The Florida star., 1902-12-26

Sawyer's Political Arithmetic.

OOi. " ID. OOiiiiis, WHO lS CIibtCdliy III
at his home, near Dunedin, Fla. inter
ests himself and the public generally by
writing series of jocose articles in the
Clearwater Press. The last one is as
follows: .
The following are few examples from
Sawyer's Political Arithmetic, which may
be adopted by the school board of Flori-
da in the distant future:
1. If Steve Sparkman can hoe 81 acres
of corn in ii SO days, if Tom Palmer can
do the work in OF days, and Peter Knight
finish the job in Is days, how long would
II take all three of them to get the grass
out of that corn with a baseball game
going on just over the fence?
2. If Gov. Mitchell had of a bushel
of nice red apples and should give Judge
Wall IL of them, should send hall. doz-
fen t4 lady friend, and should tell
George Raney to pitch in and eat as ma
ny as he could, how many nice red ap-
Piles would the governor have when he
started to dinner, half hour later?
8. IfJudge Malone, of Quincy, can
issue an injunction in IL minutes, and
Judge Wall, of Tampa, can perpetuate it
In "A minutes, sun time, how long will it
take the supreme court of Florida, work
ing IA hours day, to decide the case,
and how long before we have system of
hard roads in Hillsborough county? AL
so, how much money will We get out of
the bonds after all expenses are paid?
| This is prize example.)
4. Three men start out to become gov
ernor of Florida. Frank Harris leaves
OraIa at o'clock Saturday morning,
walking at the rate of IL miles per day;
Bob Davis starts the night before from
Palatka, going IA miles day 50 long as
the walking is good, and Duncan Fletcher
starts ont from Jacksonville Sunday
morning after breakfast, riding bicycle
which slipped a cog before he got to
Baldwin, how long will it take these men
to reach Tallahassee, and what horse
power will each develop in the express
sion of his individual feelings should
they find Billy Sheats already in posses
sion?. This is rather difficult sum for
beginners and should not be undertaken
on full stomach.)
5. If Tom Weir was born at Al o.
clock a. m, September 3, 1892, what will
be his age when he gets that celebrated
boulevard completed to Port Tampa, and
whose grandsons will then be on the
board of county commissioners?
6. Three women attended a meeting
of the Ladies' Aid society. Mrs. j. has a
working capacity OF 81 words per min
ute, Mrs. S. 99s per minute and Mrs. w.
ia words. How many words will all
three perpetrate in the hour and a quar-
ter of the meeting if all talk at once,
and how far will the good cause be- ad-
vanced?
Z. If Perry Wall, l. S. Giddens and
John Price should go down to Sarasota
on fishing trip for three days, and
how-many-( Excuse me, please, don't
feel well to-day
8. If, as reported in the Tampa Trib-
une, our Col. Peter had seven juries
chung" at one time,jn Braidentown, and
also had the grand jury on the selvidge
edge for quite awhile, how long would il
take him TO depOpulate Manatee county?
Also, what in the thunder was Judge
Wall doing to allow such wholesale de-
struction of good citizens? The judge
ought to resign, or else enjOin Peter.
| (rhis is not sum-
10. If the governor of Florida travelled
1900 miles during first half of his term,
and was absent from his office lS9 days,
how far will he be Obliged to travel to
reach the U. S. senate, with John Stock
ton and Jim Tallaferro crossing his
track every half hour This sum is a6as
by the rule of three