PRESENT COMPANY EXCEPTED.
A friend tells a story of a neighbour, one Farmer Brown, who is not well educated. liis daughter had been attending' a boarding-school and on her arrival home at the end of her term it was decided to invite a party of the neighbouring farmers and their wives to a feast. Previous to the party she had instructed her father that when speaking of anything, for fear of offending, he should add, “ the present company always excepted - ” He was late for dinner, so Jane invited the guests to begin operations. They had not long commenced when in rushed Mr Brown, covered with perspiration. “ Why are you so late, papa ? ” asked Jane. “ The fact is, I’ve been visiting neighbour Smith’s pigs, and they are the finest lot of pigs I ever seed, the present company always excepted.
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 22, 26 August 1893, Page 5
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139PRESENT COMPANY EXCEPTED. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 22, 26 August 1893, Page 5
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