When he reached home he told his wife that he had met a queer little cousin who spent much of his time above ground and lived on grass.
— from The Tale of Chirpy Cricket by Arthur Scott Bailey

Meantime, if you want something to do to keep you busy, practise making speeches—you ought to be ashamed to be punching cows an' working for a living when you could use yore talents an' get a lot of graft besides.
— from Bar-20 Days by Clarence Edward Mulford