The Russellville Democrat., 1892-04-14
Ths RUSSELL VILE DEMOCRAT
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BIT Democrat Printing Co. RUSSELLYILLE, ARK.
WHAT IS VII.
Definitions Submitted by Many English
 men.

bdoh piAnt lVE ti1b DtSN NShAtbAOAA # aWit." The prize now jingles in he pocket of Mr. H. Nj. Adam, of Aberdeen, Scotland. This is Mir. Adams definition:
 Wit is the power to say what every body else was just going to have said, if they had happened to think of it.
 The following are some of the best definitions submitted.
 The sunshine of mirth bursting through the clouds of gravity and reAecting everywhere it's sparkle of merriment.
 Wit is the weapon of the wise, the idol of the fool
 A gem of humor in a setting of refinement.
 Wit is the the sweet accomplish ment which makes an orator popu- lar, a caller welcome and a lover I successful.
 An arrow in the bow of intellect. The offspring of ingenious thought with accommodating language.
 The friction-fash of hamor and ability.
 What should be used to season, not to extinguish common sense.
 A piquant sauce for the feast of reason.
 Wit is that expression of thought which, by its originality and fitness, creates spontaneous mirth
 Brain sauce.
 Intellectual lightning from the thunder clouds of talent
 Wit is a runaway knock at laughter door.
 The root of jest, the voice of hu- nor and the spirit of quick appliea- tion.
 Intelligent ihumor suitably ap- piled.
 An electric flash in the atmos- phere of thought which few can strike but all can see.
 The lever of laughter.
 A parcel of sense, wrapped up in nonsense and tied together with humor.
 A pill consisting of rudeness sil. yered.
 Arrows from the quiver of genius. A naturally domineering sprout of the plant of genius, which four ishes only when formented in the hot house of wisdom.
 Wit is the mother of ridicule.
 Wit is the flash given by intelli- gence when struck by circum stances.
 The reflection of truth and the mirror of fancy.
 Wit is a sparkling gem which few possess but n any think they own. Wit is wisdom in a merry humor. A ray of light, the cardinal colors of which are wisdom, pleasure and surprise.
 The lightning flash of humor, sue ceeded by the thunderclap of hilarity. l A trinity of mirth, wisdom and 1 brevity.
 The art of combining sound and | sense to their mutual advantage. Wit is the sparkle in the wine of | conversation.
 Wisdc m at play.
 A sudden rise in the temperature | of humor which sets fire to explosive mirth.
 Wisdom in motley
 Wit is the sparkling crest on a breaking wave of humor
 An intelligent lightning flash that illumes the mental Armament, evok- ing peals of thunder.
 The salt of conversation.
 The most piquant sauce for a dull dinner.
 One of natures gifts, enveloped in humor, addressed with brevity and delivered at the proper time. The greatest humor is the fewest words.
 A lightning flash from the cloud of thought which iIlumines the world of reason.
 Intellectuosity without verbosity An arrow or humor shot from the bow of genius by the hand of wis dom
 A lubricant, by the judicious use of which the user moves through the world with the least possible frie- tion.
 The refreshing tonic of table talk
 The lava which comes from the mouth of lively crater
 The frework department of the mind.
 Wit is the spark struck from the anvil of intellect by the hammer of imagination.
 stay in His Pavilion.