Some teetotalers would even prefer .3,. watery grave to preservation in spirits. The Itev. Nathaniel M'Kie, minister of Crossmichael (1739-1781) talked to his people from the pulpit .with amusing familiarity. Expounding- a passage in Exodus, he proceeded thus :: Ui And the Lord said unto Moses'sneck that door ! I'm thinking if ye had to sit beside it yoursel' ye wadna be sae ready leaving it open ! It was just beside that door that Tedam Tameon. the bellman, gat his death o'cauld • and I'm sure, honest he didn't let it stay muckle open. 4 And the 3jorid_said -unto a .man aneath that laffe wi'his hat on. I'm sure ye*re clear o' the soogli o' .the door. Keep aff yer bannet, Tjhomas and if yer bare pow be eauld, ye maun jisfc get a grey warsit wig, like mysel'. They're no sae d^ar—plenty of them at Bob G illespie's for tenpen« e." The reverend gentleman then proceeded with his discourse.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 183, 6 September 1872, Page 3
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157Untitled Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 183, 6 September 1872, Page 3
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