Gutta percha clothes-lines are .stronger and much more durab e tban common cord. They can, moreover, be cleaned, and are not affected by wet. When the clothes-line is done with, a little hot water will convert the material into a soap-bowl. ■> ■ When Foote was at Salt Hill, he dined at the Caitle Inn, 'and when Partridge, the host, produced his bill, which was rather exorbitant, the comedian asked him Mb name. 1 " Partridge, sir," said he. "Partridge! It : Bhould have been Woodcook, by the.length of your bill" As the steamer Oregon was passing a qnay in New York, on which 'a neMy-arrived Irishman belonging ttrthe oriebrated' C)' Regan : family- was standing, he was heard io " exclaim, '< O-r-e-g-o-n—O.'Began! Oh! bo jaberi! only four weeks in this country yet, and a steamboat christened after me."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1445, 6 July 1868, Page 3
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