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lA. g*ood story is told of a certain worthy Soottash ddvine, dead some years ago. lit fois yo<utti lie used! to be very fond ocf going wd-th sevexaJ kindred spirits and tearing , down signiboardb ibetfore thedr neighbours' doors.
On one occasion, -when the theft h*d ibeen more glarfosg , tih&n usual, a great crowd pursued the culprits up to the door of thedr lodging-house, and, whole ihis ooenpanions broke up and burned the sign, the cedesbrated doctor preached a sermon to the angry crowd toelow, taddrtg tot Mβ text, "Behold, an evil and' adulterous people seeiketih a sign, amd no sign shall be given unto them."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3, 3 January 1903, Page 3
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