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Show The Bishop's Appeal. The late Bishop Williams of Connecticut Con-necticut was a truly pious man, but was sometimes placed in a position where he envied the privileges of those not of the cloth. At a recent conclave at the General Theological Seminary they told this tale of the good bishop's wit: One summer day the bishop went out fishing with a friend, and, as the day was warm, they swung a bottle of rare Burgundy over the side of a rowboat. When luncheon time came the bishop essayed to pull the wine aboard, already tasting in anticipation tb cooL delicious beverage. Through some mishap the string slipped tr his fingers, and the bottle sank to '.t& bottom of the river. Bishop Williams sat up with a sigh, and said, with his eyes sparkling: "You say It, Jones; jour's a layman." Boston Journal |