Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-07-03


der, teacher of the high school of this place with
the geographical questions given to pupils, who
sought entrance in the Sunbury High School, at
the examination. They were as follows:
In what town do you live?
| Towards what points of the compass do the
| streets of your town extend
| How is your town situated?
In what direction do the waters of the Susque-
| hanna flow
Into what does the susquehanna empty its wa
| tiers
What town is situated at the juction of the
! North and West Branches of the Susquehanna2
What is the principal branch of the Susque-
| hanna south of Sunbury
| What is the Capitol of Pennsylvania
How is it situated
What is the largest city in Pennsylnia
At the junction of what two rivers is it sit
uated?
| At the junction of what two rivers is Pttsburg
situated
| What States surround Pennsylvania
Into what does the Delaware river empty?
What two Capes at the entra1ce of Delaware
! Bay?
What two Capes at the entrance of Chesa-
peake Bay
What is Bay7
Which are the New England States?
Which are the Middle States
How many States in the American Union
How many Territories
Into what does the Mississippi river empty?
What large river empties into the Mississippi
| from the east
What two large rivers empty into the Missis-
! sippi from the west
What two large rivers empty into the Ohio at
its south bank near its mouth
| What large river in the eastern part of New
! York?
| In what direction DO its waters movel
What large branch flows into the river
| What large lakes at the northern part of the
| United States
In what general direction do the waters of the
| lakes move?
| Through what large river do the waters OF
| these lakes reach the ocean
| What two large rivers of the United States
| flow into the Pacific Ocean
| What States border on the Pacific Ocean Z
| What Territory borders on this Ocean?
| What large river flows into the Gulf of Cali
What large river flows between Texas and
| Mexico
What large river in British America empties
| into the Arctic Ocean?
What large Bay in British America
What large Bay between British America and
Greenland =
What Strait west of Alaska connecting the
| Artic and Pacific Oceans
What group of Islands between North and
| South America
Which is the largest of these islands!
What gulf at the north of the st. Lawrence
river!
What large river flows south through Massa-
| chusetts
Where is Long Island Sound {!
What are the names of the oceans of the
earth!
What is an ocean?
What is sea
What is lake
| What is strait
| What is an island
| What is Il peninsula
| What is n cape?
What are the political divisions OF North
| America
What Isthmus connects North aud South
| America
What are the political divisions of South
| Amercal
What are the two largest rivers Of South
! America
extend
| In what general direction do the rivers on the
east side of the Allegheny mountains flow!
| What great chain OF mountains west of the
! Mississippi river
| What mountains extend through Mexico!
! What mountains extend along the west coast
| of South America
| What mountains north Of Brazil!
What are the political divisions of Europe!
Which are the five most powerful nations of
| Europe!
Which are the three largest rivers in Russia
What large river flows through Austria and
| Turkey and emptes into the Black Sea
| Where is the North Sea
What large sea south of Europe!
| What is Il continent!
What are the grand divisions of the Eastern
Continent!
What are the grand divisions of the Western
Continent
What sea between Africa and Asia7
What two large rivers empty into the Persian
| Cuff
Which is the highest range of mountains in
| the world
What is the highest peak of this range!
What large river in Africa flows north the
Mediterranean Sea!
Where is the Cape of Good Hope!
What mountains between Russia in Europe
| ut ASIA
! What mountains betwr,s -,---..-r ANA r-.-'
What are the British Isles
| What is latitude
| What is longitude
| What is the Equator
| What are the Tropics
| How many degrees from the equator 10 the
tropcsi
| What are the polar circles
| How many degrees are they from the poles
In what direction do the parallels oil latitude
| extend
| tend
What is the axis of the earthl
| How many motions has the earth
| How does the motion of the earth on its axi:
produce day and night
How does its motion around the sun produce 6
change OF seasons
GEs. D. c. WITsoS.-Again we are called
upon to record the death Of one of the Oldest and
most hi ghly respected citizens of the county
Gen. D. c. Watson died at his residence, nea
McEwensville, on Monday morning, june y
1874, aged about 20 years. He had been suffer
ing with disease which had batied the skill o
the doctors for eight or nine weeks previous t.
his death, and finally died suddenly.
Gen. Watson was born in Delaware township
northumberland county, In November, 1904, ant
for the past forty years had taken prominen
part in all the political and social affairs OF IN
county. twenty-five years ago, when he wa
in the prime of life, it was thought almost i'm
possible to have parade, fair or public gather
ing without choosing the General as Chief Mar
shal. And right well did lac perform the dutie
of the position on all such occasions.
The deceased was warm hearted, generous
honest man and an excellent friend and neigh
, bor lie will be sadly missed in the communit
! in which he resided and deeply mourned by
large circle of relatives and friends throughou
the county. The funeral took place at the lat
residence on Thursday, at 2 P. m, and wa
largely attended by citizens from different sec
tions of the county.-nltOnidn.
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