A MAN WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE IN HIMSELF.
When Bishop Whituket >w in C*ndelaria, Nev.,^cip^y&|^fiKijk# ; stroil in the outskirts "<^f. tMj ol(«jMf':«rith' a" party of ladies and n^l{o4^^eritlemen. A man was seen laborioß«iy turning- tPiwiillags which hoisted from a sta&*£Mbsftt«d . with rock. The onlj^W^SStfable about the man a£the tisb«M**f washig hat, the crown of i|fi|fSjh. w*i.,,ettt. clear off, allowing the hot irtEll^^poßrdown upon a perfectly bald head, ione waggish friends recommending this arrangement,^ f»»e to produce a crop of hair. Thetttfcoilatd bis party stood watching the man tojwg and grunting at his heavy, JaW* jfer several minutes, and the kutd-Keartect. clergyman spoke up with coqeeHft and. said: "My friend, why don't yjott^oVer up your head? This hot sun will effect your brain." " Brain,is it?" cried the man, as he gave the windlass another heaving creaking revolution. " Begob, an' if I had any brains d'ye thing that I'd be here pullin' up this bucket?" The bishop and his party hastily retired as the gentleman af ' the windlass .proceeded to express, between tugs and grunts, in a strong way, his opinion of men who had been born, like himself, without brains.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4449, 9 April 1883, Page 2
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188A MAN WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE IN HIMSELF. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4449, 9 April 1883, Page 2
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