Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1882 — The Later Geography. [ARTICLE]

The Later Geography.

Q. —Where are the poles located? . A.—At the school-house, town ball oz some empty store. Q. —What is a circle? A.—A gathering where the gossips sew for the heathen and tell all they know. Q. —What places have noon at the same time ? A. —Factories and boarding houses. Q. —Where do we find the hottest part of the earth ? A.—ln the same house with our mother-in-law. Q. —When are nights the longest ? A.—When yon cannot sleep. Q. —Is there a plain in your neighborhood ? A.—We should think not by the way ours is borrowed. Q. —What disadvantage in haying a bar at the entrance of a harbor? A.—lt would take away trade from the saloons in port. Q.—What is a strait? A. —Five cards following in order of denomination. (Hoyle.) Q. -Where do we find the largest and fiercest animals ? A.—At the menagerie. Q. —Where do we find the greatest number of insects? A.—Out of town on a hot night. Q. —Into what races are we divided? A.—The horse race, the boat race and the human race. Q. —How are the inhabitants of a civilized country generally employed ? A.—Tho men in working and the women in shopping. Q. —What is mining? A.—Finding out how much yon have been cheated. Q. —Name some substahees now manufactured for food ? A.—Oleomargarine and boardinghouse hash. Q. —What is commerce? A.—Selling your neighbor goods at three times their value. Q. —What do merchants do with products of the surrounding country ? A.—father them together and form a “corner” in the market. Q. —How are the commercial towns connected with the towns df the interior ? A.—By “drummers.” Q —What is fishing? A.—Sitting in a boat all day for nothing, and having to lie all the evening about what you caught, and what got away.— Detroit Free Press.