Fillers from the Examiner, 10 February, 1847.
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Some years ago, a New England newspaper gave the following, headed "Shocking Dishonesty":
"The inventor of the perpetual motion machine decamped last night, without even paying the man who turned the crank in the cellar."
Everyone has heard this before, but I bring it forward here as a sample of fun purely American.
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A recruiting sergeant lately accosted an honest hand in Northumberland, saying "Come lad! You'll fight for your queen, won't you?"
Fight for t' Queen," answered Andrew, "why, hez she fa'n oot wi ony body?"
