A Witty report.
"Bishop O'CJovnian is a prelate whose ©lever repartee has beoomo proverbial. During his stay in. Rome he was much sought after, and ai tended most of the big functiens. At a reception given by the Spanish Ambassador lip was entertaining a few of his friends with anecdotes, when a, rabid anti-clerical member of the Roman aristocracy, renowned for his wit, approched the group with the set purpose of rendering the American Bi&hop ridiculous. "I have just heard a riddle," he annouj ced, "and I could not find a better audience. Can your lordship tell me the tl'fi'crence between a bishop and a donkey?"
The bystander? were indignant at the insuk, but nob so the prelate, who thought for a moment, and then confessed that theriddle was Leycnd him. "Very simple, though," remarked th© nobleman, pointing to the Gross that tl^e snr.iisignor was wealing. "A bishop oarrici liia crow on his chest, w hile the donkey carries it on 1 is back."
B)sbop O" Gorman was the only one to laugh, ibul he did it heaitily. "Excellent !" he cried. "And now, can you tell me-, Diike. the difference between a ch:ke and a ctonkey?"
The- nobleman wrinkled his brow amd looked nonplussed.
"I really don't sac it," he finally adXt.iitod.
"No," promptly retorted the Amriican •-jach- does anyone else." Ifcen they all laughed.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2626, 13 July 1904, Page 85
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225A Witty report. Otago Witness, Issue 2626, 13 July 1904, Page 85
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