CAREFULLY WEIGHED

Cromwell Argus, Volume LXIV, Issue 3327, 13 August 1934, Page 7

CAREFULLY WEIGHED

The lawyer, addressing a class of aspirants for legal honors, sought to impress them with the necessity for weighing carefully the exact meaning of testimony. “For example,” he said, “supposing I told you that three frogs were sitting together on a log, and one decided to jump off; how many frogs do you think would be left on the log?” “Two!” cried the class. “Wrong!” corrected the lawyer. “The frog I specially referred to only decided to jump off.” “Remember, my boy, said the practical man, “that in order to succeed you must teach people to trust you.” “I have done that,” answered the gloomy youngster, “and I have succeeded in getting into debt beyond my wildest expectations.” The bank manager rang up a Mr. Eikstein and called his attention to the fact that he had overdrawn his account to the extent of £2OO. “Veil, vot about it?” inquired Mr. Eikstein. “Vill you tell me vot my account vos at this time last year? Tell me that.” The bank manager said he would inquire, and, after a short absence, returned to the ’phone and said; “I find that this time last year you had a balance in your favor of £2OOO. “Veil,” replied Eikstein, triumpnantly, “did I ring you up?”