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A Good Jail Delivery
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BROTHER DAVID DEWAR was a plain, honest, straightforward man, who never
hesitated to express his convictions, however unpalatable they might be
to others. Being elected a member of the Prison Board, he was called
upon to give his vote in the choice of a chaplain from the licentiates
of the Established Kirk. The party who had gained the confidence of the
Board had proved rather an indifferent preacher in a charge to which he
had previously been appointed; and on David being asked to signify his
assent to the choice of the Board, he said, Weel, I've no objections to
the man, for I understand he preached a kirk toom (empty) already, and
if he be as successful in the jail, he'll maybe preach it vawcant as
weel.
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