Too Hot for Him.
A good story is told about a West Scotland clergyman who was going to the Highlands lor his holidays, and, being very fond of a certain extremely hot Indian pickle, he took a bottle with him,' and at dinner put his precious pickles on the table near him, and took out one or two of them. Opposite to him sat an American gentleman, whose eagle eye soon scanned the bottle. Pickles of all sorts are dear to the American appetite from childhood to old age. On a request from the American to pass the pickles, the clergyman lifted his eyebrows, but said politely : "Tne.se ere private property, but, pray, have some," and passed them over. The American emptied about half the bottle into his plate, stirred them well up, and took a big spoonful, and a frightful pause ensued, during which our Transatlantic cousin glared speechlessly at the clergyman. Then he drew a long bi aath, and said : "Look heie, sir, I conclude you're a parson aiid preach the- Gospel?" "Certainly, I am a clergyman." "Well." quoth the American, "I've heard many of you preach about fire and brimstone, but you are the first I ever knew who carried a sample bottle !''
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Otago Witness, Issue 2426, 12 September 1900, Page 70
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206Too Hot for Him. Otago Witness, Issue 2426, 12 September 1900, Page 70
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