Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1884 — Irish Wit. [ARTICLE]

Irish Wit.

There 'will always be an abundance of stories of Irish wit and Irish blunders as long as there is an Irish race. Here are a few fresh ones from an English newspaper; A car-driver who had charged h s passenger too much was reproached by the latter for lying. “I wonder you haven’t more regard for the truth than to be dragging her out on every palthryoccasion,’’ was the reply. Speaking of a neighbor who was a daring rather than an expert mariner, a certain country doctor related how his yacht had *“ stuck fast and loose in the mud.”

Again, at a meeting of churchwaidens, when it was debated whet er the pew of a gentleman who had seceded to Revivalism should be retained for him or not, the doctor urged that it should, adding as a reason, “ ’Tis unbeknownst but one of his ancestors might want it.” An Irish newspaper, giving an account of a burglary, said: “After a fruitless search, all the money was recovered, except one pair of boots. ”

Surely Mr. Matthew Arnold will not quarrel with the lack of lucidity which gave the following to the world: ♦‘Our most famous jig-dancer came by his death in a faction fight at a village fair. An inquest was held, at which a verdict was brought in that he met his death by tlue visitation of God undei'suspicious circumstances.”