New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-05
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

An English correspondent Of :" The Boston Herald"
has found I'm n Dictionary OF the Isle of Wight
Dialect number Of words which English writer's
usually class a. American provinclalsms Among
them are cute" ard "pert,. found also in one
Of GEORGE Flot's novels backed up call" In the
sense Of reason or necessity clipper" darn as
a mild oath: fall" Tor autumn; causes," "heft,"
hunk Jaw meaning TO scold: lhey" " get out
OF klter, "rare," In the sense Of undedone "tbick'
for intimate; gumpCn," tan" meaning to thrash;
spells" Of weather put to rights etc' lhe Sud-
iect is most interesting one, and deserves more
attention from piloogs;s than II has thus far re-
ceivcd The compiler Of the dictionary In question
saws that many Of tue piovincalsms In inc Isle OF
wight are identical with those current in the adjoln
ING COMMITTEES OF Hampshire willis and Dorset once
forming n mart of the saxon kin sdom Of Wessex, and
that the basis of the dalcc; of this region is purely
Ango-SaXOn.
lcks-lIamfatter is bound to rise In his profession.
Wicks-At any rate he's got an excellent chance.
He can't get any lower than he ~ n1"' uss
Gigs noe III u'o Si"""u "'' ~ -
Transcript.
The town OF Icicle, in Washington has been re-
named Leavenworth
Would DO Bettcr-Prison Missionary-Don't You
think that after you regain your liberty you can 10
Burclar-Wcll IN know enough not TO have another
nal that's 50 durn deaf he can't hear phcehiah un
hos right on us.-(Ncw- York weekly
a boy who reads dime novels. is not to DO
trusted, SAYS The Christian Advocate II Is
unfortunate that the term dime novel;" las come
t. he apped to pernicous literature; for at present.
thor. arc MANY novels which even The Christian
Advocate would not condemn not to speak OF other
literature which are sold for dime.
NOTIFICATION.
She wos cultured TO an altltIdc Of Boston ice and
snow,
And what she'd not smattcring Of there was no use
She snokn with English accent in her foreign travels
And the iund she wrote angular by practice hard
To MI that made propricty she devotce
And shocking things that some gir' did were very
She dearly loved the service Of rualistic church
mn Ter s,ngy little sister said "l call her OIL her
So ON a sabbath morning. when the shining
She TIPPED with dainty bag in hand to find not
And in the softcncI coors the TRANSCRIPTS mellowed
she drew forth not her prayer book but that odious
ii. b. Alden in Boston Transcript.
"Drother" SAYS a Georgia editor, "don't stop your
paper Just because you don't agree with the editor.
The last cabbage you sent us didn't agree with US
either but We didn't drop you from our subscription
list that account
The Only Way" friendship must never de-"
he said. =" II must be kept green forever"
Then We must be- careful it does not ripen into
love- She replied. indianapolis Journal.
ON a recent rainy sunday two ce-looking, we'll
hammered men stationed themselves in the vestibule
- an English church and relieved all who entered
Of their umbrellas saying that the vicar dsliked having
we, umbrellas carried into the church. When the
services ended the people Looked for the two men,
hut they had quietly stolen away-and also tho UNI
brcllas without waiting for the benediction'
What household Is net at present suffering from
an overdose of My Country, lis OF Thee, lett over
from, Columbus Day. All the children VINO go 70
nnhIIc schools and a good many VINO x 10 private
schonI have been seen singing that ancient aod M
,ern atirmsi air necessarily for more than month
There seems t, be way OF shutting mem OH.
Little Bv and Jenny shouted TIE words 50 CEASE
lessly that their father 10 dertli tehi II pS 80.
and save his nerves from total collapse, taught mem
,o sim, ,od save the Queen instead, TO the lhhhte
sCarlar OF his patriotic nclelhbos HAVING gSs
them now off the words. he hopes TO get them OK
The tune I'm a few weeks. Another fond but Gl,.
tracted parcnt has with the same purpose tiusht
his childrrn 10 shout IL Hell dir i'm siegerkranz, ana
has Cot s. gne rrcusscnland' In reserve; mus; IA
n result Of olermuch musical PATRIOTISM the chlElren
in onr schnos have been driven % the praise OF
strange foreign potenates and powers'-tbos'oh iah'
arinf