Shiet music, Will aid strongly bound at Till;: Waikato Augus office, Hamilton " Gentlemen, you do not une your faculties of observation," said an old Professor, addressing his class. Hero he pushed forward a gallipot containing a chemical of exccedim/Iy offensive smell. " Wnen I was a student," he continued, " I used my se-ise of taste." And with that he dipped his finger in the gallipat and then put his finger in his mouth. " Taste it, giiitlemea—taste it," said the Profess >r, " and exercise your perceptive faculties." The galipot was pushed towards the reluctant class. One by one the students resolutely dipped their fingers into the concoction, ami with many a wry face, sucked the abomi nition from their fingers. " Gentlemen, gentlemen," said the Professor, " I must repeat that you do not usj your faculties of observation ; for, had you looked more closely at what I was doing, you would have seen that the finger which I put in my mouth was not the finger which I dipped in the gallipot."
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 281, 30 April 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)
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169Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 281, 30 April 1898, Page 1 (Supplement)
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