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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume I, Issue 23, 5 December 1861, Page 6 (Supplement)

One Man as Good as Axothek. —lt is no uncommon thing for the drummer, who has to carry a great drum in an American band, to call to the major or colonel, “ I say, Reuben, I guess I am tired; get off your boss, will ye, and give me a turn by carrying one end of this drum a bit ? I’ll take to the parchment critter again, I reckon, and whop it eatawompou-ly when he gits among the houses and the colonel or major is sure to comply, or look out the next time the parties meet to take an antifogmatic at the bar of some hotel.— Dr. Russell's Letter in The Times, from Washing* ton. . Holyhock Leaves make a beuatiful Dte.— Gather the faded leaves of the dark-maroon coloured hollyhock, single or double flowers ; place a large handful into about a quart of water, with a piece' of alum the size of a filbert; let it simmer down to about the quantity ; dip ribbons, cashmere, woollens, or silks into the liquid, and you will obtain the fashionable and elegant tint called “ mauve." Ribbons should bo wrapped in a piece of white calico or linen, so ns to dry graduallyland evenly. The shade of colour may be lessoned by adding water, il a tint should be considered 100 high.