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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 244, 15 October 1932, Page 7 (Supplement)

The Village Blacksmith t 0 The scene was the village hall in th 1S little country place, and the occasio ‘ ,e the grand annual concert in which ai the local talent appeared. There wa at a large and enthusiastic audience, nun: boring among it all the leading locn lights. After numerous songs, dances an piano solos the stage was taken b 1S Mr. Bywater, the star turn of the evei 11 -'l ing. He recited “The Village Blacl smith” with great gusto and wn rc loudly cheered, encores being d< manded. Tie was about to oblige wit a rendering of “The Wreck of tl: Hesperus,” when a man ran up to hin 0 hot and brea t hless. n “I want you to do me a favour, 11 he explained when he had taken tl elocutionist aside. “I ’appen to I the blacksmith you were talking abou and I want yer to do it again ai | put in a verse sayin’ as ’ow I ler tout bicycles!” a Mind reader: “Now 1 have finishc (i I your reading—five shillings, please. ’ I Client: “Sorry, but if you had co recfly read my mind when I came here you would have known I di<ln have five shillings with me.”