Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1891 — From the Dictionary. [ARTICLE]

From the Dictionary.

Friends indeed—Quakers. Below zero— The mercury. Some pointed articles—Spurs. * “Aye, there’s the rub”—Soap. A buttress —The nanny goat. A hard case—The turtle shell. For the sake of form—Corsets. All the year round—The globe. Always short—Knickerbockers. Makes a night of it—The watchman* Four legs, but can't walk—The chair. Right under your nose—Your mouth. Wonderful to relate—Fairy stories. Should be hopping mad—Angry frogs. Something to make light of—Thedynamo. A fashionable meetin’ house—Delmonico’s. M. Eiffel has invented a steel bridgefor use in war. It is in parts and can beput up in a jiffy.