A story is told of Sir John Lubbock that a countryman was assisting him in a field. Sir John Lubbock, who was always ready to quicken the intelligence of anyone who might be in his company, said lo iiiin, pointing to a heap of dionii.-j,' "Do you know how these atones were made?" "Why, sir, Fsnect they jjrowed, same as 'taturs." "Well," rejoined Lubbnck, "if • they lay there for 50 years tliev would not be .any bigger." "No, sir, was the reply, "in course they, wouldn't—same as 'taturs. Take 'tatura out o' the ground and they stop growin' I" '
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 211, 25 May 1918, Page 8
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99Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 211, 25 May 1918, Page 8
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