Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-18
Query and
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Lancaster Herald.

Lancaster Herald.
I joined a lodge recently and am
told l would be called upon to make
some remark. Which I am at loss to
know what to say. Could you help me
out?
What would be nice present to
give girl graduate?
How is my writing and letter?
Would like an answer in the next
issue please. Thank you.-Milwaukee
Reader.
A. l. Expound on how glad you
are to have joined the lodge and the
beauties of fraternalism. This always
tickles the brother members.
2. Depends on the girl and her re-
lationship to you. If sweetheart,
blow yourself. If sister, don't be
tight. If friend who invited you just
because, be reasonable Any saleslady
will help you pick a nice present.
3. You write plainly but your
grammar is nothing extra.
Reader, Boscobel-I would like to
ask you if the Greek and Roman
Mythology was religion?
A. No. The term is used appropri-
ately for that branch of knowledge
which considers the notions and stor-
les of gods and demigods, their pre-
tended origin, their actions, names,
attributes, worship, images and SYM
bolical representations.
L. H., Montfort-Will you please
answer in the question column when
the large bridge across the MISSISSIPPI
pi river at ST. Louis was built, how
much it cost and the length of time
it took to build it.
A. The big ST. Louis bridge was
begun in 1870 and completed in 1874
and cost $10,000,000.
l.. D., Boscobel-I am asking if
GAINESVILLE, Wis, and GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
named thus so the postoffice would
not get the names mixed.
A. No. GAINESVILLE, Wis, was NAM
ed in honor of Henry F.. James, while
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, was named for Eben-
ezer Zane.
V. P, Platteville-What would it
cost to send 21pound package to
China by parcel post?
A. Twenty pounds to China or any
where in the eighth zone will cost
$240 Parcels weighing over twenty
pounds are not mailable beyond the
second zone.
S. r., Potosi-When a person can't
write why do they have to make a
cross?
A. Just following an ancient GUS
tom. Among the ancients the use OF
the mark was not confined to litter
ate persons. 1t was an attestat1On or
good faith among those who could
write as we'll as those who could not
write, and was required to be attach
ed to the signature, and if the per-
son could not write he was witnessed
to touch the pen while the cross was
being made.
r. D., Muscoda-Can you tell me
in your worthy paper how far is
league?
A. Three miles make league.
l.. c., Lancaster-Will you be kind
enough to settle an argument about
the day of the week Mckinley was
shot. The date was Sept. 6, 1901. Also
Lincoln and Garfield?
A. President Mckinley was shot
on Friday. Abraham Lincoln also was
shot on Friday, while Garfield was
shot on Saturday.
Subscriber, Beetown-Please tell
HE IllIOuSA SOul doNA 1910 NoAA0''
ON what day the following dates oc-
Cured: March 27, 1901; April ~
1911; June 5, 1891?
A. March 81, 1901 was on Wednes-
day. April 81, 1911, was on Thursday
June 5, 1891, was ony Friday.
Reader. Glen Haven-What is the
meaning of the words "Mah Jong'
and how is it pronounced? How are
Jurors drawn, and will you give the
correct meaning of moral, immoral
formal and informal?
A. Nah Jong is Chinese meaning
great game" Jurors are drawn from
the poll list at the court house. pre-
ceding the converting of court. For
NAL pertains to form, custom; con
ventional. Informal is the opposite.
Moral, the adjective, pertains to a
persons natural sense of what is right
and proper. immoral is the reverse
Progressive.