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Show UNCLE JOSH'S FIRST THOUGHT What Might Have Been Expected From Man of Intensely Practical Turn of Mind. They were speaking about looking on the practical side of things, and this incident was recalled: One afternoon late in the fall Uncle Josh was driving slowly toward the town when an acquaintance excitedly rushed out to the road and hailed him. "Say, Josh," he exclaimed in a palpitating pal-pitating voice, "have ye heard the news?" "No, don't kalkerlate I have," re- -sponded Uncle Josh, sociably stopping his team. "What kind c' news is it?" "Jim Smith . committed suicide," answered the other. "Hung himself from a beam in the barn." "Is that so?" thoughtfully rejoined Uncle Josh. "Wonder if he got all of his corn husked?" Philadelphia Telegraph. |