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HR LAID THE SPIRIT.

It is said that when on a confirmal 0 (Oar in the diocese of Peterborough oi.c- -, Dr Creighton pub up for a night in an old martor house and slept iu a room supposed to be haunted. Next morning the bishop was asked by an anxious and interested . family if he, had s*en the ghost, “Yes”, he replied* “ but I have laid the spirit. It will rtever trouble you again.” Of course, the family wanted to know the reason. “Well/* answered the bi-hop-, “I Asked the ghclst -for a subscription towards the cathedral restoration fund, and it inataritly vanished.” , ... .. HOW HE WOULD SPEND HIS TIM& Gri one occasion judge Porter; a popular Iri»h magisl rate, in pronouncing the sentence of the Court on an. Irishman—a notorious drunkard—Said: “You’ll he : confined to gaol f»r the longekt period the law will allow; .and I sincerely tmat yrd wiU devote some portion of the time to emsing whisky ” 1 « fee thh jpOwers I will, yer bohonH was the rhkdv answer; 4,, And Hotter; too!” . ; . t .. - - ■ -

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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 163, 15 June 1901, Page 3

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176

Untitled Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 163, 15 June 1901, Page 3

Untitled Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 163, 15 June 1901, Page 3

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