A famous preacher was preaching one Sunday in the summer time and observed that many among the congregation ware drowsing. Suddenly, he paused, and afterward continued in a loud voice, relating an incident that had no connection whatever with his sermon. It went like this,
"I was once riding along a country road. I came to the house of a farmer, and halted to observe one of the most remarkable sights I have ever seen. There was a sow with a litter of ten little pigs. This sow and each of her offspring had a long curved horn growing out of their foreheads." The clergyman again paused, and ran his eye over the congregation. Everybody was now wide-awake. He remarked, "Behold how strange! A few minutes ago, when I was telling you the truth, you went to sleep. But now when I told you a whopping lie, you are suddenly all wide-awake."
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