Quite Harmless.
A Londoner just arrived at a Scottish town, and on his way to a hotel, addressed thf' nortec wo loci the way: " \ot a lar^e place, this" "No" \e-iro," was the answer. Next question came : "Has it a eorpoiation?" "A wliat, .sir?" inquired the baggagehearer. "I mean, who rules it?"
"Rules it v .list the provost"
"Ah, the pio\o>t. Like our Lord iSayor Has he any ni-ignia?" remarked Hie Cockney. '"Insignia 1 What d'ye mean?" quoth the puzzh d Scotsman. "Yes, insignia; that is 'to fcay, has he a cl aiii?" tho polite mm tor hinted.
Wheroi'pon tlio almost dumfounded native Rasped cut: "A chain, air? Tho provost chained? Xa, lva, he gantrs 'ccec ; but diiiiu be feared, he's quite hairnie's."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2572, 1 July 1903, Page 81
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123Quite Harmless. Otago Witness, Issue 2572, 1 July 1903, Page 81
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