Near the beginning of the twentieth century much of Florida was still undeveloped. Pioneers who settled there often lived in remote areas served by country stores. The average country store carried on...
Charles Dickens once visited America and gave some lectures across the country. He told one audience that we here in this country are a bit mixed up. He said we should not have one Thanksgiving Day, b...
It is said that William Pitt the Younger, when he was dying, said, "My country! How I love my country!" Shakespeare put these dying words on the lips of Hamlet, "the rest is silence." William Saroyan ...
"It is a gloomy moment in the history of our country. Not in the lifetime of most men has there been so much grave and deep apprehension; never has the future seemed so incalculable as at this time. T...
What is the smallest country in the world? Some would answer Monaco and others would answer Vatican City. Even though it is disputed some would answer "The Sovereign and Military Order of Malta." The ...
"We stake the future of this country on our ability to govern ourselves under the principles of the Ten Commandments." ...
Each September in the country of Malaysia Chinese people there celebrate the Mooncake Festival. It is observed a time when the moon is very bright and supposedly closer to the earth. The festival is f...
A couple had an argument, and now they were driving down a country road, not saying a word. As they passed a barnyard of mules, the wife sarcastically asked, "Relatives of yours?"...
According to a Ripley’s column, the country of New Zealand rejected the following names for babies: ...
Upon entering a little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the glass door. Inside, he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor near the cas...
Australia is the only country in the world to have a picture of a convicted forger on its currency. ...
A busload of politicians were driving down a country road when suddenly the bus ran off the road and crashed into a tree in an old farmer's field....
The September 2000 issue of Carolina Country magazine reported the story of an unusual funeral home in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The have installed a drive-through viewing window. People can view t...
When World War I seemed imminent, the enormously wealthy Andrew Carnegie went to see the Kaiser. He handed him a signed check with the amount left blank. He told him he could write in any amount if he...
Joe Piscatella is the author of several widely-read books on health including Don't Eat Your Heart Out and Controlling Your Fat Tooth. He often gives lectures around the country encouraging people to ...
An old country preacher was earnestly exhorting his congregation to give more liberally. He was interrupted by a deacon who said, "Parson, you told us salvation is free - as free as the air we breathe...
Someone has come up with a country version of the Ten Commandments. It goes like this: 1) There is only one God 2) No false gods 3) No cuss’n 4) Gather on Sunday 5) Mind your Ma and P...
Grover Cleveland served two terms as President of the United States - 1885-89 and 1893-97. He had high ideals for America. He called it "the land that lives in us." Among the patriotic speeches he wro...
Is it possible that what begins as a memorial can become a presence? Imagine if you stood before the Washington Monument and suddenly the father of our country was at your side. When we come around th...
Once the Hapsburgs ruled most of Europe. Today only one little country is ruled by a Hapsburg - Liechtenstein. It is 1/250th the size of Switzerland. It has a castle and the royal family lives there....