A Pup for the Pastor.
A Paducah clergyman tells this: "I married a couple up in Allen county, and after I had pronounced them man and wife the groom took me to one side and asked me what the damage was. I told him that there was no fixed price. He might give me whatever he chose. " 'Parson,' said he, 'I've got five hound pups down home for which I am asking five dollars apiece, and I'll let you have one for three dollars.' "Of course I declined so ridiculous a fee, as I had no use for the hound pups. "When he got homo ho must have found his wife better than he expected, for ho sent me one of the hound pups, accompanied with a letter saying that he was so happy with Maria that ho would give me a dog for nothing."-Louisville CourierJournal.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 89, 14 April 1892, Page 3
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