Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 28, 1920, Page 9

mb Stn tel Doin ts aie on a ties “FARM TEAM WAS A se mei wee WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1920 - = ete SS EY NOT ACCUSTOMED TO. WIGHT “ALARM Team from Farm Filled Place of +Motor Truck Till Night Alarm Came, Now Betty and Billy Are Back in Country 5 (By Associated Press.) CLINTON, Mass. (By Mail).—‘Betty” and “Billy” have gone back to the farm, and Clinton's fire department has re. turned to its motorized efficiency. An upstanding pair of browns, the horses were the pride of the fire-fighters until they became the cause of their disgrace. Sleek and fat from a farm in an ad- Joining town, they were obtained to pull the town’s old fire engine while the new motor apparatus was being repaired. The browns swept out of the engine- house to their first fire in a manner to make old firemen speak with happy reminiscence of the horse-drawn days. | Then came a night alarm. Back on the farm “Betty” and “Billy” has been accustomed not to stir from sundown to sunrise, and no din of fire- | gong or urging by anxious firemen | would move them to answer the alarm. All the fire department's split-second | hog has got us to the tune of 150 per cent,” reads the sign placed on view by a alds to a quick start were lost on the browns, firemen had to go to the blaze with chemical lines, and-the town folks laughed. The firemen vowed thé thing would not happen again and the horses were| put thru a stiff training. They went to| day fires with spirit, and the fire crew} hoped they understood. night alarm came, and again “Betty” and “Billy” would not move; once more the firemen went afoot, hose in hand, and again the town laughed at their dis. comfiture. The next day “Betty” and They refused to budge, the | “Billy” went back to the farm. [ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS] Q. How many railroads are there in thé United States? C. H. J. A. There are 1,287 railroads of suffi cient importance to be’ listed. ‘This does not include several small roads that make no connection with other lines. a What are the Apostle Spoons? A. These are spoons in sets of thir teen, the handles of which are formed by images of the Twelve Apostles and the Vrigin Mary. These spoons were once favorite christening gifts. Com plete sets are now quite rare and in 1904 such a set was sold in London for 4,900 pounds sterling. Q. Was Stephen A. Douglas a slave holder? =H. M. A. In midsummer of 1850, Douglas wrote a letter to the Illinois State Regis- But another |Mittance of oes _: Che Casper Daily Crib (ol | pe s jd ma | THE RENT HOG — ie [ GoT us ; a 4 < To THE la BOSTON STOREKEEPER advertises plight in hands of rent hog. TUNE “The rent | Boston storekeeper depicting the plight of New Englanders. As FORERUNNER OF STYLES FOR ALL—In this beaded tunic the effect is obtained by combining black beads and white springles on white silk tulle. reduced to poverty and obliged to hire themselves out as servants were r ed from their bondage and there was a re-|not like those of the others. debts. During this ar @. What is the distance around the there was no sowing, no reapin nor | world by water? Is it half wa even gathering of grapes. Dhe design the world to the Philippines fro: of the institution w to pr he York? M. K. growth of an oligarchy of land owners, A. The distance around the world and a total impoverishment of some| by water is 22,100 miles. It is 11,469 families. }miles from New York to the Philippines. Q. When was the greatest fire? or a little more than half way around Vv. T. |the world | a. four minutes. The terminal leaf not remain quiet, but its movements ¢ t is the meaning of the word da? m what language does it ome? -S, G. J. | A. Mazda, in the Zend or At ) One.” It is applied to ele A. In point of number of lives lost the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A. D. ranks first with one million one hun- dred thousand. The fire in San Fran cisco, April 18, 1906, follo’ earthquake, destroyed the g H amount of property, which was valued at three hundred fifty millions of dol- lars. Q. How long were United States) troops in Vera Cruz? R. I. L. \ |i: H A. Our troops entered Vera Cruz on April 21, 1914, and: remainder until No- vernber 20, 1914, A. This is a plant native to East In- dia and is remarkable by reason of the motion of its leaves. These are ar ranged in, groups of three, the lat leaflets much smaller than the terminal Someone may burglar- ize your house, steal your . These lateral leaflets stant motio) are in con ing elevated by a suc. cession of jerks and then moving down-' glass or you may have an \ ear, break your window- ]} ter, in which he said that it was true that his wife owned about one hundred and fifty negroes in Mississippi oma cotton plantation. They w her by her father, who had previously offered them to Douglas. The property belonged to his wife exclusively and he had no rights whatever in ‘+ Q.. What was the year of Jubilee? A. G. C. A. This was an institution ordained for the Hebrews in ancient Bible times, by which every fiftieth year the land that had in the interval passed out of the possession of its original owners, ‘was restored to them. All who had been WANTED Hauling Contracts Wyatt-Wolf Metor Co. Call Teniporary Office Wyatt Hotel ward by similar rapid jérks. The mo | tion is not rapid, a complete up and down movement> taking from two to auto collision. 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