The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-11-14
BOSTON CULTURE SHOCKED

M. QUAD.
BOSTON CULTURE SHOCKED
The Candidate For a Porter's job and HI
Reckless Frivolity.
A competitive examination Of appli
Giants for the positions Of porter and er
RAND boy in the Boston Public librar,
was held recently. One Of the candi
dates for porter shocked the examiner
by his display of ~frivolity in evadina
questions which he could not answer,
lie did not get the position. The paper
as printed is as follows:
o. Describe briefly the difference, ae
recorded in history, between a pilgrim
and a Puritan. A. One wal a center
board and the other a fin keel.
y. Through what states does the Mis-.
slssippi river pass? A. Its usual state,
mud and water; does not alter.
Q. Where is Chicago? A. I don't
know. l am a New Yorker.
q. Where is Cleveland A. He won't
tell.
q. Describe a feasible course for the
RECOMMENDATION of the globe, mention
ing all bodies of water which would be
passed through. A. In a balloon. No
waters would be passed through.
y. What was the cause of the war of
1912 and of the Mexican war? A, Love
Tor fighting, with excuses.
Q. Describe two famous naval battles
OF any age. A. The ships which were
to contend with each other approached
and an engagement ensued in which
N side got h worst of it. The fight
then stopped. This describes all naval
battles and of any age.
=. Mention in chronological order
the political parties in the United States
which have in turn controlled affairs
from 1888 to the present? A. Not hav.
ing been an ~officeholder during n of
the periods referred to these facts have
escaped me.
Q. What was the French revolution?
Give dates and tell in a few words what
causes produced it? A. The French rev.
olutlon was an uprising among the
French people. l cannot 'give dates"
because this revolution only occurred
once 1t was called by the desire to kill
those whose faults were different.
y. How may the races of mankind be
chiefly divided? A. Losers and " timers,
q. What does the Indo.G ermanio
family include? A. Indians and Ger.
mans, but in Kansas the combination
is said to be not a success.
y. Is there any distinction ethnicallv
Between the Chinese and Japanese? If |
80, what? A. Yes. The Japanese can
fight.
y. What is a troubadour? A. The
trouabdour is now extinct, and the ques.
t!on should inquire as to what a trouba-
dour was.
Q. Name the present poet laureatep
A western paper lately said his
was "William Watson.
=. What is Cd a wade. mecum, (2) a
(3) a digest? A. If you
swallow Nc. 2, you will have No. 1 for
want Of No. 8.
@. What do you understand by the
"blank verse;" A. General
WEAKNESS.
Q. Name an English author who used
It? A. 1t never had any use.
q. OF what persons are the following
Mark Twain, George
eliot, Currer Bell, Jean Paul? A. Their
zeal names don't count.
q. Why are these pseudonyms used?
4. 10 create m~ystery-for advertise
nent.
q. What is the difference between a
University and a college? A. 1t is merely
me Of degree.
9. What is secondary education? A.
Taking things on hearsay.
q. What do you understand by uni
'ersity extension? A. The Yale boat
ace i'll England.
Q. What do you understand by the
word "fetich?" A. A yellow dog, for
uck.
@. Why is piracy now practically ex-
met? A. Through change of name. Elk.
ept in the book business, it is now call.
ID diplomacy, ''trusteeship." etc.
Q. Give a plausible explanation Of
he origin of the Indians of America.
\. There is none.
q. What, in a few words, are trans
-epicureanism and utili-
arlanism? A. The first means thinking
n the roof while living in the base
nent; the second means living high on
z. so a week; the third is the study of
to do so.
@. Name in chronological order Of
he various peoples which have inhabit-
d England. A. England has been in
abited by English only. Various for
ign people arrived, but Immediately
ecame English.
Q. What does the present British .
mpire include? A. Everything it could
rab, except the United States. Vene.
uela, Ireland and some of the sur
oundlng planets. Baltimore Sun.
A Spicy Story.