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Excerpt from The Acme Magazin, Vol. 1: November, 1906-May, 1907 <p>Once upon a time Colonel Tom' Holmes was called upon to appear at an after dinner talk fest. He developed a new type of humor, appealing so strongly to the public, that he is now in demand as a popular speaker, and is talkin' most every night, telling merry tales. Even his minutes as Clerk of the Board of Health are so punctured with references to cafe parfait, asparagus vinaigrette and pate de fois gras that the sending out of notices to cut down weeds in back yards are retarded. Notice the turned down glass, the pained expression on Tom's face shows that the carbonated water has just given out. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.