White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-06-28
Funny Questions.

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questions proposed to be asked by the ia
kers of the census of 1860, has been va.
riously credited to the Buffalo Express and
the Cleveland Plaindealer. Without at
tempting to settle the question of paterni.
ty, we present it as we find itS-
Whore were you born, and when, and
were you present on the occasion of your
birth =?
Have you any brothers and sisters il
so how many what proportions Of
Seek" and which do you like best of the
lot?
Do you own any free negroes if so,
how many. and ale they all Black Repub-
lisans
Have you a father on your mothers
side
Did you ever black said prOgenitOr's
eye? p
Did you ever put strychnine in your
granGmother's cough drops!
Were you ever elected Inspector of cleo
ton?
What was your majority, and what did
it cost you
Are you q married person, and how do
You like the institution ?
Have you any children how many ;
and what is a certain remedy for the snuff
fles 4?
Do you grow any corn; if so how much?
What proportion of it do you consume in
the form of whiskey, and how much do
you waste in making bread
Can you get note discounted at any of
the banks in this city at thirty days?
Did you ever drive ten penny nail in
your little sisters head ?
How old were you when you first began
to whip the old lady!
How much are you worth anyhow?
What is the cash value of a one dollar
bill?
Were your father and mother both white
men =?
What is your opinion of the common
Council ?
Are you acquainted with Artemus
Ward, and how much does he owe you ?
Did you ever have the scarlet Group,
and what did you do for it
Can you stand on your head, and how
long? If good while, how much lon
ger if necessary?
How're your folks &?
Are you acquainted with Mr.. Squills /;
if so. how long?
If half an acre of ground will yield one
hundred bushels of ruta bagas, how many
banks will it take to Discount thirty day
note payable in New York
How much have you accumulated by
loa6ng around courts, for the purpose Of
getting on juries ?
Do you use a sewing machine If SO,
state whether it is alive or dead.
Do you regard James Buchanan as
''sound on the goose ?"
Do you like ham?
If your family eats ham in three days,
how long will it take them to eat couple
of hammers
Is your sister well ?
Can you lend me FIVE dollars g.
Did you ever have the measles, and, if
so, how many?
Have you a twin brother several years
older than yourself?
How many times has your wife "wished
she was dead" and did you reciprocate
the wish
Do you use boughten tobacco?
Were you and your wife worth anything
when married, and if not what proportion
of her things were yOur'n and what things
were hern.
Were you ever in the peniteatiary =?
Are you Sroubled with biles
How many empty bottles have you in
the house -.-
How does your meerschaum color?
State how much pork, Impending cri-
sis, Dutch cheese. popular sovereignty,
standard poetry, Gayety paper, slave code,
catnip, red flannel, Constitution and I'm
ion. old junk bottles. perfumery, coal oil.
liberty, hoop skirts, &c, you have on
hand
Persons liable to be "censured" will
do we'll to cut the above out and put it
up in a cons picuous place.