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The Funny Bone

The Funny Bone

by Henry Martyn Kieffer

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Editor
Kieffer, Henry Martyn, 1845-1930
Title
The Funny Bone: Short Stories and Amusing Anecdotes for a Dull Hour
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
American wit and humor
Category
Text
eBook-No.
44643
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44643
Release Date
January 11, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.AXIOMS
  4. 4.Michael Maloney’s Serenade
  5. 5.A GOOD AFTER-DINNER SPEECH
  6. 6.WHAT THE STATUTE DID NOT SAY
  7. 7.A LINCOLN STORY
  8. 8.ANOTHER LINCOLN STORY
  9. 9.SHE DRIED UP
  10. 10.A TIMELY ANSWER
  11. 11.THAT TERRIBLE INFANT
  12. 12.ALMOST WON THE BET
  13. 13.THE USE OF RICHES
  14. 14.A PRAYER THAT WAS ANSWERED
  15. 15.GOD BLESS OUR HOME
  16. 16.AN INQUISITIVE BOY
  17. 17.PEPPER-SAUCE
  18. 18.ONE PLACE OR THE OTHER
  19. 19.“LOUDER!”
  20. 20.A COLLEGE TRICK
  21. 21.ANY PORT IN A STORM
  22. 22.A VERY GOOD INVESTMENT
  23. 23.THE POOR
  24. 24.TEMPERANCE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
  25. 25.“THE —— YANKEES”
  26. 26.THE SNOLLIGOSTER
  27. 27.SHARPENING THEIR WITS
  28. 28.AN ILL-ASSORTED COUPLE
  29. 29.THE STRONGEST MAN
  30. 30.WHY THEY MARRIED
  31. 31.THE STUTTERERS
  32. 32.ALEXANDER
  33. 33.A FOOL ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY
  34. 34.HE COULDN’T CATCH UP
  35. 35.A SUDDEN RISE
  36. 36.“OLD HOSS”
  37. 37.DISTURBING THE SOLEMNITY
  38. 38.TECHNIQUE
  39. 39.TACT—AND NO TACT
  40. 40.THE ECHO
  41. 41.“LOGIC IS LOGIC”
  42. 42.LIONIZED
  43. 43.LAUGHED IT OUT OF COURT
  44. 44.HOW TO CATCH A MULE
  45. 45.HOW THE YOUNG IDEA SHOOTS
  46. 46.NAMES FOR THE TWINS
  47. 47.EXTREMES MEET
  48. 48.A FIRE SCREEN
  49. 49.BRANDIED PEACHES
  50. 50.“MOUNTED?”
  51. 51.“DOLLARS TO DOUGHNUTS”
  52. 52.TWO POLITE AND SPUNKY BOYS
  53. 53.A CRANKY COUPLE
  54. 54.SO MANY BALD HEADS
  55. 55.WIND AND WATER
  56. 56.THE THREE ASSES
  57. 57.IN THE CLASS-ROOM
  58. 58.OLD MAN SNUCKLES
  59. 59.IN SEARCH OF A RESTAURANT
  60. 60.LITERATURE MADE EASY
  61. 61.SURE CURE FOR SNORING
  62. 62.TOO YOUNG
  63. 63.A POOR BUSINESS LOCATION
  64. 64.A TALE OF A SAUSAGE
  65. 65.PUNISHMENT MADE SURE
  66. 66.A BASHFUL BRIDEGROOM
  67. 67.A KICKIN’
  68. 68.HE WARNED HER
  69. 69.INCORRIGIBLE
  70. 70.A DUTCH CONUNDRUM
  71. 71.ROUGH ON THE DEACON
  72. 72.RABBITS ENOUGH
  73. 73.COLORED APOSTLES
  74. 74.NEAR THE END OF HIS JOURNEY
  75. 75.BOO!
  76. 76.A GREAT COUNTRY
  77. 77.FARM ACCIDENTS
  78. 78.A WONDERFUL CLIMATE
  79. 79.HE CUT IT SHORT
  80. 80.NOT GOOD LOOKING
  81. 81.A FLANK MOVEMENT
  82. 82.A LONELY PLACE
  83. 83.THE PRICE OF A DOG
  84. 84.WHY THE HAWKEYE MAN COULDN’T PAY
  85. 85.THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT
  86. 86.KEEN CUTTERS
  87. 87.NAMING THE APOSTLES
  88. 88.THE REAR GUARD
  89. 89.THE TURKEY WAS TAME
  90. 90.BOOMERANG STORIES
  91. 91.A PROMISING BUSINESS BOY
  92. 92.HE DIDN’T GET IT IN THE NECK
  93. 93.A HARD WITNESS
  94. 94.IMPOSSIBLE—BUT FUNNY
  95. 95.RURAL JUSTICE
  96. 96.PURE SCOTCH
  97. 97.WHY HE WAS A DEMOCRAT
  98. 98.FINALLY THE WORM TURNED
  99. 99.NO WATER IN HIS
  100. 100.RAISING CAIN
  101. 101.A MEAN COMPANY
  102. 102.A SURE THING
  103. 103.THE LOGIC OF GRAMMAR
  104. 104.DELIRIOUS
  105. 105.Millinerymania
  106. 106.AN ECCENTRIC GREAT MAN
  107. 107.LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENTS
  108. 108.A REST AND A CHANGE
  109. 109.THE SAME OLD KIND
  110. 110.A TOUGH GOOSE-YARN
  111. 111.FIRST CLASS
  112. 112.AN AWFUL LOT OF PRACTICE
  113. 113.“WHO’D ’A’ BIN ’ER?”
  114. 114.“IN THE WAY THEY SHOULD GO”
  115. 115.“NO THOROUGHFARE”
  116. 116.THE OTHER EYE
  117. 117.KEEPING A SECRET
  118. 118.A SHARP REPROOF
  119. 119.IT WOULDN’T WORK
  120. 120.ON THE POINT OF A NEEDLE
  121. 121.GETTING A WIFE
  122. 122.THE SANCTUM
  123. 123.ARTEMUS WARD AT THE THEATRE
  124. 124.SHE CAME TO HIS AID
  125. 125.A COSTLY DODGE
  126. 126.COULDN’T HELP CRYING
  127. 127.A KNIGHT ERRANT
  128. 128.THACKERAY AND THE OYSTER
  129. 129.A FAST TRAIN
  130. 130.A SLOW COACH
  131. 131.GO TO FATHER
  132. 132.INTERESTING EPITAPHS
  133. 133.SHE SPOILED THE POETRY
  134. 134.HIS PART IN THE PLAY
  135. 135.A CLERICAL CORKSCREW
  136. 136.THE CHIEF END OF MAN
  137. 137.AFTERNOON TEAS
  138. 138.UNANIMOUS ACTION
  139. 139.A DIFFERENCE WITHOUT A DISTINCTION
  140. 140.THE SHY BOARDER
  141. 141.A KNIGHTLY CONUNDRUM
  142. 142.A SHREWD SELECTION
  143. 143.A GOOD EAR
  144. 144.THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
  145. 145.THE DEACON BALKED
  146. 146.PROTECTING THE MINISTER
  147. 147.WALLA WALLA!
  148. 148.THE WICKED PARROT
  149. 149.DOING THE DONS
  150. 150.EXEUNT OMNES

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