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Show SETTLED SMART YOUNG MAN. "Camp-Meeting John's" Smart Answer to Fllj.pant Question. Camp-meeting John Allen, tho grandfather of Madame Nordlca, was for many years a plcturosquo flguro among the Methodist ministers In tho stato of Maine. A mania for attending cnmp-mectlngs was not his only distinction. dis-tinction. Ho was a good deal of a wag, and his utterances wore much appreciated by both saint and sinner. At one time, having gone to Lewis-ton Lewis-ton to attend a quarterly meeting, ho was approached in tho street by several sev-eral young men who were evidently out for a good time. "Camp-meeting John," said tho spokesman, "who was tho devil's grandmother?" "Tho devil's grandmother," replied tho old man In tho quick, sharp tono so characteristic of his speech, "tho dovll's grandmother how do you expect ex-pect me to keen your fainl'v rnrnril'" -n |