"Used to it.—A German paper contains a reply from a clergyman who was travelling and whn nfonnwl at, an hotel much frequented by what are called " drummers. The host, not being used to have clergyman at his table, looked at him with surprse: and the clerks used their artillery of wit upon him, without eliciting a remark in self-defence. The worthy clergyman ate his dinner quietly, apparently without observing the gibes and sneers of his neighbors. One of them, at last, in despair at Ms forbearance, laid to him: "Well, I wonder at your patience.! Have you not heard all that has been said against you?", "Oh, yes, but I amused to it. Do you know who I am?" •'No, sir, " "Well, I will inform you. I am chaplain of a lunitic asylum; BUCU re* mwkfcflaxe no effect upon me," .
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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1547, 3 February 1874, Page 102
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140Page 102 Advertisements Column 1 Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1547, 3 February 1874, Page 102
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