SOME AMUSING “BULLS.”

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1985, 23 April 1906, Page 2

SOME AMUSING “BULLS.”

A witty Irishman, upon being asked foi the definition of a bull, said : “ If you see two cows lying down alone in a field, the one standing up is sure to be a bull.” Mrs. Edgeworth, in her essays on “ Irisfc Bulls, gives the following : “ When I first saw you I thought it was you, and now I see it is your brother.” . “ I met you this morning, and you did not come ; l s li meet you to-morrow morning, whether you come or not.” “Oh, if I had stayed in that climate until now I would have been dead two years.” During the Irish rebellion an Irish papei published this item : ■ “A man named McCarthy was run over by a passenger train and killed on \N ednesj day. He was injured in a similar way two j years ago.” In 1784 the Irish House of Commons | issued an order to this effect: ( “ Any member unable to write may get another member to frank his letter for him, i but only on condition that he certifies with i his own handwriting his inability on the i back of it.” A well-known English epitaph commences 1 as follows : “ Reader, if thou canst read.” 1 This is somewhat akin to the handboard, ! which read . • “ The ford is dangerous when this board I is covered by the water.”