stallionize

— I' troth, Sir Grandpaw, quoth the Ass, I am somewhat a Blockhead you know, and can't for the heart's blood of me learn so fast the Court-way of speaking of you Gentlemen-horses; I mean don't you Stallionize it sometimes here among your metal'd Fillies?

— It shocks his sense of the proprieties to see a great religious journal (see "Editorials by Our Subscribers" — none of whom, we hope, have misplaced their "manhood") like the Texas Baptist Standard flaunting in the middle of a page of jejune prattle anent the Holy Spirit, a big display ad. for the "French Nerve Pill" — guaranteed to re-stallionize old roues — and following up a long dissertation on "The Weakness of the Baptist Denomination" with an illustrated notice to the effect that "loss of manly power resulting from bad habits" is cured by certain eastern Cagliostros, who will send, "securely sealed in plain envelope on receipt of 10 cents," a medical treaties "written in plain language."