The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-09-20
SLIPS OF THE TONGUE.
Some of the Queer Bulls That Have
Been Recorded.

Been Recorded.
That man made a remark that
had better have been left unsaid
who, when the king found some
fault with the earl marshal for some
details of the coronation ceremony,
replied, please, your majesty, l
hope it will be better next time"
Lord Oxford tells the following,
which he characterizeS as the best
"bull" he ever heard: 81 hate that
woman" said gentleman, looking
at one who had been his nurse. Il
hate that woman, for she changed
me at nurse" A gentleman was
once complimenting Nine Denis on
the manner in which she had just
enacted the part of lara ''To act
that part, said she, "a person
should be young and handsome"
"Ah, madam" replied the would be
complimenter, ''you are a complete
proof to the contrary" which was a
faux pas with vengeance. 1t was
at an execution in Ireland that the
rope broke and the half hanged vic
tim fell to the ground, when the
person who was experimenting the
execution said, "You rascal, if you
do that again I'll kill you as sure as
you breathe"
1t was an Irish mayor who issued
a proclamation stating that certain
business would be transacted in that |
city Except Monday" easter Sun
day only excepted), which is capped -!
by the preamble of an English bill |
which ordained that certain regula-
lions should take place con every
Monday" TUESDAY excepted), while !
an English mayor ran this close in
a proclamation and an advertise !
ment relating to some forthcoming
races, wherein it was stated that !
no gentleman will be allowed to !
ride on the course but the horses ;
that are to run"
Another "bull' of the legislature |
which actually found its way on to |
the statute book was that in which !
IN amending an old act it was or
dalned in the event Of conviction !
that of the fine of 40 shillings, half
was to go to the king and half to the |
lntormer. In the amending act this
was altered to 90 strokes with the
birch, half to go to the king and |
half to the informcr," which only !
tends to show that the craftsmen of !
the laws of the nation are not al |
ways as careful as they might or |
should be. OF course, perhaps, the
poor things are overworked or tired. !
Shakespeare has been guilty of |
more than one literary DULL" one |
of his best being in the first portion |
OF Henry "" wherein the carrier
complains that "the turkeys in his
Planners are quite starved" the
phrase occurring in the fifth scene
OF the second act, whereas turkeys |
came from America, and the new |
world was not even discovered for a
century later Again, in the first
scene of the fifth act of ''Henry ""
wherein Cover is made to say to
Fluellen, ''Here comes Pistol, smil-
ing hike turkeycock," all of which !
proves the appositeness of the re-
mark that even Homer sometimes !
mods, as Shakespeare did in these !
and other instances. Many Others
could be deduced, bat the above ex-
amples will suffice.
Going a step higher, we find the
lord lieutenant of Ireland of for
meF day equally at fault in his Ian /
guage, for IN proclamation issued /
from the council chamber of Dublin /
we find it set forth that whereas. !
the greatest economy is necessary |
IN the consumption of all species of |
grain and especially in the consump- |
ton of potatoes" etc. Mr.. Grey |
tells of lawyer who in an action |
for assault and battery informed the |
Judge that "the defendant beat his
chent with certain wooden instru-
1nent called an iron pestle. Lon |
don Standard.