"Wildcat Fire Department" WOODEN NICKEL

When a farmer in Kansas discovered his large barn with horses and equipment was on fire, he quickly called for the fire departments in surrounding townships to help put out the fire.

Several fire departments arrived on the scene and were doing all they could to rescue the horses, equipment, and douse the fire--to no avail. The farmer suddenly noticed an old, beat-up looking fire truck at the end of the lane with the words "Wildcat Fire Department" on the side. "Oh," he pleaded, "please help me. If you don't I'm afraid I will lose my barn and everything in it." The fire chief said they would do their best to help.

With that, the fire truck went sailing full speed, right into the middle of the barn where the fire was raging. The men jumped off the truck. Some grabbed hoses and began trying to douse the fire with water, and some took off their protective coats and beat the flames. Finally, they had the fire out. They straggled out of the barn with blackend faces and singed hair, coughing and gasping for air.

The grateful farmer ran up to them his face beaming. "Oh, I am so happy you saved my barn. I won't be in financial ruin now. Because you have saved my barn and horses and equipment, I want to give you $1,000. Tell me, what will you buy with the money?"

The fire chief responded, "Well, the first thing we want to buy are new brakes for our truck!"

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. A circus owner walked into a bar to find everyone crowded about a table watching a little show. On the table was an upside-down pot and a duck tap dancing on it.

The circus owner was so impressed that he offered to buy the duck from its owner. After some wheeling and dealing they settled for $10,000 for the duck and the pot.

Three days later the circus owner runs back to the bar in anger, "Your duck is a rip-off! I put him on the pot before a whole audience and he didn't dance a single step!"

"That's strange" said the duck's former owner, "did you remember to light the candle under the pot?"

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A farmer named Muldoon lived alone in the Irish countryside with a pet dog he doted on. The dog finally died and Muldoon went to the parish priest and asked, "Father, the dog is dead. Could you be saying a mass for the creature?"

Father Patrick replied, "No, we cannot have services for an animal in the church, but there's a new denomination down the road, no telling what they believe, but maybe they'll do something for the animal."

Muldoon said "I'll go right now. Do you think $50,000 is enough to donate for the service?"

Father Patrick asked, "Why didn't you tell me the dog was Catholic?"

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