32. In a certain edition of the Breitmann Ballads, this phrase is
said to have originated in 1845. In 1835, I heard it said that
General Jackson in a letter spelt all correct "oll
korrekt," and this I believe to be the real origin of
the expression. - C.G.L.
33. This incident, and the one narrated in the preceding verse,
are literally true.
34. "No more interlect than a half-grown shad," is a phrase which
occurs, if the author remembers aright, in the Charcoal Sketches,
by J. C. Neal. The Western people have carried this idea a step
further, and applied it to sardines, as "small fishes," all of an
average size, packed closely together in tin cans and excluded
from the light of day. A man who has never travelled, and has
during all his life been packed tightly among those who were his
equals in ignorance and inexperience, is therefore a "sardine."
35. The incident narrated in this part, is told in Pennsylvania
as having occurred to a well-known politician, who bore the
sobriquet of "With all due deference," from his habit of
beginning all his speeches with these words.
36. "Dese outpressions ish not to pe angeseen py anypodies ash
schvearin, boot ash inderesdin Norse or Sherman idioms. Goot
many refiewers vot refiewsed to admire soosh derms in de earlier
editions ish politelich requestet to braise dem in future nodices
from a transcendental philological standpoint." - FRITZ
SCHWACKENHAMMER
37. Requisish. An abbreviation of the word
requisition, which Breitmann had heard during the War of
Emancipation. I once heard this cant term used in a droll
manner, about the end of the war, by a little girl, six years
old, the daughter of a quarter-master. She had "confiscated," or
"foraged," or "skirmished," as it was indifferently called, a toy
whip belonging to her little brother of four years, who was
clamorously demanding its return. "I cannot let you have the
whip," said she gravely, "as I need it for military purposes; but
I can give you a requisish for it on my papa, who will give you
an order on the United States Government." - C. G. L.