An anecdote is told somewhere of a Scotch artisan who, hurrying along the streets m his best ' clothes, was stopped by a friend and asked where he was coing.. •• I'm gaun to the debatin' society," answered he, " to contradick a bit 1 " :.'" I'll give you no more trouble. Mary, muttered a foolish husband recently, as he made straight for the river bank, followed by his wife. Down to the river's edge he continued, and began to strip, but the moral effect of the deep water united to Mary's entreaties induced him to. alter his intentions, and he leisurely returned to his home.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1661, 18 March 1886, Page 4
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