THREE MISTAKES.

Clutha Leader, Volume XX, Issue 1034, 18 May 1894, Page 3

THREE MISTAKES.

c There have been many harmless mistakes made that contributed much to th« amusement of^nankind. Among them is 'one told of a certain clergyman who left a notice in his pulpit to hi? read .by the preacher who exchangpd with him. The clergyman neglected to denote carefully a private postscript, and the congregation were astonished to hear the stranger wind up by saying : 'You will please come to dine with me at the parsonage. ' Another amusing story is told of a minister. The rev. gentleman was inclined to 1-e absent-minded, and, while walking one day, encountered a young lady whose face seemed familiar to him. Taking her to be one of his parishioners' daughters, and not wishing to pass her without notice he stepped forward and, cordially shaking her hand, entered into conversation. After comparing notes about, the weather, he had at last to confess : ' Well, I know your face quite well but I cannot recall where I have seen you before.' t Oh, please, sir, I'm your new par-lour-maid !' was the reply. A third story, copied from a London periodical, is based upon a small boy's mistake in school, but, as a matter of fact, it is more likely the incident is based upon the fertile fancy of the writer, because it is almost too good to be true. This story is of how Mr Whackem, a fiery schoolmaster, came to lose a scholar one day. The clas3 was parsing a sentence. • What is the imperative of the verb •' to go V ' asked Whackem of Johnny Fizzletop. 1 I don't know.' ' Go" !' shouted Whackem. ' Thank you, sir,' replied Johnny, and he was two streets off beforo the teacher could catch his breath.