Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1893 — The Queen's English. [ARTICLE]

The Queen's English.

Lord Palmerston’s reply to the illiterate member who asked him', “Are there two hens In ’Oniton?” is a specimen of his rather boisterous chaff. "No, only one; that’s why heggs are so scarce there.” Mr. Disraeli’s comment upon a portrait of himself, “Is It not hideous? and so like,” exhibited a discernment not eommon with unflattered sitters.