Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-10-06
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
iault with the earl marshal for some
s } tails of the coronation ceremony
replied, "Please, your majesty, l
nope it will be better next time"
Lord Oxford tells the following,
which he characterizes as the best
bull" he ever heard: al hate that
woman" said gentleman, looking
at one, who had been his nurse. 81
me at nurse" A gentleman was
once complimenting Nine. Denis on
The manner in which she had just
enacted the part of cara. "To act
that part" said she, ga person
should be young and handsome"
"Ah, madam" replied the would be
complimenter, "you are a complete
proof to the contrary" which was
faux pas with vengeance. 1t was
1T 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
1 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-
tons 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 it's way on to
the statute book was that in which
in amending an old act it was Or
1ained in the event of conviction
that of the fine of 40 shillings, half
was to go to the king and half to the
nformer. In the amending act this
was altered to $40 strokes with the
birch, half to 60 to the king and
half to the informer," which only
tends to show that the craftsmen of
the laws of Tire ndLiUn arc not oil
ways as careful as they might OF
should be. Of course, perhaps, the
DOOR things are oHerworked or tired.
Shakespeare has been guilty Of
more than one literary "bull," one
Of his best being in the first portion
If "Henry ~" wherein the carrier
complains that ''the turkeys in his
panniers 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 like turkeycock," all of which
proves the appositeness of the re-
mark that even Homer sometimes
nods, as Shakespeare did in these
and other instances. Many others
could be deduced, but the above ex-
IMPLIES will suffice.
Going step higher, we find the
lord lieutenant of Ireland of for
mer day equally at fault in his Ian
guage, for in a 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-
lion 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 certain wooden instru-
ment called an iron pestle. Lon
don Standard.