A Swearing Clib.
The magistrates of the quaint old Cheshire town of Knutsford were somewhut exercised recently by an application which came before them at the petty sessions, in which a local publican applied for an extension of hours on the occasion of what he termed a " suppering." The Clerk : " What sort of supper is it 1 Who is it for ? ' Applicant : "It is a ' Swearing Club.' " The Clerk : M A Swearing Club ! What uponeartlnV that ?" (Laughter.) Applicant: " A few friends meet, and if any brother comes out with any bad language, we put on a nominal fine. It's what we've been used to." The Clerk : " vVho. are the people that attend 1" Applicant : " Regular customers." Superintendent Leigh ton said he had never before heard of such a tiring. It seemed that they were fined for using bad language, and the fines at the end of the year procured a supper. The chairman said it seemed rather an " anti -swearing club," but an [it was a good idea, he would grant the application.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3782, 10 April 1891, Page 2
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173A Swearing Clib. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3782, 10 April 1891, Page 2
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