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_His Idea of Genius_
A young man once said to Thomas A. Edison, the inventor; "Mr. Edison,
don't you believe that genius is inspiration?"
"No," replied Edison; "genius is _per_spiration."
_Took the Wrong House_
On one of the Southern railroads there is a station-building that is
commonly known by travelers as the smallest railroad station in
America. It is of this station that the story is told that an old
farmer was expecting a chicken-house to arrive there, and he sent one
of his hands, a newcomer, to fetch it. Arriving there the man saw the
house, loaded it on to his wagon and started for home. On the way he
met a man in uniform with the words "Station Agent" on his cap.
"Say, hold on. What have you got on that wagon?" he asked.
"My chicken-house, of course," was the reply.
"Chicken-house be jiggeredl" exploded the official. "That's the
station!"
_And Tommy Did_
"And now," said the teacher, "I want Tommy to tell the school who was
most concerned when Absalom got hung by the hair ?"
TOMMY: "Abs'lom."
_The Prayer of Cyrus Brown_
"The proper way for a man to pray,"
Said Deacon Lemuel Keyes,
"And the only proper attitude,
Is down upon his knees.
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