isa-normaladvance-1914-00055

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE55Btogeneg Cfiesfotut iHjakerWhen you have a funny thought,Jot it down. When perchance a joke turn up,Jot it down. Do not name it feeble wit, Do not trust youll neer forget, Turn it in and help a bit,Jot it down!!!Editors Note.—This is our first attempt, be not dis- majed.Tommy Mahan and Paul Boston decided to try some Terre Haute wit on an E. & I. station agent. They walked up to him and asked:When does the 7:15 train get in? (Bos¬ ton was the interrogator.)Wall, answered the agent slowly, she generally gets in just a leetle behind the engine.Later they approached him more respect¬ fully.About time that train was getting in, isnt it Uncle? questioned Tommy.Yes, said the agent, I low she is about due. There comes the conductors dog now.Zelpha Burkett was teaching in the country training school. She asked the class to use the work, pendulum in a sentence. Little Jakie waved his hands enthusiastically.Very well, Jacob.Lightning was invented by Penjulum Franklin.Miss Jlippetoe: He actually had the nerve to kiss me last night.Miss W. Ray: What did you do, scream for help?Miss Rippetoe: No, I was curious to see how many times he would dare to do it, so 1 kept still.Hahn was undergoing an examination for chauffeurs license. One question asked him was, What he would do if he should meet a skittish horse on the road? His answer was as follows. (We know it to be authentic, for one of our representatives saw the manuscript.)I would first stop the car, then the engine, and then if the horse were still bashful I would proceed to dissect the entire car and hide the parts in the grass until he got safely by.Prof. Curry addressed a question to Heinie Knauth, who was located in the rear of the room. Heinie arose slowly and bent his ear, to the stage whispers of his friends about him.Well, you ought to be able to answer with all the aid you are receiving back there! ex¬ claimed the professor.Professor, objected Heinie, I could but there is a difference of opinion back here.Backward, turn backward oh time in thy flight, And give us a girl whose skirt is not tight Whatever her follies we care not a whit,But give us the girl whose skirt is not slit.Sigler dropped a quarter through a crack in a board walk. A few minutes later Hyndman found him trying to poke a dollar bill through the same crack.What are you doing, you blame fool? stormed Hyndman.Sh —I am making it worth my whileto tear up this plank.Shannon, in training school: What is a cat¬ erpillar?Bright Student: A caterpillar is an uphol¬ stered worm.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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