Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1895 — The Use of the Hump. [ARTICLE]

The Use of the Hump.

These are some men in this world who can answer any question that is put to them, and sometimes when they do not really know what they are talking about they will give answers that are not at all bad. One of these persons was once a keeper of the London Zoo. He was pestered to death by the questions which people asked, but he always gave an answer. On a recent occasion a countryman strolled in, and after looking curiously at the camel for a few moments he turned to the keeper and said: “I say, mister, what’s he have a hump for?” “What does he have a hump for?” repeated the keeper. “Yes. What’s the good of it?” asked the visitor. “Why—er—it makes a camel of him, of course, ” replied the keeper, after some hesitation. “People wouldn’t travel miles to see him if he didnt have that hump. Fact is, without it he might as well be a cow.” The stranger departed very well satisfied.