GERMAN HUMOR
Christian F. Gellert, a German poet of the early Eighteenth century, was also a lecturer and professor of philosophy.
His literary fame rests upon his sacred songs and his fables. One of the latter we quote.
THE PATIENT CURED
A man long plagued with aches in joint and limb
Did all his neighbors recommended him,
But, despite that, could nowise gain
Deliverance from his pain.
An ancient dame, to whom he told his case,
Cut an oracular grimace,