This is a true story from beyond Woodville. A popular clergyman was to preach one day at a place where men of his cloth were not so plentiful as the mosquitoes. The rev gentleman was not so punctual in making an appearance as the occasion deserved, and the building was full of anxious and expectant worshippers. When he hitched up bis horse and was walking piously towards the door he was greeted wiih “D—n it man, hurry up, we've been waiting half an hour for you I”
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 609, 19 May 1891, Page 3
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