THE

   AND

   CONTAINING

   A COLLECTION OF OVER

   OF THE MOST LAUGHABLE SAYINGS AND JOKES

   OF CELEBRATED WITS AND HUMORISTS.

   PHILADELPHIA:

   GEO. G. EVANS, PUBLISHER,

   NO. 439 CHESTNUT STREET.

   1860.

   Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by

   G. G. EVANS

   in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of

   Pennsylvania.

    Nothing

   is so well calculated to preserve the healthful action of the human system as a good, hearty laugh. It is with this indisputable and important sanitary fact in view, that this collection of anecdotes has been made. The principle in selecting each of them, has been, not to inquire if it were odd, rare, curious, or remarkable; but if it were really funny. Will the anecdote raise a laugh? That was the test question. If the answer was "Yes," then it was accepted. If "No," then it was rejected.

   Anything offensive to good taste, good manners, or good morals, was, of course, out of the question.

   

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