Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-12-23
QUERY AND
ANSWER

song "Old Folks at Home"
A. This poem was written by
Stephen Collins Foster about 1855.
Q. Can you please tell me the size
of the bell at Westminster in England,
and if it is the largest bell in the
world?
A. The bell at Westminster, known
as big Ben," weighs fifteen tons.
''Kremlin," at Moscow, which weights
220 tons, is the largest bell in the
world. big Ben" is located on the
House of Parliament opposite West
minister Abbey.
@. [ would like for you to tell me
how the engine in my automobile got
| to knocking, as you seem to know ev-
erything?
A. That knocking may be due TO
! close association with the owner OF
the automobile.
! @. I am a girl of Is and very
much in love with a boy Is. He has
| no girl friend except my chum. Do
you think he loves me when he asks
my chum for kisses? He even kissed
her once in my presence. He felt SO
| bad afterward that he asked my for
| giveness, and I am now writing to
you for advice. Do you think l ought
| to forgive him?
A. We can't understand why you
! little 15-year-olds can't be satisfied
with happy companionship without
| taking upon your young shoulders the
weight of believing that you are des-
perately in love, and that the out
| come of this Glove" rests the destiny
| of your whole life. You are too young
to be in love, and for the love of Mike.
don't waste your time on a kid that
| has the kissing habit so bad that he
could not even refrain from kissing
other girls in your presence. Get out
/ your dolls and forget the boys until
| you are out of your babyhood.
| @. 1 am dropping you these few
lines to ask you what is the name of
the big bright star we see in the west
in the evening?
The bright planet you see in the
west after sunset is Venus.
@. Will you please answer in your
| Question Column if the Amazon river
in South America is navigable for
ocean steamers, and what is the name
of the railroad that parallels this riv-
er?
"A.
for ocean stemers for a distance of
1890 miles. There is no railroad par
allels it, but surveys have been made.
@. 1 wish to ask in your valuable
and interesting Question column how
fairs originated?
A. Fairs were held in early periods
of civilization in Europe and Asia,
and were usually of religious orr
gin. The Festival of st. Dennis was
held in France in A. D. $40, and such
fairs were introduced into Great Brit
ain as early as A. D. 886, in the time
of Alfred the Great.
O. When [ die [ just want simple
funeral services What would be APP
propriate music, and can | put it in
my will?
A. All wills must be observed. You
might will that the choir sing where
Do [ Go From Here?"
@. I desire to ask you when King
Solomon was born, and if you will
give a history of the man?
A. Space is too valuable to give
much detail of King Solomon How
ever, he was Hebrew and born 1918
B. c. He was appointed by his father,
David, to be his successor in prefer
ence to elder brothers. He became
King of Israel in 977 B. c. Reigned 40
years, during which time the king
dom was at its height. At his death
the Jewish nation was divided. In
his lifetime Solomon was so wealthy
that he built palaces, temples and
cities and Notifications. The Book OF
Proverbs is attributed to him but
modern criticism has decided that he
wrote only portion of this Book.
@. Where is the location of the At
lantic cable that connects America
with Europe?
A. The Atlantic cable is laid on
table1and of the ocean at a point be-
tween Newfoundland and Ireland.
@. Were our domestic animals once
in a wild state, and are wild animals
still being domesticated?
A. The original home of fully
three fourths of our domestic animals
was the continnet of Asia. Originally
all the animals were wild and were
held captive for food supply. Their
other uses developed later. No new
domestic animals have been devel-
oped during the last two thousand
years.
@. Kindly answer in your paper
the meaning of the initials "R. S. V.
P"
A. They are the initials of the
French words Responder sill vous
plait," meaning Answer, if you
please"
@. What nationality is Henry Ford,
and where was he born, ETC.?
A. Henry Ford is of Scotch-Irish
descent. He was born at Greenfield,
Michigan, in 1868. He learned the
machinist trade, and was chief engi-
neer at the Edison Illuminating Co.,
in Detroit, when he organized the
Ford Motor Co.
@. l would like to ask you if
commissioned officer in the Canadian
army or the United States army be re-
duced to the ranks?
A. No; not under present regula-
tions
@. Can you tell in your paper, to
decide a bet, if an airplane ever
reached an altitude of more than two
miles high?
A. Capt A. R. Schroeder of the
United States army, assembled from
Dayton, Ohio, Sept IS, 1918, and
reached an altitude of 28,900 feet, or
about five and one-half miles high.
Pioneer Cassville Woman