SMART REPARTEE
At a recent .meeting of a local body not 100 miles from Wellington a councillor twitted the Mayor with weakness, and'insinuated that the latter hadn’t enough pluck to say “Bo!” to a goose. Samuel Johnson, the famous lexicographer, essayist and poet, was onco summoned to appear in the presence of that ill-mancnrcd Sovereign, George the t hird. Johnson was a man of uncouth appearance, and when the King saw aim he said: “You! You are not Samuel Johnson? Why you look as if you couldn’t say ‘Bo!’ to a goose!” Johnson, unabashed, stared fixedly at the insolent George, uttered afi emphatic “Bo!” turned on his heel and lift his august Majesty in a towering
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Otaki Mail, 17 February 1919, Page 2
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116SMART REPARTEE Otaki Mail, 17 February 1919, Page 2
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