Dr Adam Clark, who had a strong aversion to pork, wa3 called upon to say a grace at dinner where the principal dish was a roast pig. He is reported to have said, " O Lord, if thou canst blesa under the gospel what thou didßt curse under the law, bless this Pig " Mark Twain had his fortune told by a celebrated star-gazer, and here is the result: — '• Yours was not, in the beginning, a criminal nature, but circumstances changed it. At the age of nine you stole sugar; at fifteen you stole money; at twenty you stole horses; at twenty-five you committed arson; at thirty — hardened in crime — you became an editor. Since then your descent has been rapid. You are now a public lecturer. Worse things are in store for you—you will be sent to Congress; n«xt to the penitentiary; and tken, finally, happiness will come to you again— you will be hanged."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 730, 24 September 1870, Page 3
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