Where It Leaned.
A few years ago there was a man, living in. a small parish in Wales, who, it was supposed, wasn't quite right in his mind, but he was a regular wit. One day, as he was walking out, he met with a friend, a clergyman, mth. whom he was a great favourite. After" the usual compliments, the minister invited him to come and look at his new vicarage, which, had been a long time in building, and was now fully completed. When they arrived at the place mentioned, Jim (such was the man's name) walking to one corner of the building, shut one eye (as bricksetiers generally do) to see whether it was plumb, but said* nothing ; walked to another corner, and cocked his eye again, and said — < Why, it isn't plumb !' ' Isn't plumb !' said the minister, in great astonishment. ' No,' said the witty fellow, ' it leans.' The minister, getting very angry, said — ' Where does it lean ?' ' On the parish, sir, '.he replied.
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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 6
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166Where It Leaned. Observer, Volume 7, Issue 337, 23 May 1885, Page 6
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