STRANGE MISTAKE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1580, 9 June 1887, Page 3

STRANGE MISTAKE

The following amusing paragraph apri*red recently m the "Birmingham Dally Times " ;— ' The extraordinary ucene reoently witnessed m the church of a Dolghboilog village waa dee entirely to a regret abe misunderstanding, and I am assured tLut there Is no intention of adopting the strange perfonrano ci a park of the regular ritual. Briefly the facts ore the; 3. Previously to the Bun.day on which the congregation were co ecandal'sed, collectlcn.s had always been taken m the boxes at the church door. On that day, however, the presence of the Elahep and the special nature of the collection {suggested to the reotor that it would be bettor to adopt the more modern pr »ot lce of a pew-to-pew oolleotion. He therefore beckoneJ the clerk jaat as the Bishop was aecendins; the pulpit, and told him to fetch two silver salvers from the rectory, to hand them round at the close of the service, and afterwards take t/iem to the Bishop; The housemaid at the reotory not unnaturally concluded that -the. clergy needed refreshment, and thuu a. it ctpae about tbat the olerk after handing two plates of biscoita down the aisle, presented them to the Bishop, audibly renjarkinp that nobody would l.«ve any,