Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1895 — Some Stories of Pat. [ARTICLE]

Some Stories of Pat.

Harper's Young People. Pat is a delightful fellow when he is natural. The curious things the Irishmen say, and which are called bulls, have excited a great deal of merriment in the world. The latest instance of the bull that we have en'countered is the will of a deceased resident of Dublin, which reads as follows: “I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Bridget, tbe whole of my property without reserve; and to my oldest son, Patrick, one half of the remainder; and to Dennis, my youngest son, the rest. If anything is left it may go, together with the old cart without wheels, to my sincere and affectionate friend Terence McCarthy, in sweet Ireland.” Another amusing bull was that of a certain Paddy Murphy, who, with a number of others, was discussing what they would do in case they were shipwrecked far out at sea without even a plank to geWashore on. After the others had told what they would do, Paddy’s turn came. “You’re a selfish lot," he said. ‘“Ye'd all be afther savin x vonrsilves an’ no! savin’ any of the others. Oi’d do different. Oi’d shwim ashore an’ save miself first, an’ thin oi’d shwim out again and save the rest of yex."