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Show j Did Not Feaze the Waiter. i Henry Ward Beecher was amused j when he went into a Bowery restau-J restau-J rant on one occasion and heard the waiter give such orders to the cool: i as "Ham and "Sinkers and cow," etc. "Watch me feaze that j waiter with an order which I believe ! he won't abbreviate." remarked Beecher at length as the waiter approached. ap-proached. Then he said: "Give us j poached eggs on toast for two, with j the yolks broken." But the waiter. ! who wab equal to the emergency, i walked to the end of the room and ! yelled: "Adam and Eve on a raft, j Wreck 'em." It is related that Dr. Beecher nearly fainted. |