Farmer Drennidge (meeting his rector at the Royal Academy Exhibition): " Have you noticed tbis beautiful pictur', sir, No. 988, by Mr Wee Rrinsep, o' the evil sperits that entered the herd o flinty and they rushed wiolently down the precipice, and perished in the sea ! Tha's the pictur' I'd like to hev, sir. But there's one p'int about that 'strordinary ewent, sir, as has alius weighed on my mind, and I've often thought o' astin' o' von—" Rector: "0, I shall be most happy, Mr Dreonidge, at any time to explain " Fanner Drennidge : "Well, it's this 'ere, sir" (in a serious whisper): " Whew paid for they drownded pigs, ■ir?"
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 784, 19 November 1873, Page 3
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