One for the Miller.
The miller at the old windmill of a village in Buckinghamshire one year found such difficulty in getting his sails to work, through want of wind, that he was continually behind with his work.
The delay greatly annoyed the farmers, who decided to call a meeting to consider the advisability of getting up another windmill.
Uninvited, the miller also attended the meeting, and in the midst of the discussion rose and said: " Ye want to get up another windmill, do ye ? Well, it takes all the wind in the parish to keep my ole mill agoin', so jell have to fish elsewhere for yerwind."
This novel argument gave matters the turn, and to this day the miller has had no more opposition.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2069, 19 October 1893, Page 49
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126One for the Miller. Otago Witness, Issue 2069, 19 October 1893, Page 49
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