Scene —A Scottish village pub. Two old cronias having, their morning drink and a " crack " together. Jock : " Man," Bubbart, my guid wife and me wis uncommonly weel pleased with your son's meeniskations in the pulpit yesterday. He's vena clever, and nae mistake. We were baith winnerin' whaur he had gotten a' this talent and abillitee." Bubbart (father of the budding parson): " Weel, Jock, I'm thinking my son Wallum take a' his talent and eddication frae me ; but a' his oratory he takes aff his mither, for —shaking his head and sighing—she's a blifchei'iug auld tyke."
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Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 222, 23 May 1885, Page 3
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95Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Lyell Times and Central Buller Gazette, Volume V, Issue 222, 23 May 1885, Page 3
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