Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — Surprising [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Surprising

David R. Forgan, a well-known banker, has a dry Scotch humor. Speaking of the danger of being puffed up by sudden honors, Mr. Forgan told of Simpson, the great Scotch ■physician: “Dr. Simpson had been absent from his class for some time, and on his return he announced that a great professional honor had • been conferred upon him,” said Mr. Forgan. “‘I am happy to inform you young gentlemen that a very great honor has come to me since last we met here,' said Professor Simpson, his face beaming with honest pride. ‘I have just received notification that I have been appointed physician-in-ordinary to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.’ “The great discoverer of chloroform looked over his glasses as if he expected his class to be quite taken away by the great news. Instead, he was shocked to hear his students burst into the national anthem, ‘God Save the Queen!’ “And still they say the Scotch have no sense of humor,” added Mr. Forgan. ‘ •

“Majorla’s father is so stingy; even at her wedding he insisted that everything be cheap.” “I heard that he went so far as to find fault because the ceremony was performed at high noon.”

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