The friends of a certain distinguished professor frequently dropped into his laboratory for a chat in the evening. Generally they found him busily engrossed in some experiment. One evening when two friends called, they found die professor bending anxiously over a spirit _ lamp, on which a small pot was bubbling. "Well." said one of the callers, “What is it to-night!" "Guess,''' mummied the professor. "Micrococci?'’ asked one. "No." "Pneumococci ?'’ asked the other. “No." "Spirodhaetae " "No.” The callers ran the ecale of micro-organism as far as they knew it. Then one of them said : “Well, we give it up! What is it?” - The professor smiled blandly. “Sausages!” For good printing quickly done, try the "Times" Jabbing Uepartment. Telephone 2M9- 1
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8750, 4 June 1914, Page 5
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