A rash man, once visiting a certain noted institution at South Boston, ventured to express the sentiment, that man is a rational being.

An old woman who was an attendant in the Idiot School contradicted the statement, and appealed to the facts before the speaker to disprove it.

The rash man stuck to his hasty generalization, notwithstanding.
[--It is my desire to be useful to those with whom I am associated in my daily relations.

I not unfrequently practise the divine art of music in company with our landlady's daughter, who, as I mentioned before, is the owner of an accordion.

Having myself a well-marked barytone voice of more than half an octave in compass, I sometimes add my vocal powers to her execution of "Thou, thou reign'st in this bosom." not, however, unless her mother or some other discreet female is present, to prevent misinterpretation or remark.