The best preachor is tho heart: the brut teacher is time ; tho best book is the world ; tho best friend is God. Teju'iskancjj lecturing is an excellent thins; ; but it is well for lecturers to be careful in their selection of " awful examples." A wall-moaning young man tho other day, wishing to illustrate* tho evil effects of alcohol, magnified a small quantity of wtter, and showed the oriiiinisMs friskin.sr and Kwiuiming about therein, us is the wont of their species. Ho tliGu called tho attention of his audience to the immediate effect of a drop of whisky, which caused tho instant decease of tho whole of them. " Well," said an old lady, as soon ns she had jrot over her first surprise, " I'll never drink any water airain without puttitig HomQ whisky iu it 1"
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2736, 25 January 1890, Page 5 (Supplement)
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135Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2736, 25 January 1890, Page 5 (Supplement)
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