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Show "BILL NYE'S" ANSWERS. ... Laramie Republican: Mrs. J. H. Hayford has a mental photograph album, in which Bill Nye, in February, Febru-ary, 1879, wrote the following answers to the questions therein propounded: Your favorite color? sorrel. Flower? Wells & Nieman's. Tree? Christmas tree. , Object in nature? The trick i mule in the circus. Hour in the day? I think sunrise sun-rise is my favorite hour. Season of the year? The strawberry straw-berry and cream season. Perfume? Backed beans. Gem? Ace of dimouds. Names, of male and female? Smith. Painter? Michel Angelo and Connard. Musicians? The Bull Bros., Olo and Sitting. Piece of sculpture? Greek slave going in swimming. Poets? John Franklin Pierce. Poetesses? Sweet Singer of Michigan. Prose authors? Mark Twain and commissioner of patents. Character in romance? John Gilpin.' Gil-pin.' Character in history? G.Washington G.Wash-ington and his little hatchet. Book to take up for an hour? , My grocer's pass book. What book (not religous) would you part with last? My pocket-book. pocket-book. ..''.'. What' epoch would you choose to have lived in? The sweet. pretty pret-ty soon, .i ', Where : would you like to live? On the. top shelf. . What is your favorite amusement? amuse-ment? The dreamy waltz. What is your favorite occupation ? Dispensing justice at reduced rates. - IHiat trait of character do you most admire in man? Extreme truthfulness. ;r. What trait of character do you most admire in women? Warm feet. , : What trait of character do you most detest? Procrastination. If not your self, whom would you rather be? Yours truly. What is your idea of happiness? Short spaces between meals. JJHuat is your idea of misery? An active and ambitious corn. What is your bete noire? Don't know what a bete noire is. What is vour dream? To bo-come bo-come good instead of handsome. What is your favorite game? Fretzeput for the beer. What do you believe to be your distingushing characteristics? Truthfulness and wonderful beau-L ty. . If married, what do you believe to be the distingushing charateris-tics charateris-tics of your better half? A strong repugnance to building fires. . .What is. the sublimest passion of which human nature is capable? The passion that actuates the i maternal slipper. j TFhat are the sweetest words in the world? The words printed on candy mottoes. are . the saddest words? I Please remit, etc. What ia your aim in life? To be a groat man when I grow up. What ia your motto ? Never tell a lie. , |