TOLD BY A PARSON.
' No ; a parson is not likely to amass wealth from the marriage fees which he receives,' recently observed a popular minis Ler to the writer. ' Humorous experiences ? WeU, I had one unusual experience, but you would hardly call it humorous. I was handed a fee consisting of a five pound note. A few days later I attempted to change it at a neighbouring town. Now, not only was the note a counterfeit one, it was known that a swindler was passing bad money in this particular town ; while a description of the fellow got into the papers and showed that he resembled" me. I assure you I nearly saw the inside of a police cell. * Of course, the newly-married man who had given me the money was greatly mortified. He afterwards, I may say, gave me an exceedingly handsome present by way of oompensation,' In Switzerland a telephone can be fitted to private houses for £1 10 b. % year.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6, 22 January 1901, Page 2
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163TOLD BY A PARSON. Bruce Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6, 22 January 1901, Page 2
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