Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1884 — The Deacon’s Mistake. [ARTICLE]

The Deacon’s Mistake.

* A modest deaeon was onee invited to say grace at a certain dinner. Seeing a clerical-looking gentleman farther down the table, he thought it would be more becoming to ask him to say grace, so, turning to him, he said: “Won’t you ask a blessing?” The clerical-looking party put his hand to his ear and replied: “Speak louder; Pm so d deaf I can’t bear.” The deacon did not press him.— Boston Globe. AnocoMOTtvK is called “she” because it hu e spark-arrester. ~ ■ --