The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-04-26
true IRISH BULLS.
They Have a Flavor All Their
Own, 1.-The Effect of Climate"
BRANDS FROM OTHER LANDS.
The Best of the French Bulls Are
Acted, Not ePoken-Soms DrolI Ex.
ampIss Of tho italian, Portuguese.
Dutch and Cernan

countrymen made bulls: "'Tis the eff.
feet Of the climate. sir. If an English.
man were born In Ireland he would
make as many" said he. 1t Is not ev.
cry one who knows a bull when he
sees her. 1t may b no bull, but
merely a blunder "A betise, ~ the
French have II. To make sure that
we have the true criterion lot us first
set down a few Of the genuine. ortho-
dox Irish kind:
He built the wall wider than II was
high. % that when Il fell down 1t
should b higher than 4 was Wide.
Two wsary and feo&soes ITishmen
como to q milestone. saa miles % Dub
In -Arrsh." says snA "'t1s bat nvs
miles apiseA~
Disputing Of the date Of Ct Paxick's
birthday. he couldn't have had two
unless hs was twtnA.
An Irish sailor reported that In Phil.
ade,phia they copper bottomsd the tops
Of tho houses with sheet Lead.
Give me the loan Of hatche< to saw
IN empty barrel Of nour In two to
make the dog q pigpen.
His estate II divided by impenetra.
BILE furze bitches made Of Quarried
stones set on edge
An Irishman. describing q glorious
nght. 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 flavor Of the Irish
bull
There arc 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 betise. Still. French bulls exist
Leon, Bishop and Count Of Lsieux
wrote to the Duchess Of Brissac as fol.
lows:
Madame. knowing how fond you
are Of red partridges, I send you here
with half dozen Three Of them are
gray. and one Is a woodcock. You will
ind this letter In the bottom Of the
basket"
A Frenchman used a large stone jar
for pillow. explaining that 1t was not
hard because he 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 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 be
something different from the Irish va.
riety. something more like betise. rs
has been said. And 1t Is difficult to
retain the flavor In translation. "Ce
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 II ne faut que lie
necessaire" Is more highly colored In
the French than In its translation.
"Only so many useless things are re-
quired as 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 1t had
lasted for another half hour we should
all have gone to paradise, from which
may God deliver us. Whether you re-
ceive this letter or not, please advise
me In either case"
Here Is Portuguese bull. In offer.
ing 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 II has been 50
far impossible to discover a genuine
Spanish bull. but here Is a Dutch bull:
The pig had no marks on his ears
except a short tail"
And here Is q German bull:
"Der Zahn der Zeit. der ale Thranen
trocknet. wird auch uber diese Sache
Gras wachsen lassen" c'The tooth Of
time. that wipes away all tears. will
permit grass to grow over this mat.
ter also').
Blunders I'm English speech are not
uncommon. The orthodox bull OF Ire
land has scarcely crossed the channel.
fellow Of the Royal society speaks
OF "the earthquake that had had the
honor TO be noticed by the Royal 80.
ciety."
'The West Indies Will now have a
future which they have never had In
the past" sounds promising until one
sees that Its bullish quality is q mere
blunder 10y which the word "opportuni
ty' was omitted There IL none OF the
favor OF the famous definition OF salt
by the Irish schoolboy, salt IL that
which makes your potatoes taste nasty
III you don't put II In"
Even the best Of the foreign bulls I'm
Latin tongues evoke the suspiciOn that
they are mere translatiOnS from Irish
originals The Dutch. the Germans
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