The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

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loxnor STAGE AMFlncAS-
age, form " tho government. political
phrases. daily sal'.ta,;ons ana ten thc'i-
e.sni s,.htic shng:1. IN the Ioc1l meanings
OF wors.s-hov easily we soak ia thousands
Of such tlin-s as we grow. and what q
task It woaid b. 10 begin at the frst and
learn them all as We learn Latin or gcom-
cty.
BIT that Is substantially what one has
70 do oven III Engilnd before be cnn grt
zen rapport" with the people; and that r.
perhaps, TIE real rcason why 81 very few
travellers 10 understand or appreciate the
people among whom they travel II
Ynnk.,s. calls for pie zn England he grts
some preparation Of meat What he really
wanted was tart or s.pasery-" II be Gals
for biscuit" he gets "crackera' There
ere no drug stores In England, only 'chen-
list shcps.n and tho~c do not sell "spdrits,'
O. ia KansaS Sauce" Is chopped celery,
olives. wctercrrsses and the like, but all
uncosn1only eood-one Of the nica;t q
british institutions, in fact In the ta'lest
hotels there arc no elevators; they are
"llts.r You n-e directed 70 the ''toD' Or
s@bottom" Of hall or street. and take tho
sturn~ 70 right or left, aud not the street.
Is In America Ard finally their money.
ore very r.-rely hears .ounds, shillngs
and pence na'aei-only Q. the banks, IN
fact; elsewhere IL l. 1.-TWO and six" "flvc
bob" .half a crown" ''ooe SOW. half a
quil,r and so on
Americans rend end write the same Ian
Ruage, It u true; but how many idloms
ve have which arc al Greek u the Brit
0ns-how many subtle and delicately hui
49,
i've bits OF permissible sling which express
and you arc quite likely TO say something
very different from what you had designed
and generally much worsa On the ether
hand. the English have a large family u
plain phrases which would not be tclcr-
afed for a moment In American good 90
ciety.
In Amsrica you can name tho dog With
IMMUNITY IN the best society. but his mate
4 strictly taboocd. With cattle tho rule II
exactly reversed, while with horses more
complicated rule Is In force. but we ell
know Just what it Is In England both
sexes stand upon Al equality In coed soc1-
ETY. through eli ranks Of the animal king
dom, and the FLOODED mother Of fine lit
Ter Is a much xsocctsd a. any brnse Of
her sex. ! have never once heard hcr title
used n England a. term Of contempt
even among the rudest- The English re-
epect all dogs and Admire q bulldog. but
they really love q good bird dog
The Rnp between the printed and spoken
language In any country l. great, but
greater IN England than America tits q
course impossible 70 represent the dialect
tone Of any people b. letters, =, though
We mark the so1nd Of thevowtl, the mark
does not mean the sarnc TO different people;
but the general fact TINT the English
pronounce such words as half, cali and
laugh exactly Us IL they wcrc spelled
'hahf,r ~ and '.iahf'' i familiar. while
nearly A'' tern and southern American.
pronouse a a near II ~ IN hat mus:
cay tlt Ike the way IN which English
men sound .ng'ish. Their voices certainly
are a. rula lower and sweetcr than ours
One must not venture far Ia using familiar
American jokes or proverbs On the -
sumption that thepeocic will get his T1ean
irx, and cst.tlaIly must one DO shy * AM
phrna,. with Il touch " irr1vc-cncc.
In lhe ioiiy half hour which followed 4
good dinner in an English honle one d
the guests related an experience Ia ths
wild section nf India. which Isurgcard wa,
not meant III be believed. and asked me Il
such things did not occur often In the fal
west ~ the United states. Unanswered thai
nothing was more common; that 10 my deJ
out there any man who appcalrL On th.
streets ~ mountain town with silk hai
would find il tho target for dozen pistols
and finished BY quoting FROM memory tAis
item from Tho DoS lsinch ,-don.> N'ceAil
Howl:
"A Boston lrownbread chap got 10 y,
the Corinns stage Sunday, with bi'es
shirt and stcSepipe het on. and prt up a
the Nugget house The boys had a higl
old time with that hat. yon bct. Th'
strangers funeral will come OF this aft 4.
the hail IL the Poker club. Arkans2v
Jim II supposed to be the boy who shot
little to low and has had n 81 FERN vi
pretty literally Dog Ranch 4 unhealtL.
FOR sweils."
Deal silence just where tho Laugh shoui'
have come III. Looking around saw ~
cry cyr lxcl Oh sne. aud every face the IA
carnntinn of horror. Had hanging tcol
IT, penalty must have laughed. AM
wien ! did they saw the joke, but Stii
looked grave The hostess ii partic,lla
druw deep breath, shook her head solemn
" nrsh MIA. "yh. you Amcricansl'
~ like manner trod on the tors q
very Eneiish friend By relating n
VIA Yankee RGl,insm" JOKE that ID
CornwAlis family had changed IN
name d CoywnlliA einct George Washing
ton truk tle lurn Xix. III managed /
laugh lltt.. t.s u VA mighty dry sof
u iauHA N0w slin positive Tint Mon
tAna llaa ~O1A have laughed At tie Cir,