A Jamaica paper states that during - the administration of the holy sacrament in the.parish church of Kingston upon a recent occasion, it was observed when the wine was passed that the rector, Mr Downer, had a short cough, next Dr. Anderton, then Mr Charles Goldie, and then quite a number of ladies—in fact, as the cup passed round so did the cough, nobody seemingly being able to discover what was wrong, until it reached a gentleman who at once recognised old rum! neat! and so pronounced it! The rector had been so long a “ Good Templar ” that he thought it'was “fortified port,” and when it was declared to be “Appleton rum ! ” the scene is better understood than described. It seemed that in coming from the grocer’s a bottle of rum had got mixed with the sacramental wine, and the rector, in opening it, did not take any particular notice.
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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 176, 16 December 1876, Page 2
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149Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 176, 16 December 1876, Page 2
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