IN CHURCH.
An English country clergyman detected a thief in the following astute manner. A labourer had informed him that a sack of potatoes had been stolen from his garden. “ Well, well,” said the minister. “I’ll see to it after service.”
He preached on the Eighth Commandment, and ended thus : “ And now I have a sad tale to tell. One of our neighbours has missed a sack of potatoes from his garden, and the thief is even now sitting among you, He has a feather on his head.” At once a man in the congregation was seen to put his hand surreptitiously to the top of his head.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 390, 28 May 1908, Page 4
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108IN CHURCH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 390, 28 May 1908, Page 4
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