St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-04
WHAT is MEANT BY WIT.
a Bit OF Word Newly Defined,
Together With a Definition, for
Which a Prize of Two Guincas
Was Awarded.

Together With Definition, for
Which a Prize of Two GuincaS
Was Awarded.
London Tid-Blts recently offered a
cash prize for the best definition OF
witt The prize now jingles i'll the
pocket of Nj. ii. NJ. Adam, of Aberdeen,
I Scotland. This is Mr.. Adams detinl-
I milton:
!'Wit is the power to say what every.
/ body else was just going to have said II
\ they had happened to think OF II"
! The following are some OF the best
| definitions submitted:
/ The sunshine OF mirth bursting
through the clouds of gravity and re-
i Feeling everywhere its sparkle and
Wit is the weapon of the wise, the idol
ofIthe fool.
A gem of humor in setting of refine
ment.
/ wit is the sweet accomplishment
which makes an orator popular, a caller
welcome and lover successful.
An arrow from the bow OF intellect.
The offspring of ingenious thought
with accommodating language.
The friction-tiash of humor and abll-
ity.
w
eXtlpg,lish common sense.
A p.ouant sauce for the feast of rea-
son.
Wit is the expression of thought
which. by its originality and fitness,
creates spontaneous mlrtb.
Brain sauce.
intellectual lightning from the thun
derclouds of talent.
Wit is a runaway knock at daughters
door.
The root of jest, the voice of humor
and the spirit of quick application.
! Intelligent humor suitably applied.
| An electric flash III the atmosphere OF
thought which few can strike, but all
| can see.
| The lever of laughter.
| A parcel of sense wrapped up in non
| sense and tied together with hum0r
| A pill consisting of rudeness silvered.
| Arrows from the culver OF genius.
| A. naturally dOmineering sprOut OF
the plant of genius, which flOurshes
| only when fomented in the dollhouse of
| wisdom.
Wit is the mother of Iidicule.
Wit is the flash given by intelligence
! when struck by circumstances.
| The reflection Of truth and the mirror
of fancy.
|
| possess, but many think they own.
Wit is wisdom in a merry humor.
| A ray of light. the cardinal cOlors of
which are wisdom, pleasure and sur
prise.
The lightning fash of humor, sue
| ceeded by the thunderclap of hilarlty.
| A trinity of mirth, wisdom and brew
| ity.
| The art of combining sound and sense
| so their mutual advantage.
| Wit is the sparkle i'll the wine OF con-
| versatlon.
Wisdom 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 break
ing wave Of humOr.
All intellectual lightning flash that
| illumineS the mental armament, evOk-
| ing peals of thunder.
| The salt of conversation.
| The most piquant sauce for dull
| dinner.
One of natures gifts, enveloped in
| humor, addressed with brevity, and de-
| lvered at the proper time.
| The greatest humor in the feWest
words.
A lightning flash from the cloud of
| thought which illumines the world of
| reason.
Intellectuosity without veIbosty.
An arrow of humOr shot from the bow
of genius by the hand of wisdom.
a lubricant, by the judicious use of
which the user moves through this
world with the least possible friction.
The refreshing tonic of table talk.
The lava which comes from the mouth
of a lively crater.
The firework department of the mind
Wit is the spark struck from the anvil
of intellect by the hammer of magma
ton.