Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-22
Answers to correspondence.


WEI ave concluded, in imitntion of sew
t,al other ''lnr'isuIions," to- open a de-
Iarrn,ent in the Tel gropA for the solution
of difficult questions in science and phi
l"sophy, and the explanation Of alt mys-
'trries. In .his department, whoever is in
doubt upon any subject can have that
doubt removed, and all who are in dark
ness can be enlightened. The only con
dhions We impose o., our correspondents co
are, that they will not give us their zeal
names, nor pay the postage on tleir let
iers. To those who have. complied with
these Term We. respond us follows:
see hstr""omer Your theory is very
ingenious, but not philoSopkicslly correc
THE oia moohs are inoorioJiy cat up omd
mod into MorS. .,.
Ihilo o2;si- You are quite wr'ng III
Your derivation of the word virgin.''-
Th"ieiS 0t,o ys Il reason and fitness in The
nnture of things which determine the mean
ing of every word in our language. The
word virgin" comes from two Latin
words, rtr--a man. and gina trap, liter
ally "m0r-t,up."s Much of the force
aud beauty of the language is lost by not
understanding the sources from which it
is derived.
COr0 Motiilu .1dokoae-I woudn't t do
it. 1t is hard, 10 be sure, to be on the
vc'y verge of seventeen and not engaged.
But, .....
\ GU ought To take deal Of conf fort
For certainly there's ground 10 hope
That you will get man of some sort -
From these two heavenly lines of Pope,
"There swims no goose so gray, but soon
or late,
Shall find some honest gander for mate"
Ln0estigator wishes to know why the
present leader of the Mormons is called
Brigham Young! This inquiry perplexed
us greatly, and after the most profound
study We were on.the point ofgiving it up.
resolved to suppress this useful depart
ment of The paper in sheer vexalion. But
happening TO look into very rare aud GU
,ions work we found the mystery clearly
explained. He is called Brigham Young,
because hot is his name.
Farrier--The reason why your horse
"slobbers" VIXEN pasured on white clover
IS. because he can't pa. Nobody but hu-
mans aud iOmos ever could spit
ArHhmctjcas---Yo on are deciaeoI}y wrong
aud the schoolnIistress is right. Four
times two are eight, You can prove it by
making Jou' piles Of dirt pies, putting two
in each pile; then by counting the whole
you will find thOre are exactly eight in all,
thus demonstrating the proposition.
Lnq~iStor asks Why it it is that ''chip-
mack" in excavating his subtsrranean
abode never leaves airy of the excavated
earth at its entrance? Having given this
Sery important subject our profoundest
mcditttions as well as the fullest irvesli- |
CATION, we 6nd thore are two reasons, vary
ing with the habits Of the animal in differ |
'emt localities. Sometimes it diys a deep |
pit beside rs intended burrow, in which |
it puts The dirt and Sometimes il Jegins at
tile other end of Ehe hole.
p iStuoienf-The planets ARE Inhabited !
The 9Meigs County Telegraph. ""N. Y |
Ledger" AND perhaps o.her papers are |
publ SIZED OH one Of them. 1t is said chat
EpwARDs Keeps store on the same planet |
Anyd ne Ctori0S0 d-SepAine -Cucuin-
bfrs' Do hOt grow in slices. Tie, aie .