The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-06-03
ToneuE-TWIsTERs.
Curious Combinations in English for
Tripping Up Speaker.

their skill upon.
Having carefully tested the "tan-
glers" ourselves and on our friends,
it seemed to US that one sent in by
Rev. A. B. Orr DENLY Vicarage,
Huddersfield, "a growing CLEAN
glowing green," and another, 1.-THE
bleak breeze blighted the bright
broom blossoms" by c. e. Adams,
100 Green Lane, Small Health, Bir-
mingham, positively defied quick
repetition, and as their tripping
merit seems equal, we have divided
the prize and forwarded checks to
each of those gentlemen.
Read the following aloud. repeat
ing the shorter ones quickly half a
dozen times in succession:
Six thick thistle sticks.
Flesh of freshly fried flying fish.
The sea ceaseth, and it sufficeth
US.
High roller, low roller, lower
roller.
Give Grimes Jim's great gilt gig
whip.
A box of mixed buiscuits,a mixed
biscuit box.
Two toads, totally tired, tried to
trot to Tedbury.
Strict strong Stephen Stringer
shared slickly six sickly silky
snakes.
She stood at the door of Mrs
Smiths fish-sauce shop welcoming
him in.
Swan swan over the sea; SWIM
swan, swim; Swan swan back
again; we'll swum Swan.
1t is shame, Sam, these are the
same, Sam. 'Tis all sham, Sam
and a shame it is to sham so, Sam
A haddock, a haddock, black
spotted haddock, a black spot or
the black back Of black-spotteo
haddock.
The provost of Ruglen's wee roor
rid lums reek briskly. (The pro
vost of Rutherglen's little rouno
red chimneys smoke briskly.)
Susan shineth shoes and socks
socks and shoes shine Susan. Sh'
ceaseth shining shoes and socks, fol
shoes and socks shock Susan.
Robert Rowley rolled rount
roll round. a round roll ROber
Rowley rolled round where rolle(
the round roll Robert Rowley rolle(
round?
Oliver Oglethorp ogled an ow
and oyster. Did Oliver Oslethorl
ogle an owl and oyster? If Olive
Oglethorp ogled an owl and oyster
where is the owl and oyster Olive
Oglethorp ogled?
Hobbs meets Snobbs and Nobbs
Hobbs bobs to Snobbs and Nobbs
Hobbs nobs with Snobbs and rob
Nobb's fobs. "That is" says Nobbs
'the worse for Hobbs jobs" am
Snobbs sobs.
Sammy Shoesmith saw a shrek
ing songster. Did Sammy Shoe
smith see shrieking songster? !
Sammy Shoesmith saw shriekin
songster, where's the shriekin
songster Sammy Shoesmith saw?
| went into the garden to gathe
some blades, and there saw tw
sweet pretty babes. "Ah, babes,
that you, babes, braiding of blade:
babes? If you braid any blades a
all, babes, braid broad blades, babes
or braid no blades at all, babes"
AS l was going down the stree
| saw two bootblacks-one was
+ black bootblack and the other
white bootblack, and both had blac
boots as we'll as blacking and black
ing brushes. The black bootblac
asked the white bootblack to blac
his, the black bootblack's blac
boots, with blacking. The whit
bootblack consented to black th
black boots of the black bootblac
with blacking, but when he, tn
white bootblack, had BACKED on
black boot of the black bootblac
with blacking, he, the white boo
black, had blacked one black boo
of the black bootblack with blacl
ing, he, the white bootblack, refuse
to black his, the black bootblack
othor hlock boot with blacking. III
less he, the black bootblack, pal
him, the white bootblack, the sam
\ as what he, the white bootblack, g
for blacking other peoples blac
boots, whereupon the black boo
black grew still blacker in the fac
called the white bootblack blacl
guard, at the same time booting Il
white bootblack with the black bot
that he, the white bootblack, ha
already blacked with backing
T,nndon Tid-bits.