The following story is related by the Marion Mercury. A little girl of seven (the. daughter of the house) was, as a great tro.it, poimitlcd to sit at the table one day when a Uishop was to (line with her parents vh fniiil'./c. Her mother carefully iiistuictcd her. She must ronieinher that this was a very meat clergyman, and when she spoke to him she was to speak very properly, so as to show that she had been brought op in the fear and admonition of tied The little lady " caught on," but very dimly perceived her way out of the dillietilty. At dinner, seated beside the great prelate, she partook of soup anil lish successively in silence. When the entrees came on she wanted salt, but she dreadfully wanted to frame the request for it, in such a manner as to meet with her mother's approval ; so she said ha'f hysterically (touching His Lordship's slee\o lightly;, " Pass the bait— for—for God's mice.' "
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Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 29, 15 September 1896, Page 3
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