Badly off Indeed.—Dr. Hugh Blair used to tell the following story with a good deal of glee:—Happening to preach one Sabbath a good distance from home, on returning he met liis preoentor, and asked him how matters got on during his absence on the previous day. " 'Deed," said the man of psalms—who was vain, but humorous—" I daursay no vera weel: I wasna there, doctor, oDy mair than yoursol'."
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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1548, 6 February 1874, Page 106
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69Page 106 Advertisements Column 2 Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1548, 6 February 1874, Page 106
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