The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-03-13
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Puzzles.
| Harriet Dickens" answers the Potatot
riddle which we published Feb 2Oth..-
sc. H." of Waukon, "a lady,) answers the
1st, Sd, 4th, 9th, sth, and llth. The an.
swer to the III pencil question is not cor.
rect though quite ingenious-C. II. will see
that by rubbing out the centre line or pen.
ell, as the case tnay be; she will have
squares Of equal size and one oblong or
parallellogram which is figure of .four
sides but not a square. 1t is easily done so
as to leave those only Of the small squares !;
try again, G. II. No. 8, she measures, 4"
as follows: Fill the gal. keg and pour
into the 8; fill the 3 again and pour into
g.; there will be one gallon left in the 8 !;
pour the s gals. into the 8 gal. kes, and
then the one gsllon of the keg into the
empty s. Now fill the 3 out of the eight
and you will have just gallons left in the
large vessel. o. X. No. 4 is NINE. No.
6 is 999.0. No. 8 is broom. No. II, .
potatoe. ...
Everybody is now remembering or re-
solving puzzles, We see plenty of them.
One runs like this and is supposed to be
the supcrscription to a lettcr--if any P. N.
knew from this direction where to mail the
letter he was very cunning fellow and has
probably run off before this time with U.
s. funds. WOOD,
JOHN,
MASS.
1t is supposed to mean "Jonn Under
wood-Andorsr, Mass but the strain on
the imagination is dreadful.
XII.
A man had fox, goose, and peck Of
corn; coming to river he found boat that
would carry himself and only one piece of
his property; he dare not leave the fox and
goose nor the goose and corn together. How
did he manage to get across with his stock
XIII.
Place the nine digits in square form and
make the lines count Is each way, either
latcrally, perpcndicu!arly or diagonally.
XIV.
This is not a puzzle it is an Arithmeti
cal question: "a man sells a horse for
500 90, and loses 25 per cent. He buys
another horse for 500 90, sells him and
gains % per cent. How much has he
made or lost by the two transactions,
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ton closely or it will cheat them.
XIV.
Make 40 squares and fill them up with
the numbers from to 25 so that the sum
added each way Cup or DOWN may be 65.
XVI.
Take the figures /, 9, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0,
0; use each but once and by adding them
together make 100.
XVII
A shoemaker sold a pair of boots for SO.
The purchaser offered $40 bill. The
shoemaker went to a store and changed it
for small bills, came back and gave the pur-
chaser 81 in change. The Ten proved
worthless and the shoemaker was obliged
to redeem it with good money. How much
did he lose.
"Desha' of Monona sends us the follow
ing: it is old to old arthmeticians but the
young reader may be pleased with it:
A McGregor shop-kecper traded for so
eggs at for a penny and for 80 eggs ut
3 for penny. Seeing that he paid cents
for eggs he sells the lot of 60 eggs at this
latter rate. On examination he discovers
that he paid 25 cents for the 60 and has re-
ceived only "a cents back Believing that
he had sold at the same rate that he bought
at, he is puzzled" to know how how the
ono cent was lost. Can you relieve him:
XIX.
Three jealous husbands and their wives
came to river in their travels. A boat
lay at the ferry but it would carry only two
persons at once and it would not do to have
any wife Of the party in the company of
another man unless her husband was pre-
sent. How did they manage to get across
the stream, and keep at peace?
Xxx.
Will any young scholar inform the Edi-
tor of this paper under what circumstances
produces less answer thar.
division
The Milwaukee Wisconsin has tho fol.
lowing apparently impossible set of rela-
tionships, but they can be explained quite
easily:
1.-Two ladies were walking with their two
children, and being met by two gentlemen,
the whole party joined in d walk together.
The ladies being interrogated as to who the
men were, replied, they are our fathers, and |
our chldrcn's fathers, and our children's
grand fathers, and our lawful husbands. II
Required, an explanation of how this com.
Dlicated relationship was brought about :" |
XIII I
A friend sends the Times the following
81 am cemr' He'd TO liant grove,
To satisfy the iuaid love,
This pleasant grove must cOlnpose
or niH.tesa trees in nine straight rows,
E'tro trees IN every row place,
Or ns'er expect to see her face"
- a conscientious boy who loved his
mother, once asked her who of all the big
lOvS in fha thu c;rola rf hi, ano,,.:...l