[66.] Two men have an equal interest in a grindstone, which is 5 ft. 6 in. in diameter. The centre of the stone, to the extent of a diameter of 18 in., is useless, and not to be taken into account.
Required to find the depth to which the first partner may be allowed to grind away from the stone in order to leave an equal share of the stone to the second partner.
BANK NOTE VERSE.
On the backs of bank notes one sometimes meets with strange and peculiar sentiments. “Go, poor devil, get thee gone,” is the kind of parting salutation most in favour; but the following is chiefly notable as a rare instance of the bank-note rhymester parting with his money in a Christian spirit:
Farewell, my note, and wheresoe’er ye wend, Shun gaudy scenes, and be the poor man’s friend; You’ve left a poor one—go to one as poor; And drive despair and hunger from his door.
An Irish merchant, who felt annoyed at a complaining letter he received from a customer, wrote back:—“We decline to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 15th.”