Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1913 — Remarkable Gift [ARTICLE]

Remarkable Gift

"A sense of humor is a fine possession. With some men, however, it goes to extremes —to ghastly extremes.” The scene was the Economic club’s dinner in New York. The speaker, Mayor Hunt of Cincinnati, continued: “I used to know In Horace Annesley a man with this excessive sense of humor. Horace said to me one morning, with a ghoulish laugh: u Tve got the greatest joke to tell you!’ . “ ‘Well, what Is it?’ said L ’* 'You know,’ said Horace, 'that I was examined and passed for lire insurance last week? Well —ha, ha, ha! —l’ve been to consult a specialist this morning and he tells, me I’ve got an Incurable disease. He gives me just one year. Ha, ha, ha!”* ~*T’“