"When this board is under water the river is unpassable."


Mary had a little lamb,
But she thought it was immense:
With new green peas and other things
It cost her ninety cents.


Little Willie—Papa, why does the railway company have those cases with the ax and saw in every car?

Father—I presume they are put in to use in case anyone wants to open a window.


[139] The kerosene can on the mantel reposes,
Its contents were sprinkled all over the fire,
And all that poor Kathleen O'Donohue knows is,
This dull world has changed for a sphere that is higher.


"He seems to have gone to the bad completely."