Scientific Lore.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 76, 22 February 1883, Page 2

Scientific Lore.

Some strangers to Manawatn had great fan la§t night with a prominent oracle, who ap> s a knowledge of erfcry known art and science from the m»t,t effective style of pal pit oratory to music and the drama. He undertook to deliver to a select few his opinions on electric science, as applied to bush-fain ing, and claimed fur himself the distinguished honour of being the first to whom the Mea of Jelling busb bj means of eleytiic wjres had presented itself. I hose preeeot kept up the joke, and induced him to promise to communicate with. Edison on the subject, Bj«<tnd-bye one began to ask anotber, fi Who is thi« b——;£-r— degree man," for he said be had been to college and taken out a ," b — — f— — degree." His egregious vnnity was so tickled with the flattery that was lavishly bestowed on him, that he agreed to give a lecture at an early date on any subject named. That chosen, is, " The most effectual way to teach your grandmother to milk ducks." In shch able hands the lecture should be full of interest*