Civility (says a correspondent) is about "the dearest commodity to be purchased in Scotland from waiters, guards, coachmen, and all that ilk. A. friend of mine declared that once, after having rung the bell several times at an hotel in Glasgow, a waiter at last put bis shock head outside the door, screamed out, " Wha rung that bell?" and, on my friend pleading, guilty, shrieked out, " Then don't do it again ! " slammed the door, and disappeared from yiew.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 206, 11 January 1872, Page 7
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78Untitled Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 206, 11 January 1872, Page 7
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