ll you break?"
At once the stick he broke.
I said, "This coat, sir, will you make?"
And soon the coat he moke!

_Unknown._

LOGIC

I have a copper penny and another copper penny,
Well, then, of course, I have two copper pence;
I have a cousin Jenny and another cousin Jenny,
Well, pray, then, do I have two cousin Jence?

_Unknown._

THE CAREFUL PENMAN

A Persian penman named Aziz,
Remarked, "I think I know my biz.
For when I write my name as is,
It is Aziz as is Aziz."

_Unknown._

QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

What is earth, sexton?--A place to dig graves;
What is earth, rich men?--A place to work slaves,
What is earth, grey-beard?--A place to grow old;
What is earth, miser?--A place to dig gold;
What is earth, school-boy?--A place for my play;
What is earth, maiden?--A place to be gay;
What is earth, seamstress?--A place where I weep;
What is earth, sluggard?--A good place to sleep;
What is earth, soldier?--A place for a battle;
What is earth, herdsman?--A place to raise cattle;
What is earth, widow?--A place of true sorrow;
What is earth, tradesman?--I'll tell you to-morrow;
What is earth, sick man?--'Tis nothing to me;
What is earth, sailor?--My home is the sea;
What is earth, statesman?--A place to win fame;
What is earth, author?--I'll write there my name;
What is earth, monarch?--For my realm 'tis given;
What is earth, Christian?--The gateway of heaven.

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CONJUGAL CONJUGATIONS

Dear maid, let me speak
What I never yet spoke:
You have made my heart squeak
As it never yet squoke,
And for sight of you, both my eyes ache as they ne'er before oak.

With your voice my ears ring,
And a sweeter ne'er rung,
Like a bird's on the wing
When at morn it has wung.
And gladness to me it doth bring, such as never voice brung.

My feelings I'd write,
But they cannot be wrote,
And who can indite
What was never indote!
And my love I hasten to plight--the first that I plote.

Yes, you would I choose,
Whom I long ago chose,
And my fond spirit sues
As it never yet sose