“Yes, brudder.”
“Do you know there is a passage in the Scripture that declares that nothing unclean shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven?”
“Yes, I’se heard of it.”
“Well, you smoke, and there is nothing so unclean as the breath of a smoker. So what do you say to that?”
“Well, when I go dere I ’spects to leave my breff behind me.”
Doubtful Assurances
“Do you think they approved of my sermon?” asked the newly-appointed rector, hopeful that he had made a good impression.
“Yes, I think so,” replied his wife; “they were all nodding.”
A New Use for an Apple
The tailor’s sign in a little inland town was an apple, simply an apple. The people were amazed at it. They came in crowds to the tailor, asking him what on earth the meaning of the sign was.