Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-03-09
TRUE IRISH BULLS.
They Have a Flavor All Their
Own, "the Effect of Climate"
BRANDS FROM OTHER LANDS.

| Tho EeSt OF the FRENCH buHS are
Acted, Not Spoken--Some DroIl Ex-
anpcs Of the Italian, Portuguese.
Dutch and German.
Sir Richard Steele explained why his
| cOuntrymei made bulls: Ills the eff
feet of the climate. sir IL an English
mau were born IN Ireland he would
make rs many" said he. II is not ey-
cry one who knows bull when he
secs her II may be no bull. but
merely hlunder betise, as the
tYcuch have IL To make sure that
we have The true criterion let us first
set down few Of the genuine ortho.
dox Irish kind
lie butt tie wall wider than it was
hi-h 80 than when II Cell down II
should he higher than it was wide.
Two weary und footsore rishmcu
come 10 milestone ten miles to Dub
lin "Arrah" says one. its but Eve
miles apiece.
Dsputing OF the date OF ST. Patricks
birthday, lie couldn't have bad two
unless he WIS twins.
IN Irish sailor reported that in Phil
adelphia they copper bottomed the tops
Of the houses with sheet lead.
Give me the loan Of Ratchet TO saw
an empty barrel CT flour IN two to
make the dog pigpcn
Ills estate is divided by impenetra
BILE fur.e bitches mnde Of quarried
stones set on edge
An IriShnnn describing a glorious
fight. SAID There was only one whole
nose IN the house, aud that was the
taypots"
In these and in hundreds like them
we have the true favor of the Irish
bull
There are genuine bulls In French,
but they are rare. The genius of the
language does not lend itself to any
thing less chan neat precision. A
French hul is usually nothing more
than betiSe still, French bulls exist
Leon Bishop and Count of Lisieux
wrote 10 the Duchess Of Brissac as fol
lows.
Madame showing how fond you
are of red partridgeS. | send you here
with half dozen Three of them are
gray. and one is woodcOck. You will
find this letter in the bottom Of the
basket
Frenchman used II large stone Jar
for pillow. explaining thar 1t was not
hard because ne had stuffed 1t full OF
hay
The very best French bulls are acted,
not spoken The Duke de st. Simon
relates that lady lying Ill, was much
disturbed By the ringing Of the chlrcf
| bells To dcaden the noise her lover
had the street in front of her house
laid with straw.
4 spoken bull In French is APT to be
something difiereui from the irish va
riety. something more like betise. as
has been said And il is difficult to
retain the flavor In translation. "Ce
sont toujours les memeS soldatS qui Sc
font tuer" says Marshal Bugeaud OF
his army This loses a little when one
| translates. 1T is always the same sol
diers who get themselves killed.
En- fait dinutlites Il ne faut que le
u'' N'9"''' NV 's"''
the freheh 'hah u It's 'railSia'lou'
only so many useless mugs are re
CURED as are strictly necessary
mere Is Tue tra"'N'''"'' oi i'''' u d"
ltaIlah 'et''r.
nave had most t'.,i"us ear'n
quake, II 10y me mercy 81 TOO Il hau
lasteu Tor announcer nan hohr we Hh"hio
| =
all nave gone {" paradise from "nich
may God deliver lis Whether you re-
ceive TINS letter or not please ADVISE
me IN either case
Here IS Portuguese bun Ia oueF
ing reward for the recovery OF the
corpse Of drowned man his relatives
remarked that the deceased might be
Identified. IL found hy Il slight impedi
meut in his speech
After much research it has been so
far impossible to discover a genuine
Spanish bull, but here is a Dutch bull
"The pig had no marks on his ears
except short tail
And here is n German bull
Der Iuhu der Zcit. der allie Thrancn
trocknet. wird uuch uber desc Sache
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