- A baker in a little country town bought the butter he used from a nearby farmer. One day he suspected that the bricks of butter were not full pounds, and for several days he weighed them.
- He was right. They were short weight, and he had the farmer arrested.
- At the trial the judge said to the farmer, "I presume you have scales?"
- "No, your honor."
- "Then how do you manage to weigh the butter you sell?" inquired the judge.
The farmer replied,
- "That's easily explained, your honor. I have balances and for a weight, I use a half-pound loaf I buy from the baker."
(Teaching stories - recd thro Basudeb Das. Illustration: ours.-Ed.)