Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-21
raE rUzzLEw,s COLUMN.

Our Puzzler's Column is again this week in the
vocstives" Most of our correspondents are busy,
like brother Inns. taking f st premiums on mon
ster potatoes and huge vegetables of all descrip-
tions. We shall expect to hear from them all next
week. Don't stop 80 apologies for your absence.
Pitch right into the and make up for lost time.
WASHINGTON. o.. Sept. II, 1867
:, MR.. FDIToR-Home axain, but in a great hurry
no STATksh AN last Satu dayIGuernsey boys run
nang ming round like hungry sheep bunting pasture
got a peep" Only three problems this week i
solved two of them. Thanks TO Robin for his fine
liest bow Glad to meet IEmssone @ aesin. T lie pG is
= solid fellow. There is metal in E. B. thst will
is "M1RIGiS If She IL is certain Maria AIN in oaS o@S
Washing ou. some of the boys in the column will
lose their laurels and perhaps their hets too, or
Let ali CO re- W leone to all. say l. How would
like 20 see personally our friends Sammy. In is
Limestoue-the ladies all. aud the Editor lielta is
.wxne.ting up" = x is at it. otose est sub rosa
keep the ball rolling, a-d excuse puor Guernsey
for week or twO longer
Answer to No 22s-rhe number i 5. That fish
question is an old one; but solves well by analy
sis. GUERNSEY.
WASHINGTON, GUERNSEY COUNTY tI
september 18th. 1867. !
Mr.. Ed TOR: have been now absent from the
list for the cast two weeks owing to little business
and ing call to the modern city of Barnesville
Race ling aud otnert ines. VI e mad a splendif-
erous gams there, and one at to IN that was
in demand. lam clad to see that there are number
OF new ma hem ticians in the ranks. Two of them
end 0n D to sose and
my place 10 the c. lumn My is now foot, aud
,b very y cas- as place to keep feel sorry to see
Brother E. B.. woul take it as favor if you
forward it to s. X. box 1885, Washing on Guern-ey
county Ohio. am in favor also of Del'a's p'opos-
Iun m mud euva lnfr fu.
Please, MIR Editor. give notice. and commence this
plan in next pa er.
to which reference Is made yet, review, will give
them some little attenti n will give few
...s.- ANSWERS.
Problem No. 227-lst. 34sl hills; I'd. No. "a and s.
COLUMBUS. OHIO.
Mr.. EDIroR:-I am sorry Indeed to see the Puz
zler's colun.n so small. only two Problems besi IS
my own. and the letters so few and short but well
come nuvertn le $. hat can the matter et Z u BY
is there tidings from the Cue nsey county bors?
Have they all quit ana siven it up for ad jor 2
Come. boys. try IL once IT, re and think can get
Sammy and Innis {, be more ,eguar in tbeir con
tribuaions. Sammy says e he vi surely be pre-s
TO see the new conner and hope she will induce the
other lad es lMollie Jenny Belle ID. Hotun. Fannie
ing yer the Puzzler's Coiumn rom first to .st,
find there have teen about Sky conIributors f ty
of that large cNss is only x aresent this ek
five men and one sdy. Where. oh, wnere are the
CT KNOW OugH- not TO say any
thing about heiDg absent, since l was absent so
long, but wouli like 10 have them come back and
fill up the column.
The answer to problem No. e3s is5
hope we will have full class next time.
Yours, ROBIN
PROBLEM NO. 229.
By selling my horse for s24. 1 lose as much per
cont the horse cost me. what the first cost OF
the hor @? ROBIN.
PROBLEM NO. 230.
Said an old miser, for fifty years l have saved
e20o annually; and for many years. each of my f ur
Sons has saved annually the same sum. viz : the
oldest for ~ wears pas, t g sec nd siuce twenty
four years, the bird ninetee and tne fourth
since sixteen 'ears. How long siuce the saving of
the four sons amounted in the aggregate to much
as those of the father? ROBIN
PROBLEM NO. 231.
Two men in b. ston hire carriare for $25 to go to
Concord, N H.. ami back. the distance being sew
enty-two miles. with the privileseo taxi three
more PEI sons. Havi gone twenty miles, ther tske
in A; at Itoncor they take in B. and when within
thirty miles of Boston they take in C; how much
shall each man pay. ROBIN.
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