SCHOOLROOM HUMOURISTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 13, 23 December 1911, Page 11

SCHOOLROOM HUMOURISTS.

| * . The master of a certain school situated rn an agricultural district had been giving a lesson on bees—their manner of swarming, how to liivo them, how to euro the soi» caused by their sting, etc. ' The losson was practical and interesting, and the lads thoroughly enjoyed it. Towards tho conclusion tho master put ono or two questions to tho lads to see whether they had intelligently followed all he had said. "Wlmt lesson," h 0 osked. "do these wonderful little creatures teach us?" And one boy promptly replied:— "To keep away from their hives!". The Best Place. , . In tho course of a lesson on tho subject of domostic economy and hygiene, a mistress got a singularly smart and apt answer from a girl. Speaking of milk and its importance as . a food, tho lady asked:— "What is tho licit place wlicrein to keep milk perfectly nice and frech dur- ■ ing, say, a hot summer day?" And ono girl—evidently thinking it woa j an easy one—promptly answered:— "Please, teacher, in the cow'." The River's Bed. In the conrso of a reading-lesson, a master received a very smart answer from ono of his pupils, though possibly tho wit was unconscious. In the piece to be read occurred tlia passage:—"The majority of tho riven? in . Russia aro sluggish in their course." Pointing to tho boy who had-read, ths master said:— "What is meant by a river being she. gisli " 'Why, sir," answered tho bor, "it, means that it likes to stick to its "bod." '