St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-02-18
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II. Who was the first Englishman
to engage in the slave trade?
Sir John Hawkins.
~. BY what treaty was the slave
trade made the central object of Eng
lish policy?
Treaty of Utrecht.
20. What celebrated edict drove
400, 900 PrOte stants from France who
promulgated it and when?
Edict revoking the edie ut of Nantes,
promulgated by Louis X ". Oct. Is,
1855.
"a. Under whom were the crowns
of England and Scotland united and
when
James |. of England and WI. of Scot
land in 1903.
rs. What king invited a Scotch
Earl to Stirling, sending aim safe
conduct, and, after Swapping with him,
stabbed him?
James ii. of Scotland stabbed VIM.
Earl of Douglas.
IS. Upon whom did the Pope con-
fer the title of "Defender of the Faith, :"
and for what?
Henry VIII. of England for writing
a book in defense of the seven sacra-
ments which Luther had assailed.
II. What king united in his person
the claims of the two houses of York
and Lancaster, and from what COM
mon royal father did the houses of
York and Lancaster descend /?
Henry VIII. Edward III.
70. What king, having surrendered
his crown and retired to a monastery
had his own funeral Obsequies per-
formed and died from the excitement
incident thereto
Reported of Charles V. of Germany,
but doubted by some historians.
70. What Queen of England is said
to have seized and shaken, on her
death bed, person to whom she said,
"GOd may forgive you, but | never
can" and for what?
Queen Elizabeth to the countess of
Nottingham by whom the earl of Es-
sex, when condemned to be executed,
had sent ring, presented him by
Queen Elizabeth as Il special pledge of
her protection, who, influenced by her
husband had failed to deliver it.
80. What Saxon woman, after see
ing her father and seven brothers kill
ed, lived with their murderer till she
finds opportunity to fire his castle,
when its master is unable to escap e
because of his wounds, then mounts to
the summit of the highest tower and,
standing there with dishevelled hair,
sings one of her national war hymns
while it burns
Il rI.fA of N.AIf0
largely fiction.
81. Who were the Blefuscudians,
and what was their creed ?
Inhabitants of the island of Blefusca
discovered by Gulliver in his travels.
Their creed was that sail true believers
break their eggs at the convenient end"
81. Quotations.
Loud and sudden and near the note of the whip
pOOrwil sounded,
Like flute in the woods; and anon, through the
neighbOring thicketS,
Farther and farther away, it aoated and dropped
into silence"
a. II. w. LongfellOw. Evangeline.
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white snow"
b. Mrs. Sarah Hale.
I'm sitting alone by the fire.
Dressed just as L came from the dance,
In a robe even you would admire,
1t cost a cool thousand in France"
C. Bret Harte. Her Letter.
Ten days and nights with sleepless eye,
l watched that wretched man,
And since never dare to write
AS funny as can.
d. o. w. Holmes. Height of the
! Ridiculous.
50. Who named England "Briton''
and why was it so called
| Authorities differ. Believed to be
Julius Cesar; because the inhabitants
who were Celts stained their bodies
| the celtic word brit or BIRTH meaning to
paint. Others say the Phenicians from
a word meaning the Gland of tin"
"a. What river projects its turbid
waters into the sea more than 200
miles from the coast
Amazon.
S5. Who originated the expression,
"MilliOns for defence, not one cent foI
tribute" and what Outrages provoked
itf
Charles c. Pinckney, who was one
| of three special ENJOYS sent to France
by President John Adams. after the
French Directory, irritated on account
of jays treaty with England had got
rid of one American minister by re-
monstrance and driven out another
with contempt. The language was in
reply to Il proposition of Talleyrand
then French minister of foreign affairs
made to the ENJOYS through his pri-
vate secretary, To pay him blibe %
S220,O0O. American ships were al
this time frequently attacked by tile
French but congress refused to arm it,