Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and QuotationsHarold Workman Williams H.W. Wilson, 1916 - 483 pages |
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Page 52
... Bishop Talbot , the giant " cowboy bishop , " was attending a meeting of church dignitaries in St. Paul , a tramp accosted a group of churchmen in the hotel porch and asked for aid . " No , " one of them told him , " I'm afraid we can't ...
... Bishop Talbot , the giant " cowboy bishop , " was attending a meeting of church dignitaries in St. Paul , a tramp accosted a group of churchmen in the hotel porch and asked for aid . " No , " one of them told him , " I'm afraid we can't ...
Page 53
... bishop of us all , and he's a very gen- erous man . You might try him . " The tramp approached Bishop Talbot confidently . The others watched with interest . They saw a look of surprise come over the tramp's face . The bishop was ...
... bishop of us all , and he's a very gen- erous man . You might try him . " The tramp approached Bishop Talbot confidently . The others watched with interest . They saw a look of surprise come over the tramp's face . The bishop was ...
Page 74
... Bishop Charles G. Grafton a Fond du Lac man said : " Bishop Grafton was remarkable for the neatness and point of his pulpit utterances . Once , during a disastrous strike , a capitalist of Fond du Lac arose in a church meeting and asked ...
... Bishop Charles G. Grafton a Fond du Lac man said : " Bishop Grafton was remarkable for the neatness and point of his pulpit utterances . Once , during a disastrous strike , a capitalist of Fond du Lac arose in a church meeting and asked ...
Page 75
... Bishop Grafton rose and said with quiet significance : ' Is there any other sinner that would like to say a word ? ' " CAREFULNESS Michael Dugan , a journeyman plumber , was sent by his em- ployer to the Hightower mansion to repair a ...
... Bishop Grafton rose and said with quiet significance : ' Is there any other sinner that would like to say a word ? ' " CAREFULNESS Michael Dugan , a journeyman plumber , was sent by his em- ployer to the Hightower mansion to repair a ...
Page 91
... Bishop Doane of Albany was at one time rector of an Epis- copal church in Hartford , and Mark Twain , who occasionally attended his services , played a joke upon him , one Sunday . “ Dr. Doane , ” he said at the end of the service , " I ...
... Bishop Doane of Albany was at one time rector of an Epis- copal church in Hartford , and Mark Twain , who occasionally attended his services , played a joke upon him , one Sunday . “ Dr. Doane , ” he said at the end of the service , " I ...
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