Jokes
lVIr. Christensen (in Physical Geography): Now, Martin,
can you tell the class why lightning never strikes twice
in the same place?
l\lart: Because after it hits once the same place ain't
there any more.
(In B. B.~ meeting.) Woolley: In...
Back of paper found in pocket on back of book.: My father is now my step-son, My father is my son-in-law, For he married my daughter, though he hadn’t aught to she was his grand daughter-in-law. My daughter is now my father’s wife lad, my wife...
Florence left on the stage this a.m. for St. George for a few days visit. Thought an out would be beneficial, as she has worked pretty hard. Aunt Ellen has been quite sick since in the rniddle of the night so 1 had to come home [from being with...
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i r made her appearance at your house ahout half past five this A.M. l Henrietta says she never got along so well? she certainly was quick. I t was 4 O'clock when I left home to go up there. Your mother was there when I arrived and the three...
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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
'With his children and grandchildren, every moment was a teaching moment for Dad. If they were in the garden he would point out various plants and insects, in the house or at the table, he might quote from...
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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
John composed some original verses to Ain't Gonna Rain No More, a song sung time and again in the car (alternating with Clementine) to keep John awake on the late-night rides back home along the winding,...