The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-08-09
JOKES AND JOKFRS.
SOME OF THE FUN AND FUNMAKER pc
OF BYGONE DAYS.

English Furnish Rather "A Heavy Class of
Humor- Inexhaustible supply of Irish
/ Bulls.
/ There is more real humor i'll a mod
ern clodhopper than III an ancient phi
] lasopher. The jokes that have come
town to us from Greece are mostly poor
stuff, hut college boys are glad to get
any comfort at all from root gruhbing,
and therefore they laugh at Diogenes
and Aristophancs 1t Is said that the
old cynic begged a tub to live in and
toted this about where he liked and
squatted under it when he pleased.
When Alexander called ON him in this
palatial residence he asked what he
could do for him. Get out Of my sun
light, said Diog,Hes That was tolera-
lly good hut uuciYil The nasty old
rub with his tub could lie duplicated by
a thousand tramp, n America any day
and many Of them ara doubtless nasticr
and smarter Plat Is said to have
preached fatality When rogue ran
against him with beam and excused
himself as "fated to do IT, Yes,
said Plato, 4 Sc. Int | also arr fated
to beat yen for it, aul gave the fellow
a good Gaming. FIR Forgiveness Horace
was the most pleasing Of the ancients
but his verses ar very alnatory ana
snme Of them mora suggestive than a
French play, Charles Lamb is worth
20 Of him, only that Horace could be
poet when he chose nj dlHereht SORT
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