A Streak Ahead of Noah.
A dispute once arose between two Scotchmen, named Campbell and McLean, upon the antiquity of their familie*. The latter would not allww that the Campbells had any riulit to rank with the Me! ears in antiquity, wh", he insisted, were in existence as a clan since the beginning, of the world. Campbell had a little more biblical knowledge than his antagonist, and ! :t«ked him if the clan of the McLeans was before the fl >«id. I " Fiood ! what flood ?" asked the I McLean. "Th« flood, you know, that drowned all the world but Noah and his family, and h's flock," said Campbell. " Pooh ! you and your flood," 6aid Wcfean: "my clan was afore the flood" "I have not read in my Bibb I , ' sail Cainpb 11, " ol th« name of McLean ;;oing into 'Noah's ark.' " I "Noah's ark!" retorted McLean, in contempt. '* Who ever h*»ard 0' a McLean that hadn't a bout o' his am?"
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 44, 15 September 1883, Page 3
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160A Streak Ahead of Noah. Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 44, 15 September 1883, Page 3
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