AN AGED PREACHER.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1914, Page 12

AN AGED PREACHER.

The Dean of; Guernsey is 93; and •still in active work. It is 60 years since he first went to the Vale parish in Guernsey, and he still takes two services every Sunday, preaching the morning sermon, in Trench and the evening discourse in English. He breakfasts summer and, winter at 8 and is in Ms garden by 9. Then a walk round his farm is his greatest pleasure, for he takes some trouble in order that his breed of Guernsey cattle may be well looked after. 'in tHe spring he receives a visit fr»m many American cattle buyers, but he is lotir to sell, and puts a very large price upon each animal. The dealers are not to be disappointed, and-generally pay the price demanded. The Dean is a great debater in the local States. He never misses a meeting, and is ever ready to battle in wordk on questions concerning taxing of the people. In the island of Guernsey he is generally revered. He is a believer in a very^ light lunch, this meal usually consisting of a of marsala and a sandwich or two.