EDITOR--“Did you see the notice I gave you yesterday?”
SHOPKEEPER--“Yes, and I don’t want another. The man who says
I’ve got plenty of grit, and that the milk I sell is of the first
water, and that my butter is the strongest in the market, may mean
well, but he is not the man whose encomiums I value.”
145. A vintner draws a certain quantity of wine out of a full vessel
that holds 256 gallons, and then filling the same vessel with water
draws off the same quantity of liquor as before, and so on for four
draughts, when only 81 gallons of pure wine is left. How much wine
did he draw each time?
146. A man has 4 horses, for which he gave £80; the first horse cost
as much as the second and half of the third, the second cost as much
as the fourth minus the cost of the third, the third cost one-third
of the first, and the fourth cost as much as the second and third
together. What was the price of each horse?
The Divided Pound.
147. A father wishes to divide £1 between his four sons, giving
one-third to one, one-fourth to another, one-fifth to another, and
one-sixth to another; in doing so he finds he has only disbursed
19s.; the balance, 1s., is then divided in the same proportion. What
amount does each receive in full in the proportion named?