Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-11-21
Tired Language.
MrCH USED WORDS AND PHRASES THaTNgED
RFNr.
tr. or, STATED. But, EQUALLY. yRoN
THENCE, RISE CP, Fl CFTERA

rr, on, STATED. But, EQUALLY. yKoN
HENCE, RISE rP, ET CETERA.
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/ was awakened IN the middle of the
/ night by a disturbance in the library 1t
/ did not seem to BE- the noise Of burglars
1t was mere like the murmuring sound OF
many tongues engaged in spirited debate
listened closely and concluded it must be
1 some sort Of discussion being held by the
words in my nig unabridged dictionary
| Creeping softly to the door, | stood and
| listened II don't care" said the little
word OF; Il may not be very big. but
that j. no reason why everybody should
take advantage of me. | am the most
mcrciIr~Sly oNerworked word in the whole
dictionary. and there Is no earthly reason
| f"i it. either. People say they consider
/ of and approve of aud accept Of and
admit ~ nil ~nft~ Of things Then they
~ 'a,l ~ u~ ana both Of them and nr>t
7 "f all ami trll about looking out of the
window. or cutting piece of of the loaf.
uutl am utterly tired out"
F>haw :" said thr word t'p, II am not
nuch bigger than you and | 10 twice a.
much work, and good deal Of il needless
". too. People wake up in the morning
. Ai'i -''t Il anu '>tAh'- Ul tnt'lF Ntt!~
and dress up and wash up and draw up
70 the table aud eat up and drink up
I their breakfast Then they Jump mp from
the table and hurry up to 20 up to the
corner ~hrrc ths street car driver pulls
~ ti~ h"r~,s and the passengers ascend
uP' he Steps amt % mp into the front
seats au,! the conductor takes up the
tickets Aii this j. done even before pco-
Pie 4ct M town and take up their days
w"rk From that time untll they put NJ
their books and >hut up their offices | No
more work than any two words in this
book and even after business hours am
worked until reoplr lock up their houses
and - M u hrd ana cover themselves
~ ami shut up their ewes for the night
II woulj tax" "A week 10 tell what have to
put up with in a day, and | am good
deal worked M over IT."
Il agree that both | i and Df arc very
much aNrr"orkrd, said the word Statrd,
but | think myself deserve little sym
patty am doing not only nv own lcgl-
innate work, hut also hat which ought to
bc don' by my friend Said Nobody saws
anything nowadays; Ne always states id. "
lrs, chippch in the funny little word
Pun these are very stately times"
some of the words laughed at this but
Iiumor -nid "Pnn j. >impletnn."
NJ" answered wit, he j. a fellow "
dupHcItIr>
He makes me tired, said Slang.
Ilcn the discussion was resumed.
4 ,Iu great d.al NJ needless work SAID
th- "nrd But People say they have ~
dpuht but that 1t wtI rain. and that they
shouliH wonder hut What IL would
snow .untll don know but shall strike
w nal.i have most ~ complain about.
sait the word A.. ''i~ That | am forced TO
associate - much with the word Equally
only yesterday man SAID hc could see
equally a. well a. another man. don't
y hat business Equally had ia that sen
tcHcy.
Well rctorted Equally men every
day say that something i~-cqually good
a. something cl~r and / don't see What
bu~nr-, A. ha, IN that sentence
/ thiuA' >a,I rrnpriety YOU two
should be- divorced by mutual consent"
There ma> tiuttering sound and clamor
of Nnicc~
Wc,ton ought to b. granted divorce"
was the substance OF W at they said, and
among the Voices | recognized those of The
following named couples Cover over,
Enter In. From Thence, go Fetch. Have
GIt Latter Eud, Continue on Converse
Together, New Beginner, Return Back,
Rise ., Sink Down, They Both Try And.
More Perfect, Seldom Ever. Almost Never.
tcrl Badly, ntcd Together. Two First,
An oue, over Again Repeat Again and
mAuy others
When Guctudc had been restored. the
word kc-t said You words all talk Of
being oVrrw"rkcti as If that were the worst
thiH1 That could happen to fellow, but
tci sou it j. much worse To be cut out Of
your own work. Now, look at me Here
| IN ready flIiusY I'm RI
IN the speech Of the day, but almost every
body passes by me and employs my swk
ward friend Balance II i the commonc>t
thing IN the world to hear people ~ay they
VIII pay the balance of a debt or " i'll sleep
the 'baldncr' OF the night"
Il >Gtirr considerably from thi- same
Kind Of neglect said the word Deem
Nobody ever deems Il thing beautiful
any more; ii i always considered heauti-
fu when IN fact it Is not considered at
all
True, said Irritste, .'and people talk
of being aggravated when they ought in
stead to give me work"
And me, said Purpose. look at me"
Il get hardly anything to do because
people are always proposing to do this or
that when no idea of u proposition is in
volyed. Why | read the other day Of
man who had proposed TO murder another
when really he had never said a word about
. it To a living being. OF course he only
purpo>ed to commit the murder"
1T is my turn" said the word Among.
II should like to protest against Mr..
Between doing my work The idea Of
people saying a man divided an orange
between his three children. 1t humiliates
me"
1T is no worse" said the word Fewer,
''than 10 have people say there were less
men in one amy than in another"
No added More Than. land no worse
than to have them say there were over
100 900 men"
1t seem, to me, said the word Likely,
that nobody has more reason for com
plaint than have. Ny friend Liable is
doing nearly all my work. They say man
is liable 10 be out of town, hen the
question Of liability does not enter into
the matter at all "
You're no worse off than am" said the
little word SO: THAT fellow Such is doing
all my work. People say there never was
such glorious country as this, when Of
course, they mean there never was 50
glorious country elsewhere"
saw that 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.
Too STRONG LANGUAGE While a con-
| cert given recently in Albany was in pro-
gress, a telegram came to Theodore Thomas
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