The book of blunders; comprising hibernicisms, bulls that are not Irish and typographic errors - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...the gloss of the shop. He seemed conscious of his dignity, and carried his head in such a manner as to invite attention to it. Mat's knowing eye immediately detected the weakness of the stranger, and, approaching him carelessly, he said: "What a very nice hat you've got on! Pray, who made it?" "Oh, it came from New York," was the reply. "Will you let me take it?" asked Mat as politely as he knew how. The stranger took it off his head gingerly and handed it to him. "It's a wonderful nice hat," said Mat, "and I see it's a real salamander." ' Salamander!' said the other; ' what's that?' "Why, a real salamander hat won't burn." "No? I never heard of that before. I don't believe it's one of that kind." "Sartin sure; I'll bet you a mug of flip of it." "Well, I'll stand you." "Done!" said Mat. "Now I'll just put it under the forestick." It being thus arranged, Mat put the hat under the forestick into a glowing mass of coals. In an instant it took fire, collapsed, and rolled into a black, crumpled mass of cinders. "I du declare!" cried Mat, affecting great astonishment; "it ain't a salamander hat, arter all, but I'll pay the flip." A young man in one of our Western towns had patronized the fine arts so far as to buy a picture of the Temptation of Adam and Eve. Some one asked him if it was a chaste picture. "Yes," he said, "chased by a snake." This would have been witty if he had known it, but he didn't. A newspaper in one of the midland counties of Pennsylvania relates the following: "A singular accident occurred on the Reading Railroad on Monday last. As the morning train was approaching Manayunk, the cylinderhe...