St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-11
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s(about 1857 discovered by Tisch en-
dOrf in a convent on Mount Sinai and
carried by him to st. Petersburg.
40. What ancient philosopher for
babe any one unacquainted with &C.
bmetry TO enter his schOOlP
81 Plato.
Al. Who was the discOverer of the
Jaw of polarization of light by refec-
|tiOn?
+ Etienne Louis Malus 1775-I8I2.
AZ. The last words of what monarch
'of England, referred to an actress To
whom, and what were they
Charles III. Nell Gwynne. "DOn't
LET poor Nelly starve."
43. In mythology what maid was
laid to have been turned into spider?
Arachne, by Minerva.
A. What river is the most intimate
~ connected with the political state of
Europe?
Rhine.
As. What European river, second
ID magnitude, has one of its sources
Enclosed within the court of a castleq
Danube.
4 49, Who wrote the following and
There found?
Indeed, he builds his goodness up
So high it topples down to the other side,
And makes sort of badness,
The moonlight through the open bOugh
OF the gnarled beech whose naked root
Coils like serpent at his foot,
Falls checkered on the Indians brow.
A Christian going, gone!
Who bids for Gods own image9 forthis grace,
Which that poor victim of the market-place
Hath in her suffering won?
4 a. Mrs. Browning. Aurora Leigh.
b. j. G.. Whittier. Mogg MegOne.
C. JIG. Whittier. A Christian Slave.
3 AZ. Through the instrumentality of
What State was our "Public Domain"
Established, and what amount of land
vas included ?
Maryland. 199,OOO,OOO acres.
AZ. What was the first English
book ever printed; where and when ?
History of Trey, by VIM. CaxtOn.
40. What eminent churchman who
Fas once placed in the stocks was the
On of butcher
Cardinal WOlsey.
so. The titular number of what
ling is obtained by adding the digits
representing the age, also by finding
4 he sum of the digits representing the
ate of his coronation, also by finding
he sum of the digits of the date of his
cath
Louis XIV. of France. Age II.
rOwned 1913. Died 17I5.
81. Was there ever female Pope?
so, known by what title?
Probably not. If so Pope John VIII.
no followed Leo ". in S55. Has
EN- called Pope Joan.
81. What eminent philosopher, for
Aching that the wicked were miser
lie, and the virtuOus happy, was
ld in a slave market, for 20 minae
hat tyrant ordered thesale?
Plato. Sold at Syracuse by order of
Onysius.
3D. Who was the Noah of the
feeks, saved from the deluge of Gre
An Mythology ?
DeucaliOn.
pa. In what memorable battle was
E Persian empire shattered who
nmanded the enemy and what was
plan of attack ?
Arbela. Alexander. Diagonal at
Tx.
s.. The cheeks of what person are
III to have blushed with shame, on
ing smitten by the executioner, as
raised the decapitated head to the
ew of the populace?
4 Charlotte COrday.
SO. What prince of a dethrOned
.,1il Of Eranon in
i state, taken to Paris, tried at mid
int in Il dungeon, convicted without
tnesses OF proof, and shot at break
day?
Due d. Enghien.
81. Through what versions has the
w Testament been conveyed to
,slern times either as Il whole or in
It?
PeschitO or Syriac translation, the
ptic, the Sahidic, several Arabic
fsiOns, the EthiOpic, the Armenian,
Persian, the Gothic, the Latin ver-
ms.
5S. Quotations.
zee where she stands, on the wet sea sands
Looking across the water;
Wild is the night, but wilder still,
The face of the fishers daughter
helOlce anu Iduu pTOSperlnS Skies
The kernel bursts its husks, behold
From the dull clay the metal rise,
Pure shining as star of gold
.@ Rim and crown, glitter bright
'< Like the sun fash of light
She touched bridge of f1Owers-thOse feet
SO light they did not bend the bells
Of the celestial asphOdels,
They fell like dew upon the flowers.
a. L. b. Aldrich. Sea Drift.
b. Friedrich Schiller. The Lay of
Bell.
c. T. B. Aldrich. Baby Bell.
b9. Who was the sister of Roman
nperor, wife of another, and mother
another? Name the Emperors.
Agrippina. Wife of Claudius moth
of Nero sister of Caligula.
SO. What is known as the Battle
Thirty 2"
combat which took place at Mid