Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-03

Nor is it wise complaining.
L found the water entirely froze, and
the pitcher broke.
He remarked, how time was valuable
s. Punctuate, and correct the follow
ing:
''sleep Sleep today tormenting cares
of Earth and folly born
solmly sang the village quire
on that sweet SABBATH Morn
9. What notifications have verbs?
10. For what is the comma used?
GEoGRAPHY-First Class.
1. What is longitude? What is the
greatest number of degrees u place may
have?
?. How many great mountain systems
does n. A contain?
3. What is the cause of earthquakes
4. How may n. A. be divided with
reference to its drainage?
5. Define trade winds. Give the cause
of the trades
6. Where are the hurricane regions?
Z. Of what do glaciers consist?
8. Name and locate the highest known
lake
8. What is the direction of the pre-
vailing wind1 of North America?
10. To what is the weight of IA colum
of atmosphere equal?
ARITHMETIC-.Sec0nd Class.
/. If an acre of land produce 40 bush
els of wheat, how much would 81 of an
acre produce?
2. Divide Al by 71-5. Explain fully
3. Reduce 1926 of yard to the
fraction of an inch
A. A farmer has 30 per cent of his
land in corn, 10! per cent. in wheat, 10
per cent in oats, 274 per cent in cotton,
the remainder, 81 acres, in pasture; how
many acres in the farm?
5. An agent receives $1,61195 with
which 10 purchase sugar After deduct
ing his commission of per cent, how
much does he lay out in sugar:
6. If ! buy tea at 50 cents, and sell i,
at 60 cents per pound, what per cent do
lose?
7. If 6 men in "a days, working 10
hours day, can build wall 4S yards
long, how many men can build a wall 70
yards long, in Is days, working s hours
a day?
8. What would be the cost Of draft
at ST. Paul, ON Boston for $6,472, at IL
per cent. premium.
8. A gallon of wine contains 231 Gu
bic inches. What must be the depth of a
cubical cistern TO hold $500 gallons of
wine?
10. What quantities of coffee worth
respectively 90 and 30 cents per pound
must be mixed so as to sell the mixture
for q cents Il pound?
GRAMMAR-Seoond Ciass.
|. Write a compound sentence.
Q. What is case?
3. Classify adverbs, and give an ex
ample of each class.
4. Parse all the words in the follow
ing sentence:
HE seems to be satisfied"
B. Correct the following, and give the
reason for each correction:
In unity consists the security and well
fare every society.
The man with his whole family are
dead.
/ have no occasion of his services.
Thou are him whom they described
6. Put the verb talk in an interroga-
tive sentence, progressive form, potential
mode, present tense, third person, plural
7, Classify pronoans
8. Decline who.
9. What notifications have verbs?
10. In the following sentence, parse
the words in italics:
Loose then from earth the grasp of .tond
desire,
Weigh anchor, and some happier cline CT
plore.
PHYSIOLOGY
1. How are muscles attached to the
bones?
2. What is the characteristic property
of the musclesg
3. What requirements are necessary
to maintain healthy condition of mus
Gle?
4. Name the digestive organs.
G. The health of the digestive organs
requires the observance of what condi-
tons relative to food?
6. Describe the spinal column.
7. What arrangements for protecting
the brain?
8. Name the membranes Of the brain.
8. Describe the heart.
10. Name the valves of the heart.
History.
i. How many charters had Virginia:
3. The first Legislative body that ever
assembled in America was called when,
where and by whom?
3. Through whose efforts did France
the Independence of the
United States?
4. When was Iowa admitted?
5. Under the Constitution, which was
the first State admitted?
g. How many and what States passed
secession ordinances?
Z. What proclamations were issued in
April, 1861?
8. In what important battle did Gen,
Meade commando
8 How were the Alabama Claims
sett ed
10. How many inhabitants must
TER tory have before it can be admitted
rs o State9
GEoGRAPHY--Sec0nd Class.
I. VIVA. rivers are the source Of the
Ohio!
9. N me the Rocky Mountain peaks.
3. Bound Maryland.
A. Name the tributaries of the M 81 is
sip yer.
.. Name the lakes of New York.
g. Where is Heclag
Z, Name The waters around urope.
Name all the rivers flowing INTO the