Elute DNA from Watmann paper - I received a plasmid in the mail and cant get transfectants (Sep/25/2007 )

Hello

I received a plasmid in the mail. It was blotted onto watman paper.
I cut a small piece of the area and incubated in water. Mixed and vortexed.
I tried to get transfectant E.Coly and did not get any colonies (antibiotic and positive controls check out Ok).
A friend suggested using Tris pH8.0 for the extraction.

Any suggestions?

Thank you all

see here and here where it was discussed.