The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

co. for ! could oct them 70 ''1e z ~ aa n mS.'''
u 10 not necessary 70 imprsviss 9 tune for this
famous old eiee, for n has Q tune Of Us own that
has come down from the besinnins Of tho cong. II
IN found Ia volume 1 Of J. L. Hatton's -Songs oil
England" tBoosey). Here are the words
When I survey the world around.
Tho wondrous things that do abound.
The ships that on tho sea do swim
To keep out foes that mono coma IN:
Well. ie. them all say what they can.
Twas for one eud-the use Of man.
80 I wish him Joy where'er ha dwell,
That nrst found out che leather oottel
Now what do you say TO these cans Of voodi
oh no. In faith they cannot be good.
For, II the bearer fail By the way.
Why on the ground your liquor doth lay
But had u been In Q leather bottei,
Although no had fallen oil had been well.
Then what do you say 10 these glasses hnei
oh, they shall have no praise OF mine, r.
For II you chance 10 touch the brim
Down fails the liquor and all therein:
But had II been In q leather bo'tel
And tho stopper in ali had been well
Then VIVA. do you cay 10 those black pots thrss'
II . man and his wife should not agree. i,
why they tug and shey pull TIL theirl'auord doth spun
In 0 leather bottei they may tug their oil. a.
And pull away tnl their hearts do ache.
And yet their liquor no harm can take.
Al morn tho hsymake rs st them down
To drink from the bottles OF ale nut-brown'
In summer, TOO, when the weather 10 warm.
A rood full bottle viii do them no harm. -
Then the lads and lsssies begin 70 tattle,
But what would they be without this bottle
And when the bottle AZ lest grows old.
And will good liquor no longer hold,
out Of the sides you may make q ciout d
To mend your shoes when They're worn OUT
Or take and hang II up on Q pin, -
Twill serve 10 put hinges and odd things In.
So I wish him Joy where'er no dwell
That nrst found out the leather bottel
10 q f Tsp. and H.Ri hsre WI !!sufSsys and Beer
in 4 Iumpf 0soRoR wA1sos.
We a. old o the hfis and therefore Is subject
70 the vioissitudes OF all such gnom'o statements
| Of popular Weldon In that ito text has undergone
variation and its reference 10 obscure. AZ least ono
Other form Of this historical memorandum has been
preserved:
Hops. Reformation. bsise and heer
Came into England all In one year.
1bs nops and tho bser ara . unit and persist un-
ehaneed In the two versions. Heresy and Roforma-
ton are the same thing. difference in stating arising
nom difference In points OF view. The real item
of variance lies In the turksy and the baire. Balse
came into England IN 1851. the third OF Queen
Eiixabeth's reign: the Reformation dates from
Henry VIII, Q6os and no noteworthy event
IN hco,ory ID ohronicied for England In 1851. The
date of the turkey b by no means 90 dennltely
established, II Is said TO have boon brought 10
England By william Strickland, lieutenant 10
Sebastian Cabot, In the early part OF the sixteenth
century. Some say that II was brought 10 boufgcs
In France IN 1918. others say that II nrst was brought
to Spain and thence was taken to England about
1924. n was nrst eaten In Franco In 1910. at the
wedding of Charles TX. Hops had been known In
England at an earlier period, but II was not until
1894 that the English engaged In their cultivation
having learned from the people OF Artois ther use
In brewing. This concordance OF turkeys ana nops
and beer on tho year 1874 seems to lend tho greater
v~ensimilitudo to tho Kipling version. whether
IL DO called heresy or Reformation, there seems
little TO support tho provcrb In this version ELMER
Tyndale translated tho Bible In 1876. but there 10
no other conspicuous event In Engfsh religious
life short Of 1881, when Henry VIII. declared the
English Church Independent OF Rome, and this
did not really 20 into effect until tho passage
of tho Act Of Supremacy In 1884. A good rhyme,
even II Il does banjo o hronologers.
IA have ts:ropy Of TIE sun dated September 8,
49, NS; e., p .1s, shs ssE q e The h. 0 .sSs Dsfs !: e 81 Tsa
Of sPs "s ssR Z sspfa. & ia iss' FOR '6i 1 ofsss sss4 HALL.
The query has served to clear UP . doubtful point
- to tho reprints OF the original SUN. In 1885. on
the nftieth anniversary Of tho paper. . souvenir
edition Of tho nrst number was printed from plates
found In tho vaults. The history Of those plates
was unknown. Tho present inquiry. confirmed by
reference to tho nles, proves that the reprint was
made In 1858 in connection with tho celebration
Of tho papers twentieth Anniversary. 1t was q
reprint and not q facsimile. The original hrst
issue was Get In nonpareil. the reprint In agate
There arc many points Of minor difference; typo
graphical erros in tho original were corrected
In tho reprint and new error made. No one In pos
session Of an old paper neod have any doubt as "a
whether It 10 original or reprint. The original had
q mistake In date at the head ofthe editorial column
September o, 1881: In the reprint this was corrected
10 1883. The reprint OF 1858 10 surcharged as above
mentioned, the reprint OF 1883 from the same plates
lacks the surcharEo. A portion OF the 1883 edition
was run OF from Q battered plate which appear ia
read In this critical tine September 4. is1. Many
letters Of inquiry arc received a. 70 copies OF the
copies Of the original nrst number have been seen
In thirty year.
found the following in an article entitled, ,cnln him.
s:''s ST. f Roos Ms'' H isgs: pssf {s IL IL tho aa' a es'esaS >
p Kw.nssSnT. Ph:kwsl. is,d % increaSlon, ms
Of III lie c saGs:sa states Of. those days used to send
ssces Into il. closed and scaled 4. and sen. y BY
a.; 4 truly Ss ms s's alss nis oR NOV ear. :as t sss .esus sp S Sesd
and voice Of the sender; In 1898, the mrs.
phonognph that csnlo 10 Pekin brought me Q mes
sage from 10 Feng Luh. now Chinese Minister "
London, and a. the cone revolved and l heard nti
words and recognized his voice. l heard also PIN
KWei telling mo once more-bpt no longer lncredu.
ious-about the princes wonderful msssAge pox.'
From roas. pig to the saueaks Of the phono
rrsph-the Chinese saw everything nrst. 1t II
hoped some sinologus may elucidate this Interesting
note.
The word -disassemble" has come into common
use In electrical construction, but without any
authority that l have been able 70 md. 10 yot
regard this word - . proper onel .-
Even though not yet in the dictionaries the wore
has the best Of authority. the need felt for Q wore
which will convey the several ideas carried by III
component parts. In factory work q piece o.
machinery 10 assembled when It's parts and levers
cogs and cana are mounted In their frame ready
TO perform the work for which the machine II
designed. This 10 necessary for finishing triAls
The assembled machine Is not In o condition fol
economical or safe shipment: II needs TO be taker
I o pieces. This taking 10 pieces Ia the disassembling
Q special need calling for q special term Thu
word in itself has the analogy OF Others wherein
the separatlve dis 10 used 10 express a sequen'
negative Of the -sd": for an excellent Instance ont
need but refer to dlsasslmilate..