THE BULL DIDN'T KNOW.
A story is told of a great English •personage who thought everbody ■ knew or ought to know him. One • day he was walking through a field when a bull addressed him in an undertone, and made for him with his head down, and his horns in a position to raise him. He was a minister, a man of digrnity and political power, and of natural pomposity. But be ran. He ran surprisingly well. He ran better than ever he did for office, and he! got to the fence first. He clambered ■ over, oat of breath and dignity, and found the owner of the bull contemplating the operation. * What do you mean, sir,’ asked the irate statesman, ‘by having am in- ■ furiated ball like that roaming over the field ?’ ‘Well, I suppose the bull has some i right in the field,’ said the farmer. * Bight ? Do you know who I am, • sir ?’ gasped the baronet. The farmer shook his bead. ‘ I am the Bight Honourable ;■ Sir •’ ‘ Then why on earth didn’t you tell vthe bull ?’ said the farmer. 1
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Southern Cross, Volume 5, Issue 41, 15 January 1898, Page 2
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182THE BULL DIDN'T KNOW. Southern Cross, Volume 5, Issue 41, 15 January 1898, Page 2
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