Youngster after youngster presented his qualifications for the post; and the matter was still undecided when the son of the owner of the ball-field stood up. He was a small, snub-nosed lad, with a plentiful supply of freckles, but he glanced about him with a dignified air of controlling the situation.
"I'm going to be captain this year," he announced convincingly, "or else Father's old bull is going to be turned into the field."
He was elected unanimously.—Fenimore Martin.
I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober second thought of the people shall be law.—Fisher Ames.
ELECTRICITY
In school a boy was asked this question in physics: "What is the difference between lightning and electricity?"
And he answered: "Well, you don't have to pay for lightning."