“Say, senator, Ward’s just got off a good thing about you.”
“What is it? Let’s have it.”
“Do you know why your bald head is like Alaska?”
“No. Give it up.”
“Because it is a great place for white bears.”
The following, gentle reader, is given place here purely for the benefit of the next generation:
In a certain court in the good State of Maine, once upon a time, the proceedings were delayed by the failure of a witness by the name of Sarah Mony to arrive. After waiting a long time for Sarah, the court concluded to wait no longer, and his Honor, wishing to crack his little joke, remarked:
“The Court will adjourn without Sarah—Mony.”
Everybody laughed except one man who sat in solemn meditation for five full minutes, and then burst out into a hearty guffaw, “I see it! I see it!”