A good old Methodist parson was once heard to say in a sermon 'As I was once riding along on one of those beautiful prairies with my dear wife who has since gone to Heaven in a buggy ' The following is a specimen of an Irishman's will: —' I will and bequeath my beloved wife Bridget all my property without reserve, and to my eldest son Patrick one-half of the remainder ; and to Dennis, my youngest son, the rest. If there is anything left it may go to Terence M'Carthy.' ' What made you cross yourself just now ?' said a San Francisco police court attorney to an Irish friend who was passing. ' Merely because I saw you take off your hat without any apparent cause,' answered his friend; ' and I thought the Devil must be within a yard of me and that you were paying your respects to your master.'
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3193, 22 September 1881, Page 4
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