A man came to the late Duke of Wellington with a patented article. “ What have you to offer?”—“Put it on.”—The inventor obeyed. The Duke rang a boll. An aide-de-camp presented himself.—“ Tell the captain of the guard to load with ball cartridge.' l The inventor disappeared, and was never again seen near the Horse Guards. No money wasted in trying that invention.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 416, 8 April 1870, Page 3
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