Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1910 — All to Do Over Again. [ARTICLE]

All to Do Over Again.

It is an open question if the old fisherman in the following story ever got the right answer to the problem that was puzzling his head. A writer in Everybody’s Magazine, at least, leaves one in doubt on that score. The riddle was this: “If a herring and a half costs a penny am} a half, how many herrings can you buy for a shilling?” The old fisherman had worked on it for .some time. “What did you say the mackerel and a half cost?” lie asked at last. “I didn’t say mackerel; I said herring,” explained the skipper. “Oh, that’s different,” said the other. “I’ve been figuring on mackerel.”