The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-27

Another gives this as his version:
How oats 'I and beans , md hnrlsv W
| And kiss her when you get her in"
rs inst ns easy to disagree about kissing ssme -
out religion infant damnation. Our version goes
| n How oats, peas. beans, and barley grows
| yon nor nor NOBODY Knows
| dow oats. peas beans and barley groWA
! TINS the farmer sows his seed
sna ur. a tsS ' TO vi. :s' n . Sns
nsns g sns .5:. w. 4 for Gsrn
And kiss him lherl when you get him therlfn
Now you're married you must obey.
You must be trus to al yon say
And help tinakei your husband chop the wood.
| We have heard variation Of the nrst lines, "Hol
Sweet peas and barley grows" evidently chd's rsn
derinE OF words imperfectly heard. The game should
be Of Scottish origin. think: and like most ehl
dren's games is probably several centuries old bus
| we do not know when 1t was first played .,.. yu4
poyees of the Deanter Iron Works crossed the ice
| from Thirteenth street to the River Walk at Castle
Point, iIoboken and back again. It said At the
time that tho river had not been crossed the ice for
forty years" Reference to THE suN Of Feb II, 1874
| confirms this statement.
This letter purpors to explain the trouble betwesa
Col Corcoran and Lieutcol Kimbnl of the Ninth Nav
York Volunteers: Your who corrected
THE Sun sto the manner Of Col Michael Corcoran's
death needs correction Lieut. Col Kimba OF the Ninth
New York Volunteers tIawkins Zouaves) shot
and killed by Col Corcornn whose right to pass the
pickets disputed by Kmbnn. who in charge Of
the line that night This act awakened deep feeling
against Corcoran in and out OF the army, and was
scarcely alnyed by his tCorcoran'D death. which
subsequently, caused by being thrown from his
in virs MIA IN 1864. FRANK 4. MORAN
Late Captain Seventy. third N. Y.HP
Tho corrector stands corrected.
its origin. aud what its meaning
P.BP. you should have signed your name: but your
sense OF humor gives you right to be answered.
sassenach is corruption Of tho Gnelic sassunloh,
meaning Saxon the word is in among the Scottish
Highlanders. who apply 1t to the English.
Has any, person been hung for murder BY poison /.
was stevens hung Tor wife poison,ne' J.J:F.
No: Stephens poisoned his wife Sept ~. 1857. and
was hanged Feb o. 1850 Previous to this execution,
Otto GrnnsiR hanged Feb n. 1852. for poisoning
| his wife Nov. 70. 1851.
With the a'nuts and wine" after recent din
in % ETY. o, n es re- s
OF a fnaE w rH,tG s IL
1rSnss KnlckrrSoskers !,sssry Of New y"tk IN sHieh
G fn ." h ys.. f en With In N
l.sse. nnd w',n the cas" q sega5 v slingsrland
in SovcmIsr. 1soi; e,nphatra'y dsapprSvea o; Ia.
do" is .S.o thai " me naSi oSinasa ws'ss
Nothinv further cen found this snSiesh i
discrimination to the editor Of Tnr Sun VII McC!' :.
Bartlett. in his AmerIcanisms. traces tho custom
back to l75n6o in New England. and says that It was
said to be practised in Wales Tho Century Dictionary
throws Ugh; on the origin OF the custom nor dnes
skent nor wehster's latest Bartlett says that tho
Central Asnns" praotised b,nd!ng. but this n In
definite. The custom seems to have been confined to
New England in this country and Is believed not to DO
pl, Tlpre in r q
subject ont OF print now and rnre.
Plense tell me how may become lawyer with.
library J.J. F., Paterson, Nj.
He cant in this State Every who applies to b
admitted to the bar must have served three in
Office. only II he is college graduate. The
cost OF law library depends on the size of it, student
get some of his bOoss ut second hand, such as
Blackstone Washburn. Grcenleaf. though tho newest
editions would he preferable but other books no would
have have in late editions: but probably he could
get all he needed for $50. This would give him no
library OF adjudicated cases.
What Office holders in this country have the right -
the titles of excellency and honorablef W. ii.
The Governor Of Massachusetts rejocss. under the
Constitution Of that state in ne title Of E1ceency
and the Lieutenant Governor is called His Honor"
other state. think. besows titles on its Chief
Magistrate: hut these are the only civil titles conferred
b. law IN this country.
In ass.52nT .. ,n ns .s
an" In and "a nsa.a ina, G ".i. IN z:
Iwas .mmri'a'ey jumped on by ssyeral IN tho otse,
xo az n. ] Ne sn. d. n n.nisa
"a" an nnn ~ pass but TO a.k You
Your as-aants are right; the Shenandoah spreads
$4,000 square feet Of canvas. about IN acres. "'"
How old were the Siam ne twins when they diedf
We're they married' bid they have 'hidr"n, c.
They y,y-t,ircr years Old when they died. Jan
IL 1875 they married and had several children.
y brf dicd hey hat we'd
Salisbury. C. where they owned farms and slAvas
They married In 1865 two English women, gxtersir ;
Chang mad six children Eng 1--we. Most OF these
dra: mutes; and thrc" died young Tho twins were
known by the name OF Bunker: and they were Bapsts
By religion.
Where does the Monte or lie that Ericsson buiti
The original Monitor lie. on the Bottom Of the sea Oh
Cape IIatteras: the H. 4. Nantucket 10 In the New
YORK Navy Yard. -.
wool sling i,sl the tan.i -rys u does cause
H"isr,% combustion. says 4 d"es t.oa.sriirs-
uuccs the teHperatUr OF the wood. A. H. \.
BIS correc: 10 soms extent. Water IL composed ct
two paris OF hydrogen and one part OF oxyrsn the
water supplies to the IRE much NOR. hydrogen than
o&yEtn, and the former absorDs tho heat and 10
dHces the temperature until the oxygen that goes With
1t can. take its part in tho combustion IL actusly
browns the IRE.
T. there or was there ever any such LANGUAGE -
There was and there Is such language tits branch
OF the Gaelic and Is spoken to day by N. irish in parts
Of hon gal and elsewhere In the RnorHlc Isle There
is considerable Literature in the !rse, or IRISH Tan.
gusge: tire principal work Ii historical tho Annals Of
the -Four Masters" s.
What percentage OF tho population Is engaged In
agriculture IOsnrELLDw
THE agarcS CT the last census not yet cOIuplred.
bni 1t is estimated that about 1900 80 persons de-
rive their living from agriculture. that o. about "a
per cent.
l. Can the United states Government compe the Coy.
eminent OF of IN" states indict AMI hrIngNO
triE. crIWll.al Tor fpu'Inun u1-nuur =. Gan
III" luitcl states Government NIGEL III" Government
OF any one NJ ihr states to indies ana bring To trial
crugl tnI nGenfr not under the Jurisdiction Of
United states District Court 4; Can the United States
IJycfnlnenl compel tile Government ~ any OF
- es 10 md c aud bring To ttisl citizen OF its Cow
erumrnt Tor the crime OF murder against the citizen Of
any other Government Nh
/. No, No. g. No, We refer you back 20 Nc.
B!A!nss letter to sgnor Fsva The Unitsd States eaA
set against persons who break FEDERAL iavs ~
sSsinst those who break stAts lava
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