"
said the word But. People say they have
90 doubt but that it viii rain, and that
they shouldn't wonder but what it would
snow, until l dent know but l shall
strike."
what have most 10 complain about"
said the word As, sis that / am forced TO
L
| Only yesterday a man said he could see
equally as well as another man. / don't
see what business Equally had in that
sentence"
"weI," retorted Equally, "men every
day say that something is equally as good'
as something else, and / don't see what
business AS has IN that sentence"
! Il think" said Propriety, "you two
should be divorced by mutual consent"
There was duttering sound and aclamor
| Of voices.
I'VE, too, ought TO be grained divorce"
was the substance Of what they said, and
among the voices l recognized those or
the following named couples: Co er 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 quietude had been restored the
word Rest said: You words all talk Of
being overworked, as ifthat were the worst
thing that could happen to fellow, but !
tell you II IS much worse 70 be cut out Of
your own work Now, look al me. Here
raadv ar1 rviilip or +o - -,
the speech Of the day, but almost every
body passes me by and employs my awk-
ward friend Balance. 1t 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"
81 suffer considerably from this same
kind of neglect" said the word Deem
Nobody ever deems thing beautiful
any more; IL is always considered beau
tiful, when, in fact, il is not considered at
all.n
1T is no worse" said the word Fewer.
ethan to have people say there were less
men In one army than in another"
"No," added More Than, land no worse
than to have them say there were over
10000 men"
1T seems 10 me-" said the word Likely,
'that nobody has more reason for CON-
plant than l have. Ny friend Liable is
doing nearly all my WORK. They say a man
Is liable 10 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 OF than | am" said
the little word So; "that fellow Such is
doing al my work People say there never
was such q glorious country as this,
when, Of course, they mean there never
was so glorious a country elsewhere"
I saw there was likely 10 be no end 70
this discussion, since half the words in tho
dictionary were making efforts 70 put IN
their complaints, so l returned 70 my couch.
and viii leave il 70 any person who has
I read this account 20 say whether lad not