It was a contrivance with handles at both ends, and it required the
services of two men to move it.
Turning to a steamer acquaintance, the American asked him if there
were no real wheelbarrows in the place.
"Oh, no," replied the Colombian; "we use these ingenious devices so
that two men may do the work of one."
LADIES
_See_ Woman.
LANGUAGES
The oculist was examining the eyes of a patient from Jamaica. He
requested the patient to read the top line of the test card, the
letters of which ran N P R T V Z B D F H K O. The patient emitted
a spluttering sound. "Come, come," urged the doctor, "read the top
line." The patient frowned and spluttered again. The doctor was
slightly exasperated. "If you can't read it, just say so," he said.
"Well, really, you know," replied the Jamaican, "the letters are
perfectly familiar, but I'm hanged if I know the language."
"Why have words roots, pa?"
"To make the language grow, my child."
LAUGHTER
Every time a man laughs he takes a kink out of the chain of life.
"After all," said Kwoter, "it's a true saying that 'he laughs best who
laughs last.'"
"Not at all," replied Wise. "The really true saying is: 'He laughs
best whose laugh lasts.
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