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E-text prepared by Bill Tozier, Barbara Tozier, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
PECK’S COMPENDIUM OF FUN.
COMPRISING THE CHOICEST GEMS OF WIT, HUMOR, SARCASM AND PATHOS.
Of America’s Favorite Humorist,
GEORGE W. PECK,
Editor of “PECK’S SUN” Milwaukee.
ILLUSTRATED BY EMINENT ARTISTS.
CHICAGO:
1886.
CONTENTS.
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PECK’S COMPENDIUM OF FUN.
THE NEW COAL STOVE.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HIS PA IS DISCOURAGED.
THREE INCHES OF LEG.
MORE DANGEROUS THAN KEROSENE.
TEN DAYS IN LOVE.
BOYS WILL BE BOYS.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HE BECOMES A DRUGGIST.
A LOAN EXHIBITION.
THE WICKED MON KEE.
UNSCREWING THE TOP OF A FRUIT JAR.
HE WOULDN’T HAVE HIS FATHER CALLED NAMES.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HE QUITS THE DRUG BUSINESS.
GIVE US WAR!
THE FIRE NEW YEAR’S DAY.
SOUTHERN “HONAW.”
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HIS PA KILLS HIM.
A MUSICAL CRITIQUE.
A DEAD SURE THING.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HIS PA MORTIFIED.
MRS. LANGTRY.
A PECK AT THE CHEESE.
SELLING CLAMS.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HIS PA GOES SKATING.
TRYING TO SAVE TWO SHILLINGS.
HOW TO REACH YOUNG MEN.
CRUSHING NIHILISM.
WOMAN-DOZING A DEMOCRAT.
THE WRONG CORPSE.
THE DAY WE REACHED CANADA.
A LIVELY TRAIN LOAD.
CATS ON THE FENCE.
HOW SHARPER THAN A HOUND’S TOOTH.
A SAFE INVESTMENT.
A FASHION ITEM.
A LECTURER SHOULD KNOW WHAT HE TALKS ABOUT.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HIS PA GOES CALLING.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS WILL DO.
A SEWING MACHINE GIVEN TO THE BOSS GIRL.
SHE WAS NO GENTLEMAN.
JOKE ON THE HAT.
THE THIRSTY GOPHER.
COLORED CONCERT TROUPES.
MATTIE MASHES MINNESOTA.
WHY THE FEVER DIDN’T SPREAD.
TOO PARTICULAR BY HALF.
THE WAY TO NAME CHILDREN.
AN EDITOR BURGLARIZED.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HIS PA DISSECTED.
COL. INGERSOLL PRAYING.
HOW TO INVEST A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
BOYS AND CIRCUSES.
THE WATERS OF LA CROSSE.
SARDINEINDIANAPOLIS.
INSECURE ABODES.
THE KNIGHT AND THE BRIDAL CHAMBER.
SEVEN YEAR OLD HORSES.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HIS PA JOINS A TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
THE WAY WOMEN BOSS A PILLOW.
HUNTING DOGS.
ENTERPRISING CHICAGO!
A MAD MINISTER.
ANNA DICKINSON AS MAZEPPA!
GOOD TEMPLARS ON ICE.
BOUNCED FROM CHURCH FOR DANCING.
FROZEN EARS.
HARD ON FOND DU LAC.
THOSE BOLD BAD DRUMMERS.
ANNA DICKINSON.
EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF A DOUGHNUT.
TAKE YOUR LATIN STRAIGHT.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HE IS TOO HEALTHY.
SURE OF HEAVEN.
THE NAUGHTY BUT NICE CHURCH CHOIR.
SUPREME COURT JUDGES AND U.S. SENATORS.
OUR CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS HAVE GONE.
BUTTERMILK BIBBERS.
FISHING FOR PIECES OF WOMEN.
NEARLY BROKE UP THE BALL.
SUMMER RESORTING.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HIS PA JOKES HIM.
GATHERED WAISTS!
CHURCH KENO.
THE OLD SWEET SONGS.
FAILURE OF A SOLID INSTITUTION.
REGISTRY OF ELECTORS.
ABOUT HELL.
PREPARING FOR WAR.
A TONY SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
AN ARM THAT IS NOT RELIABLE.
THE BOY AND THE GOAT.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HIS PA GETS MAD!
SPURIOUS TRIPE.
“CASH.”
TO WHAT VILE USES MAY WE COME.
THE ADVENT PREACHER AND THE BALLOON.
MR. PECK’S SUNDAY LECTURE.
RELIGION AND FISH.
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
ROPE LADDERS.
A DOCTOR OF LAWS.
COMFORTING COMPENSATIONS.
LAY UP APPLES IN HEAVEN.
ONE OF BEECHER’S CONVERTS.
BUYING A STONE CRUSHER.
MERRIE CHRISTMAS.
THE DIFFERENCE IN HORSES.
BASE INGRATITUDE.
THE DIFFERENCE.
THOSE STEP LADDERS!
WONDERS OF THE STAGE.
HOW FARMERS MAY GET RICH.
A CASE OF PARALYSIS.
WE WILL CELEBRATE.
DOGS AND HUMAN BEINGS!
AN ODOROUS BOHEMIAN.
TRAGEDY ON THE STAGE.
GRANITE HEAD CHEESE.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HIS PA AN INVENTOR.
A GOOD LAND ENOUGH.
THE WOODCOCK.
A BALD-HEADED MAN MOST CRAZY.
CONVENIENT CURRENCY.
THE GOSPEL CAR.
BANKS AND BANKING.
LARGE MOUTHS ABE FASHIONABLE.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
PECK’S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
HIS PA GETS BOXED.
CHRISTMAS TREES.
THE BOB-TAILED BADGER.
TERROR IN CHURCH.
FISH HATCHING IN WISCONSIN.
TRAINS WITHOUT CONDUCTORS.
RAISING ELEPHANTS.
THE POWER OF ELOQUENCE.
A TRYING SITUATION.
THE GIDDY GIRLS QUARREL.
THE UNIVERSAL OBJECT.
THE MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
A NEW SPARKING SCHEME.
EFFECTS OF MINERAL WATER.
WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS.
THE MAN FROM DUBUQUE.
A PLEA FOR THE BULL HEAD.
WHY NOT RAISE WOLVES?
THE SUDDEN FIRE-WORKS AT RACINE.
LA CROSSE NEBECUDNEZZER WATER.
THE INFIDEL AND HIS SILVER MINE.
THE LEGEND OF THE LAKE.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
FOOLING WITH THE BIBLE.
A BLACK BEAR AT ONALASKA.
ANOTHER DEAD FAILURE.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH OF JULY.
THE USES OF THE PAPER BAG.
THE UNIVERSALIST BATH.
KILLING BIG GAME.
THE MULE NOT THE EAGLE.
OUR BLUE-COATED DOG POISONERS.
A HOT BOX AT A PICNIC.
CAMP MEETINGS IN THE DARK OF THE MOON.
PALACE CATTLE CARS.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
BROKE UP A PRAYER MEETING.
THE DOG LAW.
LUNCH ON THE CARS.
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