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  2. Flotsam and Jetsam

    A minister was busy erecting a fence round his small garden. He was hammering in the nails, when a boy going to school stopped, and watched the operation. ...

    Article : 89 words
  3. A Good and Sufficient Reason.

    Traveller (to an Irishman): "Well, Mike, I see you have a small garden." Mike: "Yes, sorr." "What are you going to set in it for next ...

    Article : 104 words
  4. An Unfortunate Veteran.

    The old lady seemed to be in a thoughtful mood. Suddenly she looked up and said : "John, you had one leg shot off in the war?" ...

    Article : 107 words
  5. An Embarrassing Situation.

    The absent-minded man is in evidence again. This time he has been operating in one of the Queen-street shops, and at the time afforded a great deal of amusement to ...

    Article : 238 words
  6. Three Heads.

    A Highland minister was visiting a brother minister in the south, and was asked by him on the Sunday to take the afternoon service for him. The Highland minister earnestly ...

    Article : 137 words
  7. Neat Compliments.

    Two neat compliments are attributed to the new American Ambassador, Mr. Choate, in a sketch of him as lawyer, statesman, humorist, and orator, by Mr. John E. ...

    Article : 153 words
  8. He Spell It with a "MY."

    Not very long ago a splendid oar went up from Eton to pass his matriculation examination at Cambridge (says "M.A.P."). Wranglers at Cambridge are not very scarce, but ...

    Article : 100 words
  9. An Easy Time.

    Two bluejackets were once overheard arguing as to whom had the least work to do on board a man of war. "It's the parson," said one. ...

    Article : 135 words
  10. A Woman's Loneliness.

    We were all pulling bonbons one with another at our table in the corner of the big diding-room, and crowning ourselves with paper absurdities. For it was Christmas and ...

    Article : 172 words
  11. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.-HUDIBRAS. "At this point she broke down and wept scalding tears." "Dear Me! She must have ...

    Article : 762 words
  12. In the Hands of an Enemy.

    "Saw a strange thing in Mackay the other day," said a citizen who was being shaved in a Brisbane barber's shop. "I was walking from the hotel to the office of a ...

    Article : 160 words
  13. Tit or Tat.

    This incident is said to have occurred at Bar[?] show. A visitor persisted in offering a bun to an elephant, and then pulling it away before the animal could ...

    Article : 185 words
  14. The Shrewd Bey.

    One morning last week a lady living in the suburbs answered the door to find a bulky boy, with an innocent red face and peachcoloured ears, standing on the steps. He ...

    Article : 336 words
  15. The Young Idea.

    One of the pleasant ways of kindergarten teaching is to read a story or poem and have the children draw a picture illustrating it. "The other day," said a kindergarten ...

    Article : 137 words
  16. High Church Below Stains.

    "Lord John Thynne, one of the Canons of Windsor, had a page who affected extreme views. One morning," relates the Dean of (Bristol, in "Phases of My Life," "the ...

    Article : 271 words
  17. Red-tapism.

    Mr. Arnold White tells a story excellently illustrating the red tape of English Governmental life. An engineer officer, in the course of his duties, which involved ...

    Article : 199 words
  18. His Wit Saved [?].

    Detroit, U.S.A., used to have a lawyer who was shrewd enough to show contempt of court without incurring danger of the penalty that ...

    Article : 298 words
  19. Tender Recollections.

    The balloon was tugging at its rope and bouncing about clumsily, in the puffs of wind. A widow stood regarding it with streaming eyes. She was alone, but a ...

    Article : 217 words
  20. Two "Elder" Stories.

    English student of Shakspeare, in train nearing Forres, to a Scotch elder: "This is the locality of the blasted heath, is It not?" ...

    Article : 226 words
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