After quoting from John Locke, that a bind man took his idea of scarlet from the sound of a trumpet, a witty fellow "says that a hoopskirt hanging but of a shop door reminds him of the peel of a beUe. A lover, trying to" 1 explain some scientific theoiy to his fair inamorata, said, " the question is difficult, and I don't see what I can do to make it clear." — "Suppose you pop it," whispered (woet Jemima.
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Southland Times, Volume VII, Issue 534, 6 August 1866, Page 2
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78Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Southland Times, Volume VII, Issue 534, 6 August 1866, Page 2
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