“Why do they call it the Baptist fish?” asked the minister.
“Because dey spoil so soon after dey comes outen de water,” answered the fisherman.
Blanche, Wilbur, and Thomas were in the garden playing, and making a great deal of noise, but small Jack sat in a corner very quietly, which for Jack was an unusual proceeding. After watching them for some time, the mother’s curiosity prompted her to ask:
“What are you playing?”
“We are playing house,” answered Wilbur. “Blanche and I are the mother and father, and Thomas is the child.”
“And what does Jack do?”
“Sh, sh! he isn’t born yet.”
Governor Chamberlain of Connecticut used to tell of an old friend who, because of his deafness, made some ludicrous and at times embarrassing mistakes. Once he was at a dinner party where the lady seated next to him tried to help him along in conversation. As the fruit was being passed, she asked him: “Do you like bananas?”