"Because," was the reply, "every one who comes through that gate pumps two buckets of water into the tank on the roof."
SCOTCH, THE
A Scotsman is one who prays on his knees on Sunday and preys on his neighbors on week days.
It being the southerner's turn, he told about a county in Missouri so divided in sentiment that year after year the vote of a single man prohibits the sale of liquor there. "And what," he asked, "do you suppose is the name of the chap who keeps a whole county dry?"
Nobody had an idea.
"Mackintosh, as I'm alive!" declared the southerner.
Everybody laughed except the Englishman. "It's just like a Scotsman to be so obstinate!" he sniffed, and was much astonished when the rest of the party laughed more than ever.
A Scottish minister, taking his walk early in the morning, found one of his parishioners recumbent in a ditch.