“Now, look here,” said the Scot, “I’ll hae nae mair o’ this. Here ye’ve been keepin’ me at your hoose for a month, an’ payin’ for a’ the amusements and cabs and so on—I tell you I’ll stan’ nae mair o’ it! We’ll just hae a toss for this one!”
“Uncle Joe” Cannon has a way of speaking his mind that is sometimes embarrassing to others. On one occasion an inexperienced young fellow was called upon to make a speech at a banquet at which Speaker Cannon was also present.
“Gentlemen,” began the young fellow, “my opinion is that the generality of mankind in general is disposed to take advantage of the generality of ——”
“Sit down, son,” interrupted “Uncle Joe.” “You are coming out of the same hole you went in at.”
It is a well-established fact that the average school-teacher experiences a great deal of difficulty when she attempts to enforce the clear pronunciation of the terminal “g” of each present participle.
“Robert,” said the teacher of one of the lower classes during the progress of a reading exercise, “please read the first sentence.”
A diminutive lad rose to his feet and, amid a series of labored gasps, breathed forth the following:
“See the horse runnin’.”