Why is the flight of an eagle also a most unpleasant sight to witness? Because it’s an eye-sore (’igh soar)!
Why do little birds in their nest agree? For fear of falling out.
Which of the feathered tribe can lift the heaviest weights? The crane.
And if you saw a peach with a bird on it, and you wished to get the peach without disturbing the bird, what would you do? Do? why—wait till he flew off.
Why is a steam engine at a fire an anomaly? Because it works and plays at the same time.
Why is divinity the easiest of the three learned professions? Because it’s easier to preach than to practice.
Why are cripples, beggars, and such like, similar to shepherds and fishermen? Because they live by hook and by crook.
My first doth affliction denote,
Which my second is destined to feel,
But my whole is the sure antidote
That affliction to soothe and to heal.
Wo-man.