Foote, paaising tlie. hospitality pf the Irish, after one of his trips to the nister , kincdom, a gentleman asked him if he had ever been at Cork. ' No, sir/ replied j Foote; 'but I have seen many drawioge of it;' ■ ■■■■_; •■■' ;; •;■ • Where are voh taking me to ?\aeked a criminal, addressing, the deteclivje who had arrested him. ' I'm taking you, to the office of the Police .Superintendent.' was the reply. ' 1 wish to observe m this, CABOJ theu,' said the culprit; ( that it is the officft neekvthe man and not j;he ocan the office/ : <"■■; ■■'■■"" ■ '6h risitinjj a menagerie., Tbbke was iomparinfir °',th© 'comjtena'nce' of 'a monkey to t|iat of 6ne of ;liiß feflb^r members of ParUameii.t;. TarriinK, Be saw-.the jfentlemanj had dyerheßrd his remarks, so to make matters pleasatit ne sraid, ,'I do not knojr which to ariol^gise 'tb^you or the monkey/
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 67, 18 February 1884, Page 3
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