Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-06-08
CROOKED ANSWERS.


amazed any psron Of ordinary inielli'
e,noe. ,Rsceht examinations have. how
ever, revealed q depth and variety OF In
formation possessed ~ Juveniles which
bid. fair 70 make the coming school.boy
throw h. pr dse,ssor quite into the shade.
Amopgs' may startling items OF inform
aim may he ins,snosd that "a fort is
pl.o- % pa, men 10" and fortress "a
pl.e, to pa, women in" "a famine In
the lard" !, app,sr'. IL whs, made the
Tow,r Of Pi.s lean; and cause the
moon IL 90 ehsngin." 10 the reason ~hy
IL /. Of a different gender from the sun.
"Tie surface Of the earth consists OF land
and ~si,r." ,sL . brigh, young.,er;
bu, whrn a,ked. "whst. then. do land
and water msk.'' be instantly replied.
Mud"
In many eases IL is evident ,hs, the
pupil doe. no, understand What the
question meant. When inquiiing-
"wha, come. mex, To man In the scale
OF being" II il rather surprising to be
told /, is "his shirt IL surely mus,
have teen the same boy Who replied
that the chief end Of man Was. "The
end What. 90, hi. bead on" The first
man h., ven, round the world was. IN
/. little sirl'. opinion. The man In the
moon." A eon.onan, is portion OF
land surrounded by water IL W.
"D.niel in the L.on'. den" Who sail. "lt
!. 70, good for man to be alone;' aud
"~ky the I,fssliiss made a golden calf
vas, "Bseau.e they hadn't enough silver
to make COW"
Reports q ,ehOol'bOard examinations
will form quite q comic library. "whs,
~ould have happened II Henry ~. OF
France bad TO, been murdered ? The
reply Was; ellie would probably have
died . natural death" "Where was
Bishop Iaiim,r burned to DEATH" "ln
tie fire" replied little fellow. looking
seiy grave aud wise. An equally unes.
psoisd reply was elected from . pupil
when nk,d. "what did the l.raeliies
DO when they came ou, Of the Red Sea-
They dried themselves. "whN Is
the feminine Of friar" fir, bright
boy. Hasn't any" Next Second
brish, boy Nun" That. right.
Fir, boy. Indignantly; That's just what
| said"
The following !. It'll more ludierou' !;
A teacher asked juvenile elias. some
question. regarding their knowledge OF
electricity. and inquired which one OF
them had ever seen a msgnet One sharp
boy Immediately ssii he had seen lots
Of them. "whsrc p inquired his in'ifuc.
tor. a.ioni.hsd a, hi. proficiency "ln
cheese" 49,. ,h. ready reply.
ia, the good ,hing' arr no, all mo-
nopolired by the boys. Some little girl.
wee studying the history Of David. the
passage for the day describing the 'hep-
herd boy. victory over Goliath. The
teacher asked the question. Nov. can
any Of you little girl. tell me Who killed
the giant Quick as though, one OF the
smallest responded. JACK
An examination Of girl, in board
.ehool. for prize. offered by the National
Health Society. revealed some curious
item. q Information. One reply to
'Men,ion any occupation. considered in.
luriou. 10 health. vas "Oeeupa,ions
which ATE irjurou. TO health ate earbolle
acid gas. which j. impure blood. An
other pupil aid ~ .ione-ma'on'. work
/. Injurious. t,cAu.e When he Is chipping
be breathe, ia al The little chips. and
they ate taken into the lungs" \ third
says: ~ boo,.mAksr. trade !. very In.
jariou.. because the bOoi.mAker' pres.
the boot. sgain., the ,horsx and there
fore IL pr,.e. the ,horaS in. and Il,
,oaehs. the heart; and II they do cot die.
they ate eriPples for life" With beau
iiful deei.ivene... one girl declares that
all mechanical work Is injurious to
health" A reply 10 . question about
digestion run. 1--WE should never ca,
"a, because the food doe. no, digest"
Another state. that "~hen food Is s-al-
loved /, p.s,e. through the ~ind'PiPe;
aud ,hs, "ihe ehyle flows up the middle
Of the back bone. and reaches the heart,
where !, meets the oxygen. and I' purl
fed Another says; The work OF the
heart /. to repair the ditieren, organs in
about half . minute" One little physi-
olosi., replies. 1--WE have an upper and
q lower skin the lower skin moves at
il. will. aud the upper skin moves when
We do Another child says. "The heart
is a comieil shaped bag" A third. that
1.-The upper .kin is called ePPederby and
the lover .kin is called derby" while
fourth enumers,es the organs Of diges.
ton s.-".,omAeh. utensils. liver. aud
spleen"
Here /, the pith OF a talented young
.,sr, paper on the GOOD Slmari,in";
"a certain man wen, down from jerslAm
to jsriker. and be fell among thieves,
and the thorns sprung up aud ehoAked
him-whereupon he gave ,uppins 10 the
host. and prsid take care on him and
pu, him hon bis hone bass. And he
passed by on the other side" This and
the following are not, as might be sup
posed. American eIaggeraiions. but su.
thsn,ies,ed instances Of examiners eIpe.
riences.
The las, specimen /, 10 answer to the
question, "who Was Moses I" He
lived in q bark maid Of bullrushes, and
be KEEP, a golden calf aud worship,
brsiEen snakes. and he be, no,hin' bu,
q~hales and manner for forty years. lie
Was Kart by the air while riding under q
bow Of . tree aud be was killed by bis
son AbslOn As he was hanging from the
bow. His end Was peace. "-Chamber
journal.
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