MARVELLOUS STORIES.
Mr Finlayson, town clerk of Stilling, in - the latter part of the seventeenth century, was noted for the marvellous in conversation. Ho was on a visit to the Earl of Monteitii and Airth in big castle of Taha, on the Loch of Monteitii, and was about taking leave, when he was asked by the Earl whether he had seen the sailing cherry tree. “No,” said Finlayson. “ What sort of thing is it 1" “It is,” replied the Earl, “a tree that has grown out of a goose’s mouth from a stone the bird had swallowed, and which she bears about with her in voyages round the loch. It is just at present in full fruit of the most exquisite flavour. Now Finlayson,” be added, “ can you, with all your powers of memory and fancy, match the story of the cherry tree ?" “ Perhaps, I can,” said Finlayson, clearing his throat, adding, “ When Oliver Cromwell was at Airth, one of the cannon sent a ball to Stirling, and lodged it in the mouth of a trumpet which one of the troop in the castle was in the act of sounding.” “ Was the trumpeter killed! ” said the Ear).
“ No, my lord,” said Finlayson. “He blew the ball back, and killed the artilleryman who had fired it !”
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1364, 11 July 1885, Page 3
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215MARVELLOUS STORIES. Temuka Leader, Issue 1364, 11 July 1885, Page 3
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