Peck's Compendium of Fun

About this eBook

Author

George W. Peck

Credits

E-text prepared by Bill Tozier, Barbara Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

Subject

American wit and humor

Category

Text

eBook-No.

14815

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14815

Release Date

January 27, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PECK’S COMPENDIUM OF FUN.
2. 2.GEORGE W. PECK, — Editor of “PECK’S SUN” Milwaukee. — ILLUSTRATED BY EMINENT ARTISTS. — CHICAGO: — 1886. — CONTENTS. — ELECTRIC FLASHES. — ILLUSTRATIONS.
3. 3.PECK’S COMPENDIUM OF FUN. — THE NEW COAL STOVE. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HIS PA IS DISCOURAGED. — THREE INCHES OF LEG. — MORE DANGEROUS THAN KEROSENE. — TEN DAYS IN LOVE. — BOYS WILL BE BOYS. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HE BECOMES A DRUGGIST. — A LOAN EXHIBITION. — THE WICKED MON KEE. — UNSCREWING THE TOP OF A FRUIT JAR. — HE WOULDN’T HAVE HIS FATHER CALLED NAMES. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HE QUITS THE DRUG BUSINESS. — GIVE US WAR! — THE FIRE NEW YEAR’S DAY. — SOUTHERN “HONAW.” — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HIS PA KILLS HIM. — A MUSICAL CRITIQUE. — A DEAD SURE THING. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HIS PA MORTIFIED. — MRS. LANGTRY. — A PECK AT THE CHEESE. — SELLING CLAMS. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HIS PA GOES SKATING. — TRYING TO SAVE TWO SHILLINGS. — HOW TO REACH YOUNG MEN. — CRUSHING NIHILISM. — WOMAN-DOZING A DEMOCRAT. — THE WRONG CORPSE. — THE DAY WE REACHED CANADA. — A LIVELY TRAIN LOAD. — CATS ON THE FENCE. — HOW SHARPER THAN A HOUND’S TOOTH. — A SAFE INVESTMENT. — A FASHION ITEM. — A LECTURER SHOULD KNOW WHAT HE TALKS ABOUT. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HIS PA GOES CALLING. — WHAT THE DEMOCRATS WILL DO. — A SEWING MACHINE GIVEN TO THE BOSS GIRL. — SHE WAS NO GENTLEMAN. — JOKE ON THE HAT. — THE THIRSTY GOPHER. — COLORED CONCERT TROUPES. — MATTIE MASHES MINNESOTA. — WHY THE FEVER DIDN’T SPREAD. — TOO PARTICULAR BY HALF. — THE WAY TO NAME CHILDREN. — AN EDITOR BURGLARIZED. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HIS PA DISSECTED. — COL. INGERSOLL PRAYING. — HOW TO INVEST A THOUSAND DOLLARS. — BOYS AND CIRCUSES. — THE WATERS OF LA CROSSE. — SARDINEINDIANAPOLIS. — INSECURE ABODES. — THE KNIGHT AND THE BRIDAL CHAMBER. — SEVEN YEAR OLD HORSES. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HIS PA JOINS A TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. — THE WAY WOMEN BOSS A PILLOW. — HUNTING DOGS. — ENTERPRISING CHICAGO! — A MAD MINISTER. — ANNA DICKINSON AS MAZEPPA! — GOOD TEMPLARS ON ICE. — BOUNCED FROM CHURCH FOR DANCING. — FROZEN EARS. — HARD ON FOND DU LAC. — THOSE BOLD BAD DRUMMERS. — ANNA DICKINSON. — EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF A DOUGHNUT. — TAKE YOUR LATIN STRAIGHT. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HE IS TOO HEALTHY. — SURE OF HEAVEN. — THE NAUGHTY BUT NICE CHURCH CHOIR. — SUPREME COURT JUDGES AND U.S. SENATORS. — OUR CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS HAVE GONE. — BUTTERMILK BIBBERS. — FISHING FOR PIECES OF WOMEN. — NEARLY BROKE UP THE BALL. — SUMMER RESORTING. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HIS PA JOKES HIM. — GATHERED WAISTS! — CHURCH KENO. — THE OLD SWEET SONGS. — FAILURE OF A SOLID INSTITUTION. — REGISTRY OF ELECTORS. — ABOUT HELL. — PREPARING FOR WAR. — A TONY SLAUGHTER HOUSE. — AN ARM THAT IS NOT RELIABLE. — THE BOY AND THE GOAT. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HIS PA GETS MAD! — SPURIOUS TRIPE. — “CASH.” — TO WHAT VILE USES MAY WE COME. — THE ADVENT PREACHER AND THE BALLOON. — MR. PECK’S SUNDAY LECTURE. — RELIGION AND FISH. — THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK. — ROPE LADDERS. — A DOCTOR OF LAWS. — COMFORTING COMPENSATIONS. — LAY UP APPLES IN HEAVEN. — ONE OF BEECHER’S CONVERTS. — BUYING A STONE CRUSHER. — MERRIE CHRISTMAS. — THE DIFFERENCE IN HORSES. — BASE INGRATITUDE. — THE DIFFERENCE. — THOSE STEP LADDERS! — WONDERS OF THE STAGE. — HOW FARMERS MAY GET RICH. — A CASE OF PARALYSIS. — WE WILL CELEBRATE. — DOGS AND HUMAN BEINGS! — AN ODOROUS BOHEMIAN. — TRAGEDY ON THE STAGE. — GRANITE HEAD CHEESE. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HIS PA AN INVENTOR. — A GOOD LAND ENOUGH. — THE WOODCOCK. — A BALD-HEADED MAN MOST CRAZY. — CONVENIENT CURRENCY. — THE GOSPEL CAR. — BANKS AND BANKING. — LARGE MOUTHS ABE FASHIONABLE. — INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. — PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA. — HIS PA GETS BOXED. — CHRISTMAS TREES. — THE BOB-TAILED BADGER. — TERROR IN CHURCH. — FISH HATCHING IN WISCONSIN. — TRAINS WITHOUT CONDUCTORS. — RAISING ELEPHANTS. — THE POWER OF ELOQUENCE. — A TRYING SITUATION. — THE GIDDY GIRLS QUARREL. — THE UNIVERSAL OBJECT. — THE MISTAKE ABOUT IT. — A NEW SPARKING SCHEME. — EFFECTS OF MINERAL WATER. — WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS. — THE MAN FROM DUBUQUE. — A PLEA FOR THE BULL HEAD. — WHY NOT RAISE WOLVES? — THE SUDDEN FIRE-WORKS AT RACINE. — LA CROSSE NEBECUDNEZZER WATER. — THE INFIDEL AND HIS SILVER MINE. — THE LEGEND OF THE LAKE. — GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. — FOOLING WITH THE BIBLE. — A BLACK BEAR AT ONALASKA. — ANOTHER DEAD FAILURE. — THE GLORIOUS FOURTH OF JULY. — THE USES OF THE PAPER BAG. — THE UNIVERSALIST BATH. — KILLING BIG GAME. — THE MULE NOT THE EAGLE. — OUR BLUE-COATED DOG POISONERS. — A HOT BOX AT A PICNIC. — CAMP MEETINGS IN THE DARK OF THE MOON. — PALACE CATTLE CARS. — GEORGE WASHINGTON. — BROKE UP A PRAYER MEETING. — THE DOG LAW. — LUNCH ON THE CARS.

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