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HODGE-PODGE
Vaudeville
Jokes
Of no literary value, of course; but in them there’s a certain nostalgic
pleasure.
Readers: “Nostalgia, Pellinore? Nostalgia is for those who can
remember things first‐hand? Vaudeville vanished nearly a hundred
years ago.“
Pellinore: (can’t reply for the tears in his eyes, but ushers in the jokes
with a wave of his hand.)
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O'Brien was engaged by a farmer to milk cows and do chores. There were
a hundred and fi y cows, and three men did the milking. It was hard
work, but the farmer was a kind‐hearted, progressive man, so when
he went to town and saw some milking‐stools he bought three and
gave 'em to the men to sit down on while at work. The other two
men came back delighted, but not O'Brien. At last he appeared, all
cut‐up, and holding one leg of the stool.
"'What's the ma er?' said the farmer.
"'Nothing, only I couldn't make the cow sit down on it.'
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