The sexton had been laying the new carpet on the pulpit floor, and had left a number of tacks scattered about. "See here, James,” said the parson, “what do you suppose would happen if I stepped on one of those tacks right in the middle of my sermon?” “Well, sir,” replied the sexton, “I reckon there’d be one point you wouldn't linger on.” ;
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 May 1939, Page 2
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