A WITTY EXPEDIENT.
♦ A Scottish clergyman, who had appointed a day f- r the cauxh sing < f some of his congregation, happened to receive an invitation to dinner for tho same day, and having forgotten his previous e> gagemort,’ he acc ptedit. Just as he was mounting his gig to depart he perceived the fbst of Ilia class entering the garden, aul the r - mainder coming over the hiil. and at on 1- © became aware cf the mistake he had made. Here was a fix. But the minister’# ready wltiooncsmeto his assistance. What have ye come for, John 1” he asked, ad Iressing the,first corner. ‘’Oh, dee ye no remember, sir, ye bade n» came to be catechcose' ?" “Oh, aye, werl, no to keep je going further, John, was it a horned coo or a hummel coo that Noah took Into t’e ark?” ‘Deed, sir I canna te11.”,, Well, turn back and ask the ithor folk the same question, and if they cmna answer it bid term go h' > m» and fied out.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1348, 22 September 1886, Page 3
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173A WITTY EXPEDIENT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1348, 22 September 1886, Page 3
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