American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . Puzzle for t?»c carefully at the straight lines that ran lengthwiseacross the engraving,and try to judge ho* much morewidely aparl they are at one end th in at tl her. Prob-ably not ouo person in ten will mi estimateon the in-t examination. After having measured theis with the eye. apply a rule or other measure, andult will probably cause some surprise, Avarice Outwitted. The following case is reported as having been decidedin one of the courts of law. A wealthy man died leavingthe singular will that his executors should have t
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . Puzzle for t?»c carefully at the straight lines that ran lengthwiseacross the engraving,and try to judge ho* much morewidely aparl they are at one end th in at tl her. Prob-ably not ouo person in ten will mi estimateon the in-t examination. After having measured theis with the eye. apply a rule or other measure, andult will probably cause some surprise, Avarice Outwitted. The following case is reported as having been decidedin one of the courts of law. A wealthy man died leavingthe singular will that his executors should have the useof his property until his son, then a young man. shouldcome of age, and that then they should give him such a. No. 302. Labyrinth.—Find your way from the entrance to the Fish Pond without crossing a lino portion as should pleat* Ho m. having full confidence intheir friendship. When the time came, the greedy ex-ecutors assigned him one-tenth of the estate, and keptthe rest. The young man, being naturally dissatisfied,brought suit against them, a trial was had, and the judgedecided that he should have the nine-tenths, .nnd thoexecutors the one-tenth, on the ground that they badshown by their conduct that the nine-tenths plta-/d Horn. What Is a Month ? Four weeks, answers a boy just from school, whohas been learning the Tables in his days, says a clerk, who has been reckoning in-terest on a note. The twelfth part of a year, sine.:some thoughtful scholar, after thinking of the matter amoment. Neither answer is entirely correct. Februaryis tie-only month consisting of four weeks, and it hasmore than that iu leap year; the other mouths haveeither 30 or 31 days, neither of which i
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