The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-05-06

! English language end with "clon:
Jew.
Referred to the schools.
| JORDAN STATION, KY.
Mr.. Editor:-Win you please publish
name of the Oldest man in Fulton county?
Also, the oldest lady? ROBERT.
Will our readers send us the names and
ages of the oldest persons in their re
spective neighborhoods, that we may an
swer the question.
FULTON COUNTY.
Ed Query Column: What is the object
of the Smithsonian Institute, and how is
it managed READER.
ARsper.-According to the bequest of
Mr.. Smithson, its object IS the promotion
of science and the diffusion of knowledge"
and its management under the direction
of the Government eff the United States
FULTON ACADEMY.
Rr. Editor;-Can any one Of your read
ers tell me the author of "Cleanliness is
indeed next TO Godliness?' In Bartlett
Familiar Quotations it is given as used
by John Wesley in a sermon on dust, but
by him quoted in this wise: Certainly
this is duty not sin; Cleanliness is
indeed next to Godliness." l will be very
glad to learn who originated this quota
ton. BIBLE SCHOLAR.
School HOUSE, HICKMAN, Ky.
Ed C0urier:-Which six poems of Tenny-
son and Wordsworth would you recon-
mend as the best TO give student good
knowledge of their poetry? Q. Q. Q.
AHswer.-There are no six poems, by
any author, which can be sharply distin-
guished as his best. A good representive
selection {of shorter pOems) would be
Tennyson's "Locksley Hall" Lady Clara
We're de We're, ''The May Queen, dora"
"Oriana,' and "Rizpah; and Words
worth's lode on Immortality" Ruth.
ave are Seven" Lines on Tintern Alb
hey" "A Portrait" and the sonnet on
London.
HICKMAN, Ky.
Ed Query C0llaaH.-What does the term
penny designating the size of nails,
mean2 and how many kind of cut nails
are there? MEcHAxIc
AHs'oer.-The word penny" originally
was intended to mean pound Thus ten
penny nails weighing 10 pounds per
thousand, four penny nails four pounds
per thousand, etc. OF late years, how
ever, manufacturers have learned econo-
my in material, as none are now made to
weigh to this standard. Regular kinds
are cut up TO 20 penny, and spikes up to
inches.
HICKMAN, KY.
Courier Query Colu7an.-Ist. what does
the Catholic Church mean by the Vulgate
in scripture
2nd. In reading of royal entertain
meuts in England, | see mention of the
Ewry, what does it mean?
Aasusr.-Ist. The Vulgate is a very an
cient version OF the scriptures, and the
only one which the Roman Catholic Church
admits to be correct It is so called from
its common use in the Catholic Church.
2nd In England, an officer in the King
household, where they take care of the
linen for the Kings table, lay the cloth,
and serve up water in ewers after dinner.
CoURr HsUsE HUI.
Mr. Edifor:-I see in last week Courier
reference TO the agitation in Cuba in
favor Of abolishing slavery" l think l
am correct in stating that slavery has al
ready been abolished on that Island.
ScIe.
Ans1rer.-A gradual emancipation bill
has been passed by the Spanish Cortez,
which runs to 1888, the slaves up to that
date receiving nominal wages from their
masters Those opposed to slavery are
dissatisfied with the emancipation law
and are agitating in favor of immediate
abolition. The slave owners fear rebel
lion from this agitation, and profess sub
mission to the gradual bill.
TIPToSvILLE, Tenn.
Mr.. EHfor:-Can you tell me some of
tie oldest books extant, and where they
are preserved? TX MARVEL.
Anslosr.-The first productions to which
the name of books has been given were
printed from solid wooden blocks, and are
known as "Block Books" They number
seven or eight, and consist of a few leaves
only. The Letters of Indulgence" Of
Pope Nicholas v, printed in 1854, marks
the first impression of Metal types to
which date is satisfactorily assigned.
The srst known book is the earliest edi-
ton of the Bible, known as the Mazarin
Bible, printed by Gutenberg, without
date, but supposed to be 145O-55.
CLINTON, KY
Ed Querv Colamn:-Here are some que
ries which would prove interesting to
many readers, if answered in the Query
Column: LIST. What are the Molly Ma
CURES? 2nd. Give the origin of the words
| "Skedaddle," "Unele Sam" and "Black-
mail" s. G.
Ans,oer.-1st. Some fifty odd years ago
or more, poor old woman in Ireland had
her house pulled down over her head by
her landlord. Her name was Molly Ma
4 guire, and she died of exposure nd grief
Her sons aud neighbors, therefore, form
ed themselves into society and called it
the MOLLY Maguires," and vowed and
I took fierce vengeance upon offending land
lords generally. The band increased rap
idly, and Irish miners brought the name
to America.
| End. The Irish New Testament contains
this: "And the sheep of the flock shall be
squedad-ol." This compound Irish word
"squsdad oil (all scattered or utterly
routed) was used by some Irishmen at
the battle of Bull Run, and from this grew
/ into popular use during the war.
| Uncle Sam-The name riginated from
/ Samuel Wilson, a beef inspector at Troy
/ N Y, during the revolutionary war. He
was very popular with the men in his
employ, and was always called Uncle Sam.
/ The boxes of provisions were shipped to
a contractor named Ebert Anderson, and
were marked "E. A. U. s." A joking
workman was asked what these letters
stood for, to which be replied he did not
i know, unless it was Ebert Anderson and