BOASTING


Maybe the man who boasts that he doesn't owe a dollar in

the world couldn't if he tried.



"What sort of chap is he?"



"Well, after a beggar has touched him for a dime he'll tell

you he 'gave a little dinner to an acquaintance of his.'"--_R.R.

Kirk_.





WILLIE--"All the stores closed on the day my uncle died."



TOMMY--"That's nothing. All the b
nks closed for three

weeks the day after my pa left town."--_Puck_.





Two men were boasting about their rich kin. Said one:



"My father has a big farm in Connecticut. It is so big that

when he goes to the barn on Monday morning to milk the cows

he kisses us all good-by, and he doesn't get back till the following

Saturday."



"Why does it take him so long?" the other man asked.



"Because the barn is so far away from the house."



"Well, that may be a pretty big farm, but compared to my

father's farm in Pennsylvania your father's farm ain't no bigger

than a city lot!"



"Why, how big is your father's farm?"



"Well, it's so big that my father sends young married couples

out to the barn to milk the cows, and the milk is brought back

by their grandchildren."



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