The One-Hoss Shay; or the Deacon’s Masterpiece. A Logical Story.

By Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Have you heard of the wonderful one-hoss shay, That was built in such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then of a sudden it — ah, but stay, I’ll tell you what happened without delay, Scaring the parson into fits, Frightening people out of [...]