"John," said a Scotch farmer to one of his dependents, in whose religious welfare he took a deep interest,, , .•••'• whaur was the text the day?" "I dinna ken, mais:ier; I was o'er lang in gaun in." " Tell us what was the end o't, then,- if ye didna hear the beginning ; b't" "Ye ken, raaister, I cam' oot "before the minister was done wi' his discourse." " Weel, weel, Jock, ye wad hear the middle o't; what was it -aboot?" " Eeally, master, ye needna ask me ony mair questions aboot it, for, v ye ken, I was gey tired, an Bleepit a' the time I was in ; but there was a bairn bapteesed, ye ken. It roared and grat sae that it waukened jne, and syne I cam' oot."
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1917, 16 July 1889, Page 3
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127Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Temuka Leader, Issue 1917, 16 July 1889, Page 3
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