Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1898 — Famous Old Riddles. [ARTICLE]

Famous Old Riddles.

' are a few riddles which amused” our ancestors:./ , i Who was Adam’s mother? How many calves’ tails would It take to reach from the earth to the sky? When Antichrist appears In the world will 4)e the hardest thing for him .tp.flhderstand? * * ' ~ Why. do men make an oven ln a town? How many straws go to a goose’s nest? - • i - -* ev‘ What man getteth bis living backwards? Who killed the fourth part of all tt& people In the world? What is the worst-bestowed charity that one could give? How many persons can furnish answers to all of the above?