Chapter 36
Chapter 36 of Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume 1. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. This recording by Matt Butcher, Peoria, Illinois. Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume 1.
Edited by Thomas Lansing Masson. Section 36. crowded by uncredited. Chauncey Depew says, in the Berkshire Hills there was a funeral, and as the friends and mourners gathered in the little parlor, there came the typical New England female who mingles curiosity with her sympathy, and as she glanced around the darkened room,
she said to the bereaved widow, where did you get that new eight-day clock? We ain't got no new eight-day clock, was the reply. You ain't? What's that in the corner there? Why, no, that's not an eight-day clock. That's the deceased. We stood him on end to make room for the mourners. A young wife who lost her husband by death telegraphed the sad tidings to her father in these succinct words. Dear John died this morning at 10, loss fully covered by insurance.
End of section 36. Crowded. This recording by Matt Butcher, Peoria, Illinois. You can visit my blog at mattbutchershop.blogspot.com.
