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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 124, 25 May 1878, Page 2

Mr L. Stowe, clerk of the Legislative Council, has just applied for letters patent for a new calculating machine, which he has invented Mr Stowe has shown us the instrument, which can he understood and worked by any school-hoy. It is so constructed that, if manipulated properly, it cannot go wrong, and it is simplicity itself, those who have seen the machine working, highly approve of it, and there can be no doubt that it will he largely used by the merchants and bankers of the colony. — Chronicle. Eyes have they, but they see not — potatoes. Ears have they, but they hear not — Cornstalks. Arms have they, but they hug not — wind-mills. Legs have they, but they walk not — tables. Heads have they, but they think not — cabbages. Hands have they, but they toil not — tramps. Noses have they, but they smell not - pitchers. Lips hare they, but they kiss not— tulips. Teeth have they, but they masticate not— buck-eaws. Wings have they, but they fly not— houses. Feet have they, but they walk not — verses. Panes have they, but they grumble not — windows. Joints have they, but they bend not — grain-stalks. Hearts have they, but they lovg not— trees, !