Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1886 — Curran’s Ready Wit. [ARTICLE]

Curran’s Ready Wit.

When Lord Byron published his sentimental “Farewell” after his separation from his wife, the matter was a subject of much after-dinner comment. Curran’s opinion was once appealed to. “I protest,” said he, “I do not understand this kind of whimpering. Here is a man who first weeps over his wife, and th'en wipes his eyes with the pub’ lie.” Walking with a friend one day he met an Irish gentleman who had preserved his native brogue in a manner creditable to his patriotism after many years’ sojourn in England. He had acquired „a singular habit, of lolling out his tongue as he walked along. “What does he mean by it,” said the friend. clearly/ 1 said Curran, ‘,‘the man is trying to catch the English accent.” When informed that a dirty and stingy barrister of his acquaintance Went a journey with a shirt and a guinea, the comment was: “He will not change either till he comes back.”— Temple Bar.