Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-03
Cleaned from Foreign Ex-
changes

There will shortly be sold at Sothe- |
by's rooms a number of documents re-
lating to the origin ~ the famous |
h7:nting song, Dye Ken John Peel ~
In letter written from Hobart, Tas-
mania, In 1865, John Woodcock Graves
states:-
81 wrote the ballad when residing at |
Caldbeck, Cumberland, 1889, and, as
now remember, in the provincial
language of that place, never suppos-
ing then it would be heard further"
Graves says that. while sitting by the
fireside his daughter came In asking,
Father, what do they say to what
grant Sings"
Granny was singing to sleep my
eldest SOM writes Graves with a
very old rant called Bonnie Annie
The pen and ink for hunting appoint
ments being on the table, the idea of
itself upon me, and there was produc-
ed. impromptu, Dye Ken John Peel!
Immediately after I sang it to poor
Peel. who smiled through a stream Of
tears, and l well remember saying to
him in joking style, BY Jove, Peel
you'll be sung when we're both run to
EARTH"
The freak question set at a Sheffield
examination (reported in the Daily
/ Chronicle" on Monday find parallel
! in forwarded by Mr.. VIM. Timms,
! OF the School House, Broadway, Wor-
cester.
| The question, he says, were set for
! children between the ages of. 11h and
123a, in order to gain scholarship for
| free education at a neighbouring
Grammar School. Here are some Of
| the problems -~---- ~. -.
! What do you make out Of the fol-
lowing puzzle: What coin can you
double by deducting half?
| Divide s95 lis. sd. among three men
| called Smith, Jones, and Robinson. You
must give Smith half as much again
as Jones, and Jones half as much again
as Robinson.
A castle is surrounded by square
noat which is 20ft. broad. There Is no
bridge, but you can find two strong
pianks, each plank exactly 20ft long
Make rough drawing to show where
! abouts you would place the planks in
order to cross the moat.
/ Which is likely to give the larger
answer: I multiplied by 0, or divided
by O.?
! A shepherd was asked how many
I sheep .he had. He said he did not know
the total number, but he always. knew
when he had their right number be-
cause if he counted them 2 at a time,
there was / sheep over, 3 at a time
there was l; sheep over, 4 at time,
, there was / sheep. over, 5 at a time,
, there was / sheep. over, s at a time,
there was. one sheep over, but if he
counted at a time, there was no; sheep
left lover. How many sheep did the
= shepherd have?
/. or course you have noticed. 1.-THE
r passing of the "P. T. u" ]. If you have
I observed closely, 1.-the arrivals at a fash
t ionab9e4wedding, such as that of Prince
} Antonio Bibeseo, Or if YOU happen to
l attend "Church Parade on sunny
afternoon-you will have seen that the
once indispensable "P. 7. u is now nc
r longer the vogue.
+ 1t has departed "unwept. unhonoured
: and unsung.' And for the benefit OF
f any. reader who, may be mystified by
the initials let it be explained thai. they
ei stand for - Permanently Turned Ur
s trousers, which are no longer fashion
s able! - = >4
$ A clover astronomical machine
I whichregisters eclipses twenty year.
e ahead, the invention of Mr.. William
r Wilson, F - A. S., is now on view il
London, and its mechanism was ex:
= planned yesterday in the presence Of {
7 Daily. Chronicle representative.
Z The model synchronises all the mot
: ions of the sun; earth, and moon 81
Q accurately that the relative position.
of these bodies may be made to ap
: pear ON the dial for any day up to q
e years, forward or backward =
Il In little more than is revolutions o
}, the machine a whole cycle of a
eclipses comes into view, and the stud
n ent sees at a glance whether they ar,
: total, partial or annular.
: The mechanism produces simultane
u ously fourteen astronomical motions
e and by a screw a ] istment it will ex
. hibit any Of these -aparately, for spec
n ial illustration, or any number of them
), 1t will also demonstrate the seasons
u climate, causes OF sun-spots, and "Th
{ Old Moon in the New Moons Arms
> Although the model consists of near
. Iy hundred parts, its mechanism ma,
- be assembled" adjusted and taken t
!, pieces without the use Of a single too
= Roseom Ton, nursery Of the super
l. natural, is at present writes loca
= correspondent excited over quee
y story Of a naked man who is said t.
IS preach at night in the woods of Car
rowool, few miles from Roscommol
IA town.
- Wild chantings and shoutings ever
" night thoroughly alarmed the people
" and ZEN eventually few summone
d courage to investigate the origin 0
"a the noises they were warned by a
"a invisible person 10 desist.
If The news spread, and hundreds hav
4 since hocked to hear the prophet