Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1905 — Half or Two-thirds. [ARTICLE]

Half or Two-thirds.

The bishop of Kensington at a prize distribution recently told of a case in which a boy got the better of the examiner. “Suppose,” asked the examiner, “I offered you half an orange and two-thirds of an orange, which piece would you take?” “Please, sir, the half!” shouted the lad. “Stupid boy!” exclaimed the examiner. “I shall put a black mark against you for that.” Subsequently a deputation of scholars waited on the examiner to convince him that he was wrong. “Why am I wrong?” he inquired. “Because Tommy does not like Manges at all,” was the conclusive answer.—St. James' <*- zette.