Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-16
QUERY AND
ANSWER

@. Will you please satisfy my cur
kind of underwear is called B. V. DIS?
A. The letters "B. v. D." origin
ally stood as the initials of the firm
of Bradley, Voorhees, & Day, who for
years used these letters as their
trademark on all goods made Tor
them by Erlanger Brothers. AS Ell
alnger Brothers specialized in UNDER
wear to the jobbers, their brand pc
came known as B. V. DIS.
@. Is it all right to blow hot soup
or should one wait until it cools! Al
so in helping ones self TO preau
should they use a fork or thell
fingers? ..uo++o
a It is a breach of table etiquette
TO blow soup or any of your vlctualS'
IF no other provision is made for help-
ing Yourself to bread use your myers.
Under no circumstances should you
use your individual fork.
q How soon after the Declaration
of Independence was the Battle OF
Bunker Hill fought? 80, !.
a The Battle of Bunker Hill IN
the American Revolution was toughI
on June II, 1775-a little over one year
nrior ia the Declaration OF lndepen-
dence. voc
O I wish to know how ocean yes
sells reckon the time-that is, Wnen
thew get into mid ocean how do they
know when the date changes?
A The International date line is
one drawn on map from north to
south. On one side of this imaginary
line it is to-day" and on the other
aide it is tomorrow" When ships
cross this line they drop or repeat
day according to the direction they are
going. This line starts from the North
Pole and passes through the Behring
strait, then slants to the west TO
clear the big horn formed by the
Aleutian chain of islands and give
them the same day as Canada and the
United States. Then this line returns
to the 180th meridian and drops south
into the tropics, keeping far to the
east of the Japanese group and the
Philippines, until it approaches the
latitude of the Fiji Islands. The date
line here takes a sudden swerve to
the east SO as not to embarrass COM
merce with the Australian colonies
with change of day. This line then
shoots straight south to the South
Pole.
O. What makes pigs squeal?
A. Dissatisfaction with existing
conditions relative to the pigs at the
time the squeals are emitted.
O. What causes a piece of iron or
steel to break without any apparent
reason?
A. Capitalization often does it.
Q. Can you please tell me what is
the eleventh wedding anniversary?
What is proper to give on such an
occasion?
A. Steel is the eleventh anniver-
sary of wedding. Any article made
wholly or partially of steel will be ap-
propriate.
@. Will you please answer in your
question column if the Irish in Ire
land were drafted into the service by
the English government in the World
war?
A. No; a bill was passed in the
British Parliament in 1916 that ex-
cluded Ireland in the compulsory SER
vice.
Q. Is it true one will have seven
years bad luck if they break a mir
ror?
A. No; this is superstition An ig-
norant person without any notion of
inductive reasoning whatever, with
the coincidence of a mirror being
broken and several years of bad luck
following, jumped to the conclusion
that the breaking of a mirror was a
sign that bad luck was to follow for
seven years. Thus the belief was
spread
Q. Will you kindly answer in your
paper in what age did Aesop live
the author of Aesop's Fables?
A. Aesop died in the year $50 B. c.
@. Will you please tell me what
causes tornado?
A. The warm current of air eman-
ating from the Gulf of Mexico travels
nOrthward in the spring, and in its
path it meets very cold northwest
wind sweeping across. The current
is thus DETECTED in a manner that il
assumes funnel shape and travels
at a terrific rate of speed.
Q. | would like to know why al
courts open on Tuesday instead Of
Monday?
A. Because Tuesday is named in
honor of Tiw, the God of War Thus
it is consistent that all litigations
start on Tuesday.
Q. What are the Blue Laws OIL
Connecticut?
A. The "blue laws" which were
prevalent all over the New England
states, were drastic measures of the
Puritans to punish people for slight
"offenses" committed on Sunday such
as doing any kind of work, fishing
playing games, etc. Also fining peo
pie ten shillings for non-attendanct
at church.
Q. Will you please answer this
question in your question column this
week-How can one prevent the legs
of turkey or chicken from becomins
hard and brown before the rest of the
fowl is done?
a. Start the roasting process with
the back of the fowl turned up Wher
about half cooked, turn the fowl will
the legs up and finish roasting. Il
properly timed in this manner, the
legs will not set hard and brown
before the other part is done.
Train and Car Collide