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Cure ! said the bishop, how do yon like my wine ? the 

 priest answered briefly " Bonus Vinum" " good wine." 

 On that affirmation the bishop said to himself " My 

 God ! " I have a priest in my flock who is not very 

 strong on Latin grammar, he does not know how to 

 make agree a noun with an adjective and only two 

 words ! but he did not say anything before the com- 

 pany, in order not to mortify the priest before the 

 whole society present, I shall question him apart. At 

 the supper on the same day and the same company 

 the bishop ordered the very best old wine he had in 

 his cellar. When the time came to drink it our 

 bishop asked again to his Cure, how do like this wine 

 it is different of what we had at breakfast give me 

 your opinion. He, the priest, rose from his chair and 

 said emphatically his glass in his hand (he had tasted 

 it before) " Monseigneur, Ecce Bonum Vinum!" to 

 the health of the whole company ! our bishop was 

 much surprised confounded to hear his priests drink- 

 ing his wine with so much enthusiasm and praising it 

 in good Latin, he could not stand to wait longer, so he 

 asked : Monsieur le Cure ! Will you please tell me 

 why this morning when I asked you how was my 

 wine you said "Bonus Vinum" and to-night you say 

 " Bonum Vinum " f 



He the priest answered coolly, " Bon vin, bon 

 Latin " good wine, good Latin. 



