Beware: The Power of the Press

A preacher wanted to raise money for his church, and being told that there was a fortune in horse racing, he decided to purchase one and enter him in the races.

However, at the local auction, the going price for horses was so steep that he ended up buying a donkey instead.

He figured that since he had it, he might as well go ahead and enter it in the races. To his surprise, the donkey came in third. The next day the racing sheet carried this headline:

PREACHER’S ASS SHOWS

The preacher was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the races again, and this time it won and the paper reported:

PREACHER’S ASS AGAIN OUT FRONT

The bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the preacher not to enter the donkey in another race. The newspaper printed this headline:

BISHOP SCRATCHES PREACHER’S ASS

This was just too much for the bishop, and he ordered the preacher to get rid of the animal. The preacher decided to give it to a nun in a nearby convent. The headline the next day read:

NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN

The bishop fainted. He informed the nun that she would have to dispose of the donkey, and she finally found a farmer who was willing to buy it for $10.00. The paper read:

NUN PEDDLES ASS FOR TEN BUCKS

They buried the bishop the next day.

Beware: The Power of the Press