“Tocsin is something to do with getting drunk.”
“Expostulation is to have the smallpox.”
“Monastery is the place for monsters.”
“Cannibal is two brothers who killed each other in the Bible.”
“Anatomy is the human body, which consists of three parts, the head, the chist and the stummick. The head contains the eyes and brains, if any. The chist contains the lungs and a piece of the liver. The stummick is devoted to the bowels, of which there are five, a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y.”
NAMES FOR THE TWINS
Some amusing “baptismal experiences” of a “well-known clergyman” are printed in the columns of an exchange. A boy born on January 3, 1863, was dubbed Emancipation Proclamation Baxter. Another he christened Perseverance Jones. When the minister endeavored to dissuade the father he replied that the child’s mother was named Patience, and he saw no reason why the boy should not be called Perseverance, because the two always went together. But the richest of his reminiscences had to do with twins:
“What names will you call them?” I inquired.
“Cherubim and Seraphim,” replied their mother.
“Why?” I asked, in astonishment.