A HERIOC INVENTOR.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1708, 23 January 1895, Page 2

A HERIOC INVENTOR.

A Mastertojt correspondent writes to* the Thames Advertiser as follows: Some few days ago I mentioned that a local resident had discovered what he claimed to be an antidote for scalds and burns. The resident in question is aMr Jones, otherwise u Professor Jones, an erstwhile of Wellington. The Professor intimated through the local paper that he intended giving a public exhibition on Tuesday afternoon. Accordingly a large and sceptical audience assembled [ on a vacant section of land, where the Professor had a copper boiler full of water. After applying a lot of fuel and enduring a lot of banter, the Professor decided that the water- wj§|§boiling, and removing his coat and. the.., covering to his cranium, and turaiiJg ' up his sleeves, he made three dashes at the water with hi 3 hand. Then he performed a sort of Maori hafca, and rushed for a pot containing a thick yellow substance, which might have been taken for paint or anything else, ihepersperation .fairly poured out of Ik >r^essor a 9 he sought relief from the pain aecasioned by the scalding, i or half-an-hour or more his hand was steeped in the magic pot, but, lo no ■- purpose. The crowd was unsympathetic, and mocked at the torture of the unfortunate man, whose hand was covered with blisters. The Professor admitted that the experiment was a auure, and although he intends giving another exhibition he does not think til ere are as many millions in the discovery as he at first anticipated.