A gentleman not extremely given to piety, was dismayed by being asked to say grace at a strange table. To refuse and explain would be embarrassing ; to comply would be equally so. He chose the latter, and started off briskly enough with "Oh, Lord, bless this table"—. Just here, being unused to the business, he nearly broke down, but, by a gigantite effort, pulled through with "World without end. Yours respectfully, amen.' 1
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 376, 27 February 1880, Page 2
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73Untitled Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 376, 27 February 1880, Page 2
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