Oklahoma farmer . The minister, surprised and confused,turned to the keeper and said:. Shall I stop speaking? The keeper replied: No, no; go along, go along; that willnot happen again. That man has onlyone lucid moment every seven years.—Tit-Bits. Unnecessary The town council of a small Scotchcommunity met to inspect a site for anew hall. They assembled at a chapel,and as it was a warm day a membersuggested that,, they should leave theircoats there. Some one can stay behind and watchthem, suggested another. What for? demanded a third. Ifwe are all going out together, what needis there for any
Oklahoma farmer . The minister, surprised and confused,turned to the keeper and said:. Shall I stop speaking? The keeper replied: No, no; go along, go along; that willnot happen again. That man has onlyone lucid moment every seven years.—Tit-Bits. Unnecessary The town council of a small Scotchcommunity met to inspect a site for anew hall. They assembled at a chapel,and as it was a warm day a membersuggested that,, they should leave theircoats there. Some one can stay behind and watchthem, suggested another. What for? demanded a third. Ifwe are all going out together, what needis there for any one to watch theclothes?—Tit-Bits. Too Delicate A man traveling in Maine met a mid-dle-aged farmer, who said his father,90 years old, was still on the farmwhere he was born. Ninety years old, eh? Yes, pop is close to 90. Is his health good? Taint much now. Hes been com-plainin for a few months back. Whats the matter with him? I dunno; sometimes I think farmindont agree with him.—Western Christ-ian That Was a Red-Letter Day forJim and Bill Jim was in love with the old farm. Bill had a knack for mechanics. We wanted to sendboth boys away to school, but we dreaded the thought of their going—and the expense,too, would be almost more than we could spare. Then we learned about the splendidhome-study courses of the International Correspondence Schools. We found both couldget just the training they needed right at home in spare time winter evenings, and at amere fraction of the cost of going away. So they decided to go to school right here with us. I tell you that was a red-letter day for Jim and Bill. Jim specialized in live stock and hiscourse helped him make a clean extra profit of $800 this year. Bill took an engineeringcourse. He is in town now and is making$40a week, with good prospects ahead. Thousands of fathers and mothers on ,7T?^.7?.T«n™ J„Tl.,TT^.Tfarms all over America are telling just such INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLSstories as this of
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