Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-07-29
Query and Answer

Boscobel, S. D.-Will you please be
| kind enough to answer where the OAR
danelles are located and what they
are?
Ans.-The Dardanelles are powerful
Turkish forts that line both sides of
i the strait that leads up to CONSTANT
nople. =
Cassville, T. J.-What is the longest
highway in the world?
Ans-The Lincoln highway is said
to be the longest highway in the world.
1t connects New York and California
as directly as possible consistent with
the topography of the country.
Sitter, T. M-Will you please ans
wer in your question column the day
and date of the Boston Tea Party"
as referred to in history?
Ans.-The so-called Boston Tea
Party, in which band of American
patriots disguised as Indians, board
ed three British ships laden with tea
and dumped the cargo into the water,
occurred on Thursday, Dec. 16, 1878.
Ellenboro, NJ It's it improper for
me to kiss my fellow every night he
comes to see me, especially when he
comes four or five nights a week?
Ans-It is not proper to do so. 1t
cheapens your self-respect.
Potosi, r. N.-What is the difference
between chiropractic and osteopathy?
s.-Chiropractic is the adjustment
of the vertebrate of the spinal column,
while osteopathy is skeletal.
PIatteville, S. inlay ask if they
have very cold winters in Egypt and
much rain or snow?
Ans-No. Egypt lies in an almost
rainelss area. The days are hot and
the nights are cool. January is the
coolest month. In winter they get
some rain on the coast, but they get
no snow and it never freezes.
Beetown, L. Twill you please tell
me what day of the week was Nov. 3,
1874?
Ans-Tuesday.
Bridgeport, E. MY mother was
born on Oct. %, 1S49. What day of
the week was that?
Ans.-Oct. %, 1849, was on Sunday.
Bloomington, L. RI wish to ask
you a question that has caused heat
| ed argument. Will you answer it? If
a German is born at sea on an Ameri-
can vessel bound for England what
can he claim as his own?
Ans.-Germany, unless his parents
were naturalized citizens of another
country.
Bagley, A. B.-There is a certain
young lady Junior at high school that
I am really in love with, but she does
Mt know it. Should I let her know
/ oh ichn T'1o0
older than she is.
Ans.-By all means let the girl
finish her education. Then if she is
old enough to be interested in matri-
mony your wedding would not be out
of place.
Wyalusing, S. M.-Please answer
who buys the flowers for bride and
her attendant?
Ans.-The bride.
Fennimore, R. Ms Barney Google
supposed to be married?
! Ans-We believe so. The song
/ says he has "wife three times his
size"
Montfort, r. A-What time is it
when it is bells afternoon?
Ans.-In the navy in the afternoon
| bells rings at o'clock and at mid
night.
Dubuque, L. Twill you please
answer how old art of novel writing.
Ans.-Novel writing is approximate
1y 800 years old. Before that time
priests and clerics and few royalists
were the only ones that read or wrote
and these brought out short essays
and romantic poetry. The common
people were not mentioned in such
writings because they could not read
and their betters had no desire to
read about them. In the early part of
the SEVENTEEN century Daniel Defoe,
an English author, wrote book which
is regarded as the first complete novel
1t was his Robinson Crusoe."
Dickeyville, R. M.-What does 'Nox
Populi' mean?
Ans.-"Vox Populi' is Latin and
means "Voice of the people"