You can-fool soma of the people all the time, £ All the people some of the time, But you can’t f001.,a1l the people all the time— ' ■ % Dustin. Premier Caterer and Confectioner, doesvnot fool any of the people at any time. A writer in the Frankfort Gazette has discovered that Vetruvius, the Roman liisto.rian, describes a taximeter cab in use in Rome about 79 A.D. The mechanism caused a stone to dron into a basin' under the carriage every 1000 paces, and at the end of the journey the driver computed the fare by counting the stones. "Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Pustiu’s “ilabs” are always iuve* .
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2121, 2 July 1907, Page 3
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106Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2121, 2 July 1907, Page 3
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