The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-09

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nor De entirely useless TO try the work
ny OF that sams law in this country
< ma famous American onc4
Said his doEy Is always orthodoxy
h~eteroooxy l. confined 10 his on6..
nehtS, and was the Saviny ORIGINAL
II not, from whom Id he take i.
"A. We have been unable TO discover
the name OF the American who said
that orthodoxy was his doxv ana he
terodoxy another mans doxv." but he
stole the saying from Bishop Warbur-
ton, an English p elate.
Why Is 1t thought to be ili-luck
20 splll salt at table between two per-
sons n whence comes the notion
that III luck thus invited NAV be con-
Jured away by throwing salt over the
left shoulder:
A. Salt has always been held in
great hon as far rack as the time of
fsthagoras, who called II the emblem
OF justice. The modern superstition.
however. Is probably due 10 the fact
tnat ~ da Nlncl's painting
OF the Last supper Judas is represent
ed as overturning the Salt-cellar. The
custom OF thro wing the salt over the
lett shoulder is derived from the no.
ton that 10 point over the left shouI-
der Is to contradict ones words. and
over the left is a general expression
that mvalidate5 anything OF which it
is said.
G What is the origin of the name
gooseberry fool!
a. Goos1berry fool Is so called from
the French fout{le, OF mashed.
q In what verse of Scripture a-e
the labOrS and life OF MAJ likened TO
the web of a spider:
A. In the ninth verse of the Nine
teenth Psalm. The words that ere
translated ''as a tale that is told" are
IN the Greek hos dFachae emeietOnr-
las a spider that has spun her web"
q. With whom did the idea origi-
nate which is popularity credited to
Abraham Lincoln, that if General
Grant was a drunkard it would be a
good thing to supply other
ders with his particular brand of
whisky?
A Stanton said that if Grant were a
a drunkard he wished thai some other
generals could be supplied with this
particular brand of whiskey. The idea
IS not new. 1t used to be said of
Whitfield that if he were mad it would
be a good thing if he could bite some
of the English clergy.
= What is the Origin of the name
'.cnOwder?'
A. The word comes from the French
express, ion, 'faire la chaudiere,'
which means to make a mess of fish
of which the fishermen on the coast Of
Brittany a e exceedingly fond.
9. " no wrote the song beginning
"Ili hang my harp on the willow
tree :"
A. Lord ~Elphinstone
g. Who first set the fashion of
wearing listers, and why are they 50
called
A. listers are 50 called because
they were first made from rough cloth
that is manufactured in the county of
Ulster, in Ireland. George Francis
Train was having one made once in
Dublin and some celebrity walked in O
the shop and admired the new ga
ment very much, ordered one for
himself and set the fashion thereby,
The honor of setting this fashion is
also claimed for Sothern, the actor,
and the Prince of Wales
9. When was the first book printed
in the New World and by whom?
A. 1t vas printed in Cambridge
Mass, in i639. by Stephan Daye, AID
was called I've Ereeman'S Oathe."
q. Who was it called the next
world a Great Perhaps
A Rabelais.
Q. What is the origin of the phrase,
Gle will never set the river on fire.
A. He will never set the river on
fire" IS properly he will never It the
Thames on fire." The tense was a
corn seive which worked in for
mer times over the receiver of the
siftod flour. A Woodworking. active
nan would not infrequently ply the
tense so q.ickly az to set fire to the
wooden hoCp at the bottom, but a lazy
fellow wouL never set the tense on
on fire"
Q. An American publ man once
refused 10 subscribe to the building
of a College Hall Of ElocutiOn on the
ground that the curse of America was
1.-The gift of the CAB Whence do
we get this PHRASE?
A.. The gift of the CAB" is an old
phrase, and may be found in the
''Book of JOB" by Zachary Boyd.
Cab is akin to the French gaber, to
gasconade. Danish and Scotch, CAB:
Gaelic, COB, the mouth.
9. What is the family motto of
which Sir Water Scott tells us that it
.'moralizes two meanings in one
wOrd:'
A. The motto Of which Sir Walter
Scott tells us that it moralizes two
meanings in one word is that of tie
Vernon family--"Tir or Vernon
semper viret;'
=. What wise and holy man who
was it who advises us 10 Withstand
the beginnings of evil
A. Solomon.
Q. When do we first hear Of the
pibroch, which is now rtsounding