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Title: Peck's Compendium of Fun

Author: George W. Peck

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PECK'S COMPENDIUM OF FUN

Comprising the Choicest Gems of Wit, Humor, Sarcasm and Pathos
of America's Favorite Humorist,

GEORGE W. PECK,

Editor of "Peck's Sun" Milwaukee

Illustrated by Eminent Artists

Chicago

1886

CONTENTS.

About Hell
Another Dead Failure
Anna Dickinson
A Bald-headed Man Most Crazy
A Case of Paralysis
A Doctor of Laws
A Hot Box at a Picnic
A Lively Train Load
A Mad Minister
A Musical Critique
A Peck at the Cheese
A Plea for the Bull Head
A Sewing Machine Given to the Boss Girl
A Safe Investment
A Tony Slaughter-House
A Trying Situation
An Arm That is not Reliable
An Editor Burglarized
Banks and Banking
Bounced from Church for Dancing
Boys and Circuses
Boys will be Boys
Broke up a Prayer Meeting
Buying a Stone Crusher
"Cash!"
Camp Meetings in the Dark of the Moon
Church Keno
Colored Concert Troupes
Dogs and Human Beings
Effects of Mineral Water
Expedition in Search of a Doughnut
Failure of a Solid Institution
Fishing for Pieces of Women
Fooling with the Bible
George Washington
Granite Head Cheese
Internal Improvements
Joke on the Hat
Killing Big Game
Large Mouths are Fashionable
La Crosse Nebecudnezzer Water
Laying up Apples in Heaven
Mr. Peck's Sunday Lecture
Nearly Broke up the Ba