The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

OF tho War Of the Rebellion In the AdIutant
Generals once the Information that the First
New York Volunteer Marine Artillery was re-
cruitod BY Col. william A. Howard for service on
Eunhoats. The regiment was organized ut New
York city, and the men we're recruited principally
from New York city. Buffalo. Newark, Nj, Chicago
H.. and Washington. ID. G. The regiment was
mustered into the service of the United states for
three years between November ~, 1891. and August
IN, 1862. The regiment. ten companies, left the
state la detachment In 1901 and 1852, And served
NJ Annapolis, Nd. from December. 1851: Com
panies A 10 q At Newborn, N. g., In April, iSa:.
II and l Joined there In June. 1862. and X In August.
1899. The regiment fdrvcd In North Carolina. EiglI
teenth and Tenth Corps. from August. 1909. March
~, 1893. n was disbhDdcd and vL .cers and enlisted
men hoporably discharged. william RAiner was
Captain OF Company 4. The regiment lost BY
death, killed In action. one ofncer. fourteen enlisted
men; of wounds received In seton. two cnlisted
men; ofdisease and other causes one oficer seventy
two enlisted men; total. two ofhcers. eighty eight
enlisted men. The regiment or parts of II took
part In the following engagements Roanoke Island.
Elizabeth City. Newbern. Elizabeth. siege Of Fort
Macon. South Mills. Trsnter's Creek. Swift Creek
Bridge, Swift Creek. Neuse River. Washington.
near Shiloh, Rawies' Mills, expedition from New
bern to Goldsboro. Kinston. Old Field Bank Landing,
all In North Carolina. and Folly Island, 5. C.
Is there such a word as runyon or runion, or
sS@. siTs +! 'i neither d Tss cSssmSsesr.ns ,f sSS%slop SSss
mention y. and yet ! seem dimly to remenber
s speech so of rs si,ssa IN n Snf msses.' m, neS sSra n. N 3
the eauiyslence OF yarlet or servant Of low degree.
Dr poss,oly 4, : BE- s"l %s%o3 81 lse ou lHwe ss t. Ispk' cs any
not understand how such an Impression should
s eoms t Gome to my mind WI, > there ere mad Nd been a.
tion, ScARABEus GRAMnATIcUs.
Not q speech OF Falstan but a part OF the con-
tumeiy showered upon the fat knight when merry
Mistress Page leads him upon the second scene
of the fourth act OF The Merry Wives Of Windsor"
perforated as Mother Pratt.
Mrs.. Paoe-Come. Mother Pratt; come. give me
Ford-in pratt her.-IBests him. Out Of my
door. you witch you rag, you bagga &c, you polecat.
ys o,r ronySnl Out out, I'll Sonjrro you IN
wouldn't after such language
And again the comforting words or FirSt witch
In Macbeth, Act l.. scene ,:
A sailors wife had chestnuts In her lap,
And munch'd snd munch'd and munch'd:
Give me-" duoth !:
"Aroint thee. Witchl"t he rump fed ronyon cries.
As ronion, ronyon and runnlon the word is no
more than the French rooneur, having the mango
or scab.
Recently. when ! used the expression ."He was
Walking towards the park was criticised. ex,
WORD as towards in the s'f FnsIish isnsua ss." s TO-
sslSg the se, proper q nroyEyoordt =, TO , use. 4 beg 70 ASK you
c OF ,h e t sSsh .ff S Sss s.,s SSse ,oH 4 1ss BE- ssr To Ul
HE was walking toward the psrs'
N. s. A~cHKRxAN.
In modern usage the toward type In words OF
this class is so far preferred that many authorities
denounce all the forms with 4 nnal 8. The exist
ence. even TO our own time. OF the two forms should
not be taken TO indicate that they were alternative
and involved no greater difference than that OF
spelling. The forms with the nnsl IS are a sur
vivd OF q dative case once freely and gracefully
used in the earlier English. In time the rccogni-
tion OF that case passed out OF mind, and now that
the case has gone from our ideas OF English gram
mar II is just as well TO let the sign OF the case 60
with Il. The case remains alive In the form give
Bellsarius an obol" and just because Il is not recog
nized as dstive the wrong word tends to turn up
as the subject OF the was giyen's."
Who wrote the poem Little Drops Of Water"
and when was It publishedf CHARLks HoLpRIDoE.
The author was Mrs. Julia Fletcher Carney of
Massachusetts and the date OF the poem was ist6.
the author being then q teacher In . primary school
In Boston. The hrst verse. the one which Is prob
ably best remembered. was originally written as
an exercise In shorthand. Mrs. Carney In telling
nc story said: AFTER the fundamental principles
had been explained we were asked to compose
something In the stenoe ra phic characters. II
was suggested that the smaller the words the
better the results. both In regard to speed and accu
rscy. With this suggestion In mind I sat down
n, one OF the school desks and pcnned In steno
graphic characters the following:
Little drops OF water.
Little grains OF sand
Make the mighty ocean
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In Greenwood Cemetery there is a monument
Erected by Daniel l.. Jones 'Er am
" VIZ" ~ am Lovuue1 % hn9ue is.anu: DSrn
the Inscription was eiyen 10 me bv = friend. Can
you or any Of your readers inform me what that
monHment 70 roger Mliiiams is doing In Green
Srticlc IN poSsr W,imsms o. ~. mn enysc m,,Sh
| article also says that the exact date OF his death
Is unknown. Is u known where he is buried. and
wnsI docs the welsh meant Il. A.
Inc nrooKiyn monument Is commemorative
LUG oAac' oAy " inc ueAtn OF Roger WuiiAms Ii
TWO dates In Ios3. u is known that ne WAS alive
ON January ia. for thrrr ia in ..i.,ence . da,.a
ua.eu
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a.. 80. yr,,.s. a., NJ u epproNeu Inenu
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' Please give some Information as 10 The hoIv
carpet that the pilgrims are sad