A red-faced old gentleman, at a scientific lecture where a learned professor caused several explosions to take place from gases produced from water, turned to Ins wife, and said: “My dear, I’d no idea that water was so dangerous ! I shant mix it with my liquor hereafter. What a narrow escape I've had!” “I dont think you’ve run mnch risk that way, John,” meekly responded the wife.
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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 204, 24 March 1877, Page 2
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67Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 204, 24 March 1877, Page 2
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