Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-11
OLD TIME WIT.
bomo OF the Irish Bulls Told of by Our
Grandfathers,

Bono OF the Irish Bulls Told of by Our
Grandfathers.
Our grandfathers used to laugh over
The wit of Paddy quite as much MS we
do to-day and am not at all sure that
in the olden time Paddy was not much
brighter than his defendants are now,
In looking over an old volume Of curl.
GUS anecdotes, published quite seventy
years ago, which has been laying upon
my shelf for many day, find that
our ancestors had deal of fun pro-
vided for them ut Paddy's expense, and
OF very rare quality, too
One OF these stories is told of the
Irish servant of naval commander,
who had the misfortune one day TO let
teakettle fall overheard. In fear and
trembling he rushed to his master, and
cried out to him,
"Plaze, yer honor, can anything be
said to be losht whin We know where
it is?"
Certainly Dot" replied the officer.
"Why9p
why, thin, yer honor, We may tink
the taykettle is losht, but it amt, sorr
It's at the botthom of the ocean, sorr"
1t would certainly be difficult to flnd
fault with one who made such beautf>
full bull as that just because he had lost
80 insignificant an article as tea
kettle.
Another anecdote teaches in mirthful
guise lesson our boys and girls can.
not afford to leave unlearned, which is,
that true politeness always pays. The
story states that an IRISH officer in the
midst of hot battle happening to
indulge in the courtesy of bow
to some one on the field, cannon ball
passed directly over his head and took
off that of the soldier Immediately be-
hind him. The bow alone saved HIS
life, which he had the wit to see APP
parently, for turning to soldier near
him, he observed: "You see, my man,
fellow never loses anything by polite
ness"
An Irish Judge who was much an,
noyed By loud conversation in the court
room cried OUT
"Silence Keep silence in the court
Here have decided dozen cases this
morning without hearing what one Of
em was about"
In Gen. Moore's command was an
Irish soldier who, having been asked Il
the Hollanders were hospitable peo-
pie, Immediately replied "They are
that. Too much so. OF was in the
hoshpital all the tonne Oh was there"
This criticism is quite on par with
that of The Englishman who objected
to the French because he said the
stupid idiots couldn't understand their
own language when he spoke it To
them.
Another good story In the collection
over which we can imagine our grand
fathers laughing heartily is of an Irish
gentleman who was visited one day by
a friend who found him very much
vexed
what is the matter?" asked the Wis.
itor. 'You seem much disturbed"
VI am" he answered. 1--WE Just lost
a new pair of black silk stocking out
of my room that cost me eighteen
shillings,"
"Have you searched everywhere
asked the friend.
"Yes,' he said, everywhere; and not
finding them have sent for the town
crier, who will cry them and offer u
half-crown reward"
The friend expressed his surprise
that the owner should offer so small a
reward for the recovery of stockings Of
silk, and of such value.
That's all right" he replied, in a
confidential tone "Nobody'll know
l ordered the crier to say they were
worsted"
1t is to be hoped he got them. -Har
per's Young People.