Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-10-19
SLIPS OF THE TONGUE.
Some Of the Queer Bulls that Have.
Been Recorded.

Been Recorded.
That man made remark that nad
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, 1 hope 1t will be better
next time" Lord Oxford tells the fol-
lowing. which he characterizes as the
best bull" he ever heard: Il 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 COM
plimenting Nine. Denis on the manner
in which she had just enacted the part
of cara. ITO act that part" said she,
"a person should be young and hand
some "Ah, madam" replied the would
be complimenter. you are a complete
proof to the contrary" which was a
faux pas with a vengeance. 1t was
at an execution In Ireland that the
rope broke and the half hanged victim
fell to the ground, when the person
who was experimenting the execution
said, "You rascal, II you do that again
I'll kill you as sure as you breathe
It was an Irish mayor who issued
proclamation stating that certain bus
mess would be transacted in that city
except Monday, (Easter Sunday only
excepted), which is capped by the
preamble of an English bill which or
dained that certain regulations should
take place ION every Monday" (Tues-
day excepte6. while an English may
or ran this close in proclamation ana
an advertisement relating to some
forthcoming races, wherein 1t was
stated that mo gentleman will be al
lowed to ride on the course but the
horses that are to rum"
Another "bull Of the legislature
which actually found its way on to
the statute book was that In which In
amending an old act 1t was ordained In
the event of conviction that Of the fine
of 40 shillings, half was to go to the
king and half to the informer. In the
amending act this was altered to 40
strokes with the birch, half to go to
the king and half to the informer,
which only tends to show that the
craftsmen of the laws Of the nation
are not always as careful as they
might or should be. OF course, per-
haps, the poor things are overworked
or tired.
Shakespeare has been guilty OF
more than one literary bull" one OF
his best being in the first portion OF
Henry w." wherein the carrier COM
plans that, "the turkeys in his pan
niers are quite starved" the phrase
occurring in the fifth scene Of the sec
ond 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, smiling like turkeycock." all
of which proves the appositeness OF
the remark that even Homer some
times mods, as Shakespeare did In these
and other instances. Many others
could be deduced, but the above exam
Piles will suffice.
Going step higher, we find the
lord lieutenant of Ireland Of a for
mer day equally at fault In his Ian
guage, for in proclamation issued
from the council chamber Of Dublin
we find 1t set forth that whereas, the
greatest economy is necessary in the
consumption of all species Of grain
and especially in the consumption Of
potatoes" etc. Mr.. Grey tells Of
lawyer who in an action for assault
and battery informed the Judge that
"the defendant beat his client with a
certain wooden instrument called an
iron pestle. Standard.