AN APT QUOTATION
The present election , campaign in this Dominion reminds us of how a Canterbury aspirant for public honors in the days that are past made use of a quotation in a political speech that had the effect of completely silencing a rather noisy opponent. $ During this speech he was 'repeatedly interrupted by a butcher, the proprietor of a large sausage-making plant. An adherent of the candidate finally took offence at the butcher's mocking remarks and yelled : ' Hey, you, leave politics alone and go back to- your sausage machines.' The butcher glared at the man and retorted : 1 If I had this speaker in one of my sausage machines I'd soon make mincemeat of him. ' Then the candidate quoted from the platform with a smile : ' Is thy servant a dog that thou shouldst do this thing? '
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New Zealand Tablet, 5 November 1908, Page 38
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137AN APT QUOTATION New Zealand Tablet, 5 November 1908, Page 38
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