A gentleman not extremely given to piety was dismayed by being asked to say grace at a strange table. To refuse and explain would be embarrassing ; to comply would be equally so. He chose the latter and Btarted off briskly enough with "Oh, Lord, bleBS this table"-— Just here, being'unused to the business, he nearly broke down, but by a gigantic effort, ■' pulled through with " World without end. Yours respectfully, amen."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 938, 31 October 1879, Page 2
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