Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-15
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CoIuxpus. O.. Feb. 10, 1858.

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CoLuxBus. o., Feb. 10. 1868.
MAsrRR SPrvrNs:-I humbly beg pardon of you
and my fellow classmates for my late absence.
Through the summer was almost siehing tor the
q to Inter At
The factis with me mathemstics is passion. In
no .ther occupntion does time ny 80 swiftly: But
thousht so; but the condition. Of the column last
sent. Where are our friends from Guernsey coun-
icsl Delta. the quiet little otioss. little in sts.urs
but not in th,uent. the hard reasoning s. x. Then
Dubiini surely Brother Delta has not applied bis
match to Brother Limestone's straw man and burn
and all Then wnere is Sammy. is he SO busy bow
ing and smiling to those six young !adissas leave
Come. veterans, form . line. and get ready once
more for q good old-fashioned lesson
Il y We to Wis, sssp
OF the contract. We agree 10 furnish the IN tier
and yVn the space in your paper forts q
balance of the class say ss much?
ANSWERS.
To Master Spivins' problem-the line must be Z IL
No. Isl am II years old
No. l7--An ,bsuid procosition.
No. ls-rhere were at first 80 gentlemen and 40
WASHINGTON. Feb. .. Isss.
Mr.. EpIroR-I would not have you believe that
have ceased the study Of mathemstics. or lost in
me a source Of muchiastruction and entertainm mt.
and it would be with an emotion OF genuine regret
position from @ which Viii s you have si1ea % 30 20 many
fine problems-.and after linserins look at the
s ' I'D
slowly away. But if ever the plea of mot time" is
valid. it is now in the uf the boys in this
Guernsey's- has been going on for more than three
weeks This takes II the evenings. and for myself.
some masie for church festival, to. come Of this
eyes of teacher aud class from ~ seeming neglect
toward the Column. then I'll llsubmit that
'Justice now has fed to british heasts
And mon have lost their reason"
Now that have made my excuse, must scold q
little. The understanding at the Convention about
the kind of problems we should begin with was not
problems each week be given. here, when the .frst
two or three of which might each profta occu-
py the spare time of week.. don't object to
mathematical journals. issued monthly, there are
not SO many problems usually at q time Is in our
1t is to be hoped the boys will soon come along
and enter their names on the new roll. shall try
to do something after the throng Of this week Is
Hoping. Brother s., that you'll take my lecture
as good naruredy as took yours. am your friend.
DELTA.
COLUMBUS. OHIO. February 10. 1885,
FRIENDS AND PUzzLERs:-StopI Spivins. stop
keep your glorious old spectaclcs on, and let your
the Column from its danger Surely they viii not
allow 1T to sink after SO many happy hours spent
ems to hand in their contributions Those persons
who h've saii and thought that the Column was do
finely H wiIher. tniit help. will be giasly wei
times aud so long at a time that am ashamed to
Do dsa S! hs. s
tempt to be more regular in my attendance. have
watched the Column closely and noticed its low
wri,e something for its support. but time sped ON
without my writing unti t was too late to send any
effort this week. and hope the rest will follow my
example.
present cur Convention that the puzzer's column
shoud he ceforth be gle ,rious affair. but their ue-
sS so
on, until you have filled your contract.
ANSWERS.
To Spivins Problem-7 I3 plus rods.
To Problem No. Isl anu II years old.
NArcHEz. OHIO b. IL. 1868.
,GENrLEMhN-We of Guernsey are worry sorry that
TIE Puaxler's Column has dwindled down and
PRISE thst our brothers have not appeared for .
last lev weeks; but suppose you are all tqua "
surprised at Guernsey county for not putting it's
appearance. have several good reasons Cor ey
IL
think We will all be in our places.
VIII sammy please send the solutions Of Nos 1ls
and l54 to Otiose. Box 7s. Washington. Guernsey
: Having been looking through the Column for
Moe nc
week if Spivins hal not continued his course Of
No. Zach site ask.
No SEA h daughter received lo4.7ls acres; each
son received 81 946 acres.
No. Ga plus.
No lo~iao o7s So ,.re yards
No. 1.-THE value of the whole property isli&ao.-
No, ,s-s.s57 miles.
No. IA is sa-lss times stronger than B.
No more time to say anything else.
Yours. &e, OTIosB.
CoLLINsvILLE. o., Feb. IL. 1868.
Mr.. EpIroR:-The number of your paper contain
ds s w tns & On scod
for not sending solutions. Send me the paper and
! will try them; 1 made a mistake in 34s. Hope
H. h%R'ns r. s.nd ni t. solve my problem while solve Nos
- No. lI-Answer: %: oso.
No l3,1 miles if the hind wheels are tseven land
No. 1s-2 $50 miles nearly.
No. lib is II IS times as strong as A, or was
too lazy to work we'll.
While my angles we're too large in s4s. Simpson
answer to 3al. and think Delta had too much
cheese In $50. SAMMY.
PROBLEM NO. 10.
A and took each 80 pigs to market. A sold his
at for a dollar. b at for a dollar, and together
tbey received $25 A afterwards took go alone
which he sold as before at for . dol and re.
ceived but $2A. w hat became of the other dollar
ROBIN.
PROBLEM NO. 20.
Please determine n triangle whose base is II. 81
plus feet. whose perpendicular is 10 ieet. and the
. two sides are to each other as is to S. OTIosE.
PROBLEM NO. 81.
A person being asked his age replied. if you add
the square root Of it to half of it and subtract ~
the remainder will be nothing. What was his age
G. s. INNS.
PROBLEM NO. %.
If twelve men NOW 3x acres of grass in hours
and 81 men NOW 10 acres in hours, how many men
will it require "a in Is hours. each
man moving q uniform weight of grass, and the
grass growing uniform ali the time?
SAMMY.
PROBLEM NO. %.
Aud now friend '-Spivins" we'll Just suppose
That rope attached to your horses nose,
Was longer ma ie b, just six feet, '5
How large an area could he then completed
ROBIN.
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