Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-06
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YOUR MlRTH.
"ehuihe Humor Served Up in Novel
FORM - The Average boy
Painted True to
Nature.

James had five marble when he went
10 ped and his brother John had three.
"hen they got up in the morning
James had no marbles at all and John
mad eight. How did John increase his
number?
Allowing that there are twenty-four
hours in day and that boy set to
beat carpet gives it four whacks an
hour with broomstick, how many
days will it take him to finish the
job?
An express train moves AT the rate
OF flfty-five miles an hour and teie-
graph boy at the rate of seventy. How
much faster does the boy move than
the train and what reward does he
gain for humping himself in that fash
ion?
A tramp who is moving at the rate
OF fourteen miles an hour has forty
rods start of dog moving at the rate
of % miles an hour What distance
WIN be eert4ed I5yio1, tine yiie,a,, is rear
enough to take hold?
There are twenty eight panes of glass
III the windows of certain old mill
A boy II years old passes the mill
twice per day on his way to and from
school. At the end of ten days how
many panes will be left and how long
VIII the teacher have to lick the boy
before he will own up that he even
broke one?
William is given cart worth So for
birthday present. After sixteen boys
have helped him TO play stage" for an
hour the fragments of the cart are val
ued at II cents. How much was lost
or gained?
y cat walking on a back fence must
move at the rate of 100 miles an hour
to escape cucumber hurled at her by
boy What fraction Of an hour would
be consumed in moving twenty feet?
Henry is sent to the store for quart
of molasses. On his way home thirteen
different boys are allowed to taste of
the contents to make sure that the
grocer didn't put up vinegar instead |
When Henry gets the jug back he
swings it around his head to show his
muscle, and the bottom is Knocked out
against a lamppost. How many hours |
after the boy reaches home does he
get over aching?
Being sent to deliver peck of po-
tatoes. Il grocer's boy consumes fifteen |
minutes looking through a knothole at |
a game of baseball. ten minutes more |
inspecting the cellar for a new house; |
eight minutes In jawirg with a mes
senger boy who says he can lick him; |
four minutes in looking into show |
window and six minutes further in fol. |
lowing up an ambulance. How much |
time was lost in all and how long |
would it have tax 20 deliver two |
pecks?
a boy has twenty feet to go TO reach |
a fence, while a goat has forty-two feet |
80 go to reach a boy The goat moves
one-third faster than the boy, and both
put in their best licks. BY how many |
inches did the goat miss the target.
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fence making up faces at him?
William has a top worth cents, a
hunk of putty worth l cent, a novel
worth cents and door knob worth
3 cents. He trades them all with
James for roler-skate worth 4 cents
and a fishlne worth cents. Did he
gain or lose and how much?
A fire engine which has half mile
to go moves at the rate of twenty miles
an hour. When it reach the scene OF
it finds that boy who
started five rods behind it got there
ten rods ahead of 1t. What was the
boys rate of speed per hour and how
fast would he move if sent on an err
rand by his mother?-John Brisben
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