Trivia and Humor – A 16 Pound Trout

1911

A Record Trout
A trout weighing more than 16 lbs. which was captured during netting operations at Blagdon Lake, Somersetshire, is believed to be the largest trout in English waters.

Queer Superstition
There is a superstition in Cumberlands England that if an infant is not baptized before it is taken out of long clothes it will be bad tempered and ill natured all its life.

Dressing a Chicken
"So you think you can dress a chicken?"
"Oh, yes," said the ambitious bride. "I saw my uncle take a clock apart once. You just number the pieces as you take 'em out."

A Helpful Teacher
I had a teacher once Who helped me to think for myself — the first of my real teachers; and what the others gave me came through the door that he opened. — Henry Van Dyke.

Her Declaration
"Have you anything to declare," asked the customs inspector. "Yes," replied the lady who was returning from Europe. "I unhesitatingly declare that it is an outrage the way this government permits things to be mussed up in one's trunk."