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Jfaxts b An igsKvramus was rieictiliiip,, a learticd man offeis great Uge. ",I,n ass," replied the learned man, "is older at twentg? than a man at sixty." "I wish to state," writes a provident minister, "that I have procured an alarm clock that will wCtke up the <20Dj?regation as soda as the service is over." Some philosopher has said-" Sttnd me the dresses a. Hainan has worn, and I will write her biograi ihy. If a 1 'society belle wers to forward him her wardrobe, tfle-e I would be very Ifetle left of her for him to v rite about. A young m&n who went to the late war began his first II Setter to his -s-o,-eetheart after this faslron "My fen- -Julia, whenever I am tempted to do wrong I think of you and say, "tret thee behind me Satir--i., That -fetter I was answered in these words, Go to tLe front, lovs, and don't return until you are sbc-i -dead." An English otficer lost his kg at the battle of Vltc.oria, and, after^salTering amputation with thegreatest ccarage, thus addressed his servant, who was crying, or pretend- ing to cry, in one corner of the rot m, "None cf your fcypocritiosd tears, you idle dog yov know you •s-e very glad, for**ow you will only have one boot to clean instead of two.>: I Fcroata are always -essociated with nursemaids, and nursemaids are generally^ ssooiated with soldiers. In the park last s-ir.rirner, two Ladies were for the littte daughter of 116, of a group of baby-carriages. "Do you see hirtiaske-6 the friend of the mother. "Hiin'2 I am 2'"king fm-tir.er nurse." j Hermurse" Yes, aS children i.<ok alii: I know the > Qarse, and I can find the child test in that wjfjr." Well, •••id'-tae other, "I think all mrsse* look "How- "doyou find yours, then! Ofc, I know tibe soldier who is her sweetheart." BKSFEKBED A POTT.—Charles }I,falmoe Young, the traidgedian, tells in ikis menwirs that os.ce, when the ^ueen was about to be confined, the Prince Consort said to-one of his little bays, "I think it Tgi-y likely. rfty ■dear, that your mamma will soon present :y,;u with a little ta,o' ber or sister vibieb WoU7 d you rather haveTr.e little boy paused a'Koment, s.nd then retried, Weil, if St'e the same to rnemma, I 3uld prefer* i. pony." is is under date July^SS, '1849, *:o the little'joy must have the Prince of Wales; the Duke*i Edinburgh. THE MAN IN* TBNNESSSE.—The famous American iPresident, AmireVi" Jackseu. was the author of a )ry How classical in the .uuaiut, strenw ns literature of -American controversy »feoet a man in Tennessee. "Dpwn :in Tennessee ,rid the s-Lurdy old Oarrickfergus thief dagistrate to an obstinate seuatoa, persistent with "*>bstrusive adviec, down ;n Tennessee I knew a-man 'who made a great fortune. He was an extraordaiiary craan. He made his fortur.e in asingubr way." Why, this is mo*t inteersting,taid the sentior, Y es,r' said the President, that IlIaD in Tennesee made his fortune -by minding hre own business." We ferow some people in the Cambrian Tkws district who tn%ht make a-decent living in this way, even fi they could*.rot make a. fortune. living in this way, even fi they (',(lUhi',r:ot make a. fortune. A Boy's EJ.-SAY OK .A Cow.-B>a:'ker's "Studies of Elementary School Life" includes the following brilliant essay on The Cow, "1,b-y Tom, the »■ n of ? c&i'e meat tnan. The c;;iv is i noble quadrerped, though not so noble as the hoese, me;1 less the fearing liou- Sit has four short legs, a big het/i for its aizt, ^nd a thick body. Its back laffs ft:? hent, and there's tw, big bones lacking out just above. Its tail is more noble than the donkey' but nothin to curn upt-c that of the uceborse. TLe cow gives us milk- and ni-?ed beef, scu l shoolether. How thankful should child: en be to this tame qieadrerped. The reason why beef is so dear is tfost. cows coat so much, and the earth i-i getting full of pew) 1c. I allwscrs have beef to my-dinner on Snedays on other days bpsad and dripping or bread and "lard, sometitr.eu trestele. '-Vlother says that if £ em hungry on my runr.ds, I can eat a bit of cat's meat if'it does'nfr.smell, but I r„u»n't eat the liver, she says. HOT.- thankful ought we to be to th-o cow for: nice hot beef. Pertatsas grow they are not on the cow. The four tUiiig-a which-you see utide. the cow's btlly are what the railk comes through. H«v.7 thankful t?kould we j be. The cow .makes-eeilk from grace. God teaches the cow how to de it. A cow's feet ia split in two like sheep's they are called hooves. Little cwv.s are calleifi carves. Carves are the-stupidist of all tam-s quadrupeds, except pigs and dorfeej-s. Wien you drive a carf, nev«r piick its behind but push it- gently with your fiat hand, lien are crewel to.carves OGZ they can't draw milk them. You can geuly iind in-asiiroomk; iR cuw's. fields, but you musn't go in it there's a board How wolld you:. mothers like be called Trespass V PHRASES (X A SHAEJESPEAREAN O-tIGI-The -po,.Yer ij-" Shakespeare over the, public is shown by the extent tc", which his plarases have been incorporated inourlauguage. In this point, indeed/ tie is uneqiiatiad. Amoui^these ars bag and ba £ ga^e"dead as a <Soor nail," •• proud" bag and as a «bor nail," )roud. > ,è: me's humiftty, hit-ci miss," ve is blind,r' setlia^ for a song." .w-ide w(;t'Id," cut copies," fast and loosed nnconsidersc!. trifles," Westward ho," "f&niiliaricy breeds contempt," patching' up excuses." rniseiy makes strange bedfellows," to beet" (in a trade), "-eboTy, and long of it,' "«conib your- hair with ft three-legged stool," dancing attendance," "getting even," {revensjt, birds of a feather." "that's flat." "tag-rag," "Greek to me" (unintelligible), 4 send one packing," as the Q&.y is long, packing a:>jcrj%" motier wit," "kill wkh kindness," mem," (for o-,ilcnce),- ill wind fchit blower o good," "wild .f!C1(]88 di- ase, "scare crow," iygga^i. row of pins" ia- a inarl: of value); viya, voce," gi-e and take," f>óli.<" (in the way of a" joke), your caka if. dough." The git-l who playfully ealls some youth a milksop" is also uijconuciously quoting Shakspe:»-. a, 7 and even ■"loggerhead" is of the same origin. Extempore" tirst found in Shakspaare, and so Are almanacs." The eiu; and vine'' (as a figure) juay ialso be mentiened. Shakspeare is i.he first author thit tspeaks of the ruan in the moon, or mentions the potato, or uses the term eyesore'' for annoys nee. Another -■'often-quoted ctterance may be here mentioned, simpiy '"because it is generally mist:nderstr>oc:. One touch of mature makes the whole world kin," which is supposed to <« £ press the power of sympathy, whereas it soley referred -to the wides^ead operation-of selfihf 358.

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