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  3. Funny Fragments. 'TWERE WISER TO FORGET.

    A great man once said to a friend—"I think I'll write my recollections." "Very good," said the friend, "but let me caution you not to recollect ...

    Article : 76 words
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  5. FROM THE SCHOOLS.

    A surprising answer was elicited in a recent examinatuon at a board school in London. "Who was David?" asked the inspector. ...

    Article : 63 words
  6. HE MADE IT EASY.

    "I count myself fortunate," says a minister, "in numbering among my parishioners several who invariably tell me the truth about myself. Of a certain worthy ...

    Article : 81 words
  7. NEATLY PUT.

    A well known racehorse owner said to a veterinary su[?]geon:—"How is it you haven't called on me for your account?" ...

    Article : 69 words
  8. HE NEEDED SAPPING.

    A cannibal king recently sent post baste for his doctor. "Good gracious, man," the doctor said, "you're in a dreadful state. What have ...

    Article : 79 words
  9. BOTH WERE SOLD.

    "Gentlemen, I can't lie about the horse; [?]e is blind in one eye," said the auctioneer. The horse was soon knocked down to a citizen, who had been greatly ...

    Article : 85 words
  10. LIVING MEMENTO.

    An actor tells the story of a merchant who had been travelling some months, and upon his return was informed of the death of a valued friend. A few days later he ...

    Article : 105 words
  11. A SILENCER.

    It was a railway carriage, and the occupants were several travellers and a staid, pompous old gentleman. Various and unsuccessful efforts were made to ...

    Article : 86 words
  12. "ONCE BIT, TWICE SHY."

    An amusing anecdote is told of a certain lawyer, whose fame is worldwide. One day the office bell sent forth a ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. WAITING FOR REST.

    A young woman who was visiting a friend in a southern State of America, and heard many stories of the way in which the darkies managed to excuse ...

    Article : 98 words
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  15. JOHN WAS READY.

    In the neighbourhood of Shanghai an English sailor, on his way to the foreigners' burial ground to lay a wreath on the grave of a former comrade, met an ...

    Article : 116 words
  16. THEY COULD STAND IT.

    An American senator tells a good story on himself about the first political speech he ever made. He says:—"I jumped up and began—' Gentlemen, ...

    Article : 106 words
  17. CHIPS AND CHAFF.

    "Why can't you and your wife live together happily without fighting?" "If we lived together without fighting, ye[?] honour, we wouldn't be happy." ...

    Article : 739 words
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