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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 209, 4 September 1871, Page 2

"An Anecdote that is too good to be lost ia told," says the Advertiser, "of a clergyman well known in Geelong, who hails from that land north of the Tweed where " bawbees " are estimated at their full value. A day or two ago, this worthy divine was inspecting a new manse, intended for his future accommodation, and his thoughts being evidently absorbed with the costliness of the undertaking, he remarked to the workmen " I'm surprised at your exorbitant wages, you demand Bs. and 10s. a-day here, whilein the old country I could get as good tradesmen for 3s. and 45." • Aye/ promptly replied one of the masons, lifting his eyesfora moment from his chisel and mallet,, and speaking in abroad Caledonian accent not to be misunderstood, ' and in Scotland they can get plenty o' clever ministers topreach for. twahnnner panda a year ; what think ye o' that mon ?, It is needless to* add that the clergyman, turning his back on a ; n audience of faces lighted up with a sardonio grin, walked away in silence."