Sydney,
25th Jan., 1895.
MR. EINSTEIN, Townsville,
DEAR SIR,
Ve hav receved your letter on the 18th mit expense agount and round
list. vat ve vants is orders, ve haf plenty maps in Sydney vrom vich
to make up round lists also big families to make expenses.
Mr. Einstein ve find in going through your expenses agount 10s. for
pilliards please don’t buy no more pilliards for us. vat ve vants is
orders, also ve do see 30s. for a Horse and Buggy, vere is de horse
and vot haf you done mit de Buggy the rest on your expenses agount
vas nix but drinks--vy don’t you suck ice. ve sended you to day two
boxes cigars, 1 costed 6/-and the oder 3/6 you can smoke the 6/-
box, but gif de oders to your gustomers, ve send you also samples of
a necktie vat costed us 28/-gross, sell dem for 30/-dozen if you
can’t get 30/-take 8/6, vat ve vants is orders. The neckties is a
novelty as ve hav dem in stock for seven years and ain’d sold none.
My brother Louis says you should stop in Rockhampton. His cousin
Marks livs dere. Louis says you should sell Marks a good bill; dry
him mit de neckties first, and sell mostly for cash, he is Louis’s
cousin. Ve only giv credit to dem gustomers vat pays cash. Don’t date
any more bills ahead, as the days are longer in the summer as in the
vinter. Don’t show Marks any of the good sellers, and finaly remember
Mr. Einstein mit us veder you do bisness or you do nothings at all
vat ve vants is orders.
Yours Truly,
SHADRACK & Co.
P.S.--Keep the expenses down.
11. Two fathers and two sons went into a hotel to have drinks, which
amounted to one shilling. They each spent the same amount. How much
did each pay?
12. In a cricket match, a side of 11 men made a certain number of
runs. One obtained one-eighth of the number, each of two others
one-tenth, and each of three others one-twentieth. The rest made up
among them 126 (the remainder of the score), and four of the last
scored five times as many as the others. What was the whole number of
runs, and the score of each man?
BRAINS v. BRAWN.
SCHOOLMASTER--“What is meant by mental occupation?”
PUPIL--“One in which we use our minds.”
SCHOOLMASTER--“And a manual occupation?”
PUPIL--“One in which we use our hands.”
SCHOOLMASTER--“Now, which of these occupations is mine.
Come, now; what do I use most in teaching you?”
PUPIL (quickly)--“Your cane, sir!”
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