DOUGLAS JERROLD.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 27, 5 July 1890, Page 20

DOUGLAS JERROLD.

When a friend once said to him : ‘ Did you know, Jerrold, that Jones has left the stage and tume.l wine merchant ?’ * Oh, yes,' Jerrold replied. ‘ and I’m told that his wine off the stage is better than his wine on it.’ Being waited on for a charitable contribution on behalf of a somewhat too frequent petitioner for charity, he asked: ‘ How much does X want this time?’ ‘Just a four and two naughtswill nut him straight, I think.’ ‘Well,’ said Jerrold, ’put me down for one of the naughts.’’ Going to his friend Mr Pepper’s party, which was fully attended, he said to the host, on entering the room : ‘My dear-Mr Pepper, how glad you must be to see all your friends mustered 1 Many of us are familiar with the story where a dull fellow in Jerrold’s presence spoke of a certain song in these terms: ‘ I never hear it but that I am completely carried away.’ To which Jerrold added: ‘ Can't some one of the company whistle it ?’ Another such fellow told him a long, dull joke once, in a very stupid way, adding, at the end of the narration: * I thought I should have diet! with laughter.’ ‘ I wish to Heaven you had.' was Jerrold’s response. Not dissimilar to these was the one where he, with a company of literary friends, met. on their walk, a young donkey. A sentimental poet among the group admired it very much, and declared he would like to send it to his mother. ‘Do,' said Jerrold ; ‘and tie a piece of paper about its necK bearing this motto : “ When this you see, remember me.”’