Show gils ions and tn in days azyn gone by there lay lai iii in the southwestern portion of arance ahe province ol of gascony pis has now been divia ed into fo four ur eket sections ons are known M as the departments of 0 ear lan dit fleg godik arlege ailee dflia the ftp piper per pyrenees Pyre nees containing it is no less len tian V inhabits inh abita ants A great in diat of these natives is their frequently qu 1 antly manifested tendency to boast and so strongly devet developed aped has thear the quality aliby of the iuster bluster bee been n in in them fr from 0 in time immemorial emoriah that both leoth I 1 tar am own aaland frealen langnau lang nae have been enriched eurich edby by aro words ads derived from the name of the province th thus us i a gameon is set d down 0 wn in the dictionaries ca a boaster on 0 a braggart a vainglorious po person som and a gaso gasconade nade ln 0 r a go annas in 10 rif french unclip is the name given ta aur all boast fill futi talk vol fai the disi dici of di abd the franch aad boy my id 0 o iha of cf ta azad a gives an examples JI j bat contre centre dix dmn homme sest brzeg cannad 4 i er se he says he would fight donmen ten men tisa gasconade of com course se s however the fame oi of gAsA dodes does net depend entirely on mere fiat boasting 1 like ilia this but oil od the oi of wit cy with the most prodigious self exalta tion the following are some exam ties iles we have met wilha ga gascon on preacher stopped short in the pulp pulpit it vms in vain that he scratched his head bead nothing aoah come coad Tont ont my friends sa said id he aft 1 he down dou the pulpit friends I 1 pl pity ity you 10 f for r you have lost bost i a fine dise discourse ourse 1 ia n A young gascon arrived at paris pari s for or oid first ardi tinie time it was in summer and he went to sea te iiii mediately on his arrival when he saw the gallery odthe louvre U upon yon my honor sald said he 1 I like itt antly methinks I 1 see beache ae dack mackof of my lathers stables 2 A gascon officer hearing some one celebrating the exploits of a prince who in au an assault upon a town had killed six alz aaen men with his own hand B bahl ahl said he 1 T I would have you to know that thai the very mattresses f I 1 sleep upon tie are stuffed with nothing else elsa but the whiskers of thosa I 1 have hava seat to slumber in aai the rip lie ca ss 6 u A gascon in proof of his nobility asserted that in his fathers fataei castle they used no other othe r firewood b but ut I 1 the batons of the diff different prent mar echals of trance france of his faini family ij harpers ya u u g people z |