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208 OUR CHIMNEY CORNER. NO. 249. —ILLUSTRATED REBUS. NO. 250.—PRIZE GEOGRAPHICAL PUZZLE. A Tragic Romance. A College in Virginia concluded to go a Falls in Missouri. The high officer of Africa was a town in Indiana. The river of Missouri was from the river in Maryland. A buggy "was ordered and soon arrived, and a Fort of Scotland assisted a river in Utah into the vehicle, he look ing a river of Utah , and she Springs of Virginia. All things prepared, they start, and soon a Moun tains of America road is traversed, and a creek of North Carolina brook meets the river. Far off to the right might be discovered a Mountain of Vermont meadow. In an adjoining P. 0. of Harris county , Georgia , in a toicn of Sussex, England , is seen an island of the Eastern Coast , Virginia, and a toicn in Isle of Wight. The horse, traveling at a rapid pace, came suddenly upon a small lake of Canada that was chasing a river of lowa on the fence.' This started the horse, and by a town of New Jersey turn, the pair in the buggy were thrown in the lake of New York. The lady, who was a devout Catholic, called on a county in Mary land to river in South Germany her. Luckily, u nobody hurt,” their destination is soon reached, and they proceed to a river in Minnesota. Their labors are rewarded by three lakes in British Am erica. Just then they break a creek near Mont gomery, Alabama, and conclude to stop their sport. They hear voices, and are surprised to find a number of friends near by. A lunch is pro posed, and a sea of Europe, w'ho was with the other party, soon prepared a repast. The party now consisted of five ladies : a river in Utah , an harbor in Florida, a cape of North America, an island of Florida, and a town in France. The town in Austria portion of the party was a city in Canada, a Fort of Scotland, and two counties of Maryland. In the lunch basket they found a har bor of coast,New Jersey , a baked river of Oregon, and other substantial. For condiments they found a lake of Utah, and a town of Guiana as desert, an isle of Lake Superior made of a river of Arkansas. Wines were plentiful; there was a river of Prussia, a town in France, and an island West Coast Africa and yet some of the young men preferred an island of West Coast Scotland, a bottle of which was hidden under a bush near by. Repast being ended, the cape of North Am erica individual put the basket away. The weath- BURKE’S WEEKLY. er becomes suddenly a country of South America, and the party start homewards. Our hero took from under his buggy seat a point of South Caro lina, and threw it around his fair companion. Most young people would have thought this an land coast South Carolina, but our hero was al ways prudent, and knew it was best. Alter hav ing attended to her point in East 1 irginia , he lit his river in South Carolina. The wind now was blowing tremendously, and a spark blew into his city of 1 ranee and began to town oj Switzerland him. The day became more swamp in Virginia, our heroine lost her town of Italy, and, thus ex posed, being caught in a shower, she caught a se vere harbor of Virginia. It terminated in con sumption. Her escort still entertains an inlet of North Carolina feeling for her; but his hopes are vain. Her physicians declare her not an island of New York for this world. Although a very lurge lake of United States girl, and very devout, she feared death. A priest was sent for, and soon showed her that the last cape of Newfoundland of hope was not gone. She soon exclaimed a river of England had been shown her. Tis well, for soon we see her cape of Canada East and the river of Utah cord is loosed, and her spirit is waft ed to Heaven, where ail is a town of New Hamp shire and happiness. We follow to the grave her body, and while we see it put into the cold, damp county of Indiana, and see a lake of Canada bowing over her grave, we try not to mourn, for it is mountains of Texas joy to think that now her voice chimes in the isle of Lake Superior chorus in a better land ; and that there we may join her, where, after a happy county of North Carolina, there will be no creek New Jersey us again. Nellie V. Columbus, Ga. jggY" We will give a copy of the Weekly for one year, or any book in our list worth $2, to the first one sending us a correct answer of the above. NO. 251. — REBUS. NO. 252. — ARITHMETICAL PUZZLE. Place the nine digits in a quadrangular form, so that when added in lines of three figures each, from top to bottom, from right to left, and from corner to corner, they will each sum up just fif teen. J. E. W. Answers to Puzzles, etc., in No. 24. No. 230—Doctor Long expects Dr. Short to ex plain the misunderstanding between them. No. 231—Alexander Hamilton Stephens. No. 232 A goose quill. No. 233—Ass-ass-i-nation. No. 234—1. Dickens, Howitt, Burns; 2. Mustily, (must I lie); 3. Because it is all net profit; 4. Accuracy, (a curacy); 5. Because they are eaves droppers ; 6. Because his designs are generally bad. No. 235 —Thronateeska, (the Indian name for Flint river.) No. 236—United we stand, di vided we fall. No. 236—Lancet, lance. No. 237 —Expounded (X pounded.) No. 238—Semi-cir cle. No. 239—X.S (excess; D K (decay.) No. 240—Wel-kin. Correct Answers Have been sent in by Ernest A. C., Pleasant A. S., John D., B. TANARUS., and Walter H. P. 1 8 6 8! —— ♦ THE SOUTHERN FAVORITE! HI’S WEEKLY FI is Ml GIBES! 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