The steamboat is a wagon;
On wheels it runs its course.
The machinery's the harness,
The engine is the horse.
AN EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENING.
"I saw my papa's last book before he wrote it," said Jimmieboy.
"How did that happen?" asked the visitor.
"It was a blank-book then," said Jimmieboy.
Bobby (on ferry-boat). "I know why the river is so angry to-day."
Jack. "Why?"
Bobby. "Because it is crossed so often."