“Died, on the 11th ultimo., at his shop in Fleet-street, Mr. Edward
Jones much regretted by all who knew and dealt with him. As a man,
he was amiable; as a hatter, upright and moderate. His virtues were
beyond all price, and his beaver hats were only £1 4s each. He has
left a widow to deplore his loss, and a large stock to be sold cheap
for the benefit of his family. He was snatched to the other world in
the prime of life, and just as he had concluded an extensive purchase
of felt, which he got so cheap that the widow can supply hats at
a more moderate charge than any house in London. His disconsolate
family will carry on his business with punctuality.”
58. In one corner of a hexagonal grass paddock each of the sides of
which is 40 yards long, a horse is tethered with a rope 50 yards
long. How many square yards can he graze over?
59. A and B start together from the same point on a circular path,
and walk till they both arrive together at the starting point. If A
performs the circuit in 224 seconds and B in 364 seconds, how many
times do they each walk round?
“IF.”
If you could sell the sea at 1d. per 10,000 gallons, it would bring
in 155 billion pounds. If you were to try and pump it dry, at the
rate of 1,000 gallons per second, it would take 12,000 million years.
There is always an “if” in these things!
60. A lady met a gentleman in the street. The gentleman said “I think
I know you.” The lady said he ought, as his mother was her mother’s
only daughter. What relation was he?
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