The Three Advices/The Bellman

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4473171The Three Advices — The BellmanAnonymous

THE BELLMAN.

The Bellman of Kirriemuir read a written Advertisement in the midst of the multitude on a Fair day, as follows: “Notish, all persons driving their cattle through the lands of Logie, to or from the market, will be prosecuted with the utmost rigour of law.” And immediately added, by way of sedative to the natives, “Ye needna mind a’ this, lads, its only a haver o’ the grieve’s.”