Soldiers are compelled to go to ".hurch : but some of them take their revenge, Mr \V. Grinton Berry in the British Monthly tells us, by resolutely refusing to listen to the sermon unless it interests them:—"lf a preacher is lengthy or tedious, the soldier protests against his behaviour by allowing his sword to clang on the floor, or by being presently seized with a violen;; cough. Presently there is an epidemic of clanging or of coughing throughout the entire congregation, a signal that no preacher can misunderstand." Clanging and coughing cannot, of course, be°made military offences, because if the soldier moves just a little in his seat his BWord clangs, and he is n,ot responsible at law for the state of bie bronchial tubes.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 190, 15 April 1902, Page 1
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124Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 190, 15 April 1902, Page 1
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