MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
Is this odd ? If not, it is neat. It is told by the Melbourne Herald, " of two members of the New South Wales Legislature" :—These wiseacrc3 were arguing in the Parliamentary refreshment room, when the following colloquy ensued :—lst Mem—' You blow about cdication! Why, I don't believe as how you ever had two—penn'orth of schoolin'in your life'—2nd Mem—' I knows more about nor you do, any way' Why, I don't believe you can repeat the Lord's Prayer !'—lst Mem—l'm game to bet you a fiver I can, come now.'—2nd Mem ' Done :—stake the money.' The cash being duly posted on either side, the second member remarked' ' Now, then, begin.'—lst Mem —I believe in God, the Father Almighty maker of heaven and earth, and in ' —2nd Mem—'that'll do, you've won the money ; but I'm blessed if I thought you knew it.'
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1165, 7 April 1874, Page 4
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144MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1165, 7 April 1874, Page 4
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