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Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 589, 26 October 1869, Page 4

In a country parish in Scotland, the minister and the ruling elder went over the muir to visit an old parishioner on a •'catechising" visit, and the walk being a long one, their appetites were pretty keen when they arrived. Before commencing the serious business, they suggested that the " inward man" was clamorous. Janet accordingly went to the " press," and placed on the table country refreshments — bread, mifk, &c, and, seating herself at a little distance, requested her visitors to fall on. They soon cleared the board, and the minister remarked, "Now, Janet, we begin the serious business. Do you remember the text latt Sunday, Janet?" '"Deed do 1," replied Janet ; " J mind it weel ; it was the miracle of the loaves and the fishes." "And have you pondered the subject during the week, Janet ?" " 'Deed I have ; an' I'm thinking the noo that gin you and the elder had been there, they wadna hae taen up 3ae many baskets fu\" In a valedictory address an editor wrote : — " If we have offended any one in the short but brilliant course of our public career, let him send us A new hat, and we vrill then forget the past." An eccentric west country lai:d was on one occasion invited by the Duke of Hamilton, with whom the laird had some business, to lunch at Hamilton palace. A liveried servant waited upon them, and was most assiduous in his attentions to the Duke and his guest. At last our eccentric friend lost patience, and looking at the servant, he said " What the deil are ye dance, dancin' 'about the room that gait ; can ye no draw in yer chair, and sit down like a wise body, and get a share of what's goin ? There's plenty on the table for three."