Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1906 — A Sheridan Retort. [ARTICLE]

A Sheridan Retort.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan always maintained that the Duke of Wellington would succeed iu Portugal, while his friend General Tarleton had the opinion that he would fail. The matter was one of constant dispute between the two. Tarleton, who had been wrong, grew obstinate. Consequently, when the news of the retreat of the French at Torres Vedas arrived in England Sheridan, by way of a taunt, said: “Well, Tarleton, are you on your high horse still?” “Oh, higher than ever,” was the reply. “If I was on a horse before, 1 am on an elephant now.” “No, no, my dear fellow,” said the wit; “you were ou an ,uss before, and you are ou a mule now.”