A PHILOLOGIST was talking about words. "There are over 225,000 words in the English language," he said, "but we only use a few thousand of them. The extra ones are no use to us. Any man could sit down with a dictionary and write in good English a story that no one in the world would understand. Here, for instance; can you make a word of this?"
And the philologist pattered off: "I will againbuy the atabal. Weyd you weyed? Yet this is no blushet's bobance, nor am I a cudden, either. Tho the atabal is derned, still will I againbuy it."
Then he translated: "I will recover the drum. You are amazed? Yet this is no young girl's boasting nor am I a fool, either. Tho the drum is hidden, still will I recover it."—Louisville Courier-Journal.