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Show A POSER FOR THE PREACHER. A' clergyman who enjoyed the substantial sub-stantial benefits of a fine farm was slightly taken down on one occasion by his Irish plowman, who was sitting on his plow in the wheat field. The reverend gentleman, being an economist. econo-mist. . said with great seriousness: "John, wouldn't it be a good plan for you to have a pair .of pruning shears here and be -cutting a few-bushes few-bushes along the fence while the horses are resting a short time?" '. John considered a moment and then said: . "Look here! Wouldn't it be well, sir, for you to have a tub of potatoes in the pulpit and while they were singing to peel 'em awhile' to be ready for the pot?" San Francisco Chron-.iele. |