Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-11
TRUE IRISH BULLS.
They Have a Flavor AL Their
Own, ''the Effect Of Climate"
BRANDS FROM OTHER LANDS.

BRANDS FROM OTHER LANDS.
Tho Best Of the French Bulls Ars
Acted, Not spoksn-soms DroIl Elk.
amplss Of the italian, Portuguese.
Dutch and German.
Sir Richard Steele explained why his
countrymen made bulls: "'Tis the ef-
feet of the climate, sir. If an English
man were born in Ireland he would
make as many" said he. It Is not ev-
cry enc who knows bull when he
sees her. It may be no bull, but
merely q blunder betise, as the
French have it. To make sure that
we have the true criterion let US first
set down few of the genuine, ortho-
dox Irish kind:
He built the wall wider than it was
high, 80 that when it fell down It
should be higher than it was wide.
Two weary and footsore Irishmen
come to a milestone, ten miles to Dub
lin. "Arrah." says one. "'tis but five
miles apiece"
Disputing of the date Of st. Patrick's
birthday, HE couldn't have had two
unless he was twins"
An 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 Of -four In two to
make the dog pigpen.
His estate Is divided by impenetra-
! BILE furze bitches made Of quarried
stones set on edge.
An Irishman, describing glorious
fight, said, ''There was only one whole
nose in the house, and that was the
taypot's."
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 than neat precision. A
French bull is usually nothing more
than a betise. Still, French bulls exist.
Leon, Bishop and Count Of Lisieux
wrote to the Duchess Of Brissac al FOL-
lows:
madame, knowing how fond you
are Of red partridges, l send you here
with half dozen: Three Of them ar6
gray. and one Is a woodcock. You viii
ind this letter in the bottom Of tho
basket
for pillow, explaining that 1t was not
hard because he had stuffed it 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 church
bells. To deaden the noise her lover
had the street in front Of her house
laid with straw.
A spoken bull in French Is apt to b.
something different from the Irish va
nety, something more like betise. a.
has been said. And it is difficult to
retain the favor In translation. &c
sont toujours les memes soldats Qu1 %
font tuer," says Marshal Bugeaud Of
his army. This loses little when one
translates, 1T Is always the same SOL
diers who get themselves killed."
En- fait d'inutilites u ne faut que To-
necessaire'' is more highly colored In
the French than in its translation,
"Only so many useless things are re-
quired AZ are strictly necessary"
Here is the translation of part Of an
italian letter:
I'VE have had a most famous earth
quake. If by the mercy Of God it had
lasted for another half hour we should
al have gone to paradise, from which,
may God deliver U.s. Whether you re-
ceive this letter or not, please advise
me in either case"
Here IL Portuguese bull. In Offer
ing a reward for the recovery Of the
corpse Of drowned man his relatives
remarked that the deceased might be
identified, II found. by a slight impedi-
ment in his speech.
After much research it has been 20
tar impossible to discover a genuine
Spanish bull, but here is a Dutch bull:
1.-THE pig had no marks on his ears
except 4 short tall"
+ And here IL a German ball:
.sDer Zahn der Zeit, der ale Thranen
6ocknet, wird auch uber desc sachs
Gras wachsen lassen" c'The tooth of
time, that wipes away all tears, viii
permit grass to grow over this mat
ter also'l
Blunders in English speech arc not
uncommon. The orthodox bull Of Ire
Land has scarcely crossed the channel
A fellow Of the Royal society speaks
Of 'the earthquake that had had the
honor to be noticed by the Royal 20
ciety."
The West Indies will now have
future which they have never had in
the past" sounds promising until one
sees that its bullish quality IL a mere
blunder BY which the word "opportuni.
y" was omitted There IN none Of the
favor Of the famous definition Of salt
BY the Irish schoolboy, "salt u that
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