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OUR CHIMNEY CORNER.
NO. 282. — ILLUSTRATED REBUS.
NO. 283. — ENIGMA.
I am composed of eleven letters
My 2,1, 11 is a kind of fish.
My 5, ?>, 8 is a title.
My 4,6, 10 is a poem.
My 7,8, 9is a house for travelers.
My whole is refreshing to weary travelers.
Senex.
no. 284. — RIDDLE.
Two paths led through the wood —
My friend and I agreed
Each one to take a different path,
And see where it would lead.
But just one letter hence remove,
The last as well as any,
Whereas the paths were only two,
Behold tney now are many.
NO. 285. — LOGOGRIPIIS.
1. Behead a gardening implement and leave a
shanty.
2. Behead a bird and leave a vessel.
3. Behead the foot and leave a fish.
4. Behead an animal and leave a grain.
5. Behead an animal and leave a part of the
head.
6. Behead an article of wearing apparel and
leave an animal.
M. Kellogg and A. Uubahn.
NO. 286. — REVERSIONS.'
1. Reverse a month of the year and leave a po
tatoe.
2. Find the name for a lady that will read the
same backwards and forwards. A. S. E.
3. Reverse a conjunction into a vessel.
4. Reverse an exclamation into another.
5. Reverse a preposition into an adverb.
6. Reverse an animal into a rush.
M. Kellogg and A. Uubahn.
NO. 287. — ANAGRAMS.
1. In a gem.
2. A cat cart.
3. Let war las.
My first is now before you ; my second is a dis
ease of the eye ; my third is what the young ladies
like to wear. Senex.
NO. 288. — SANS PIEDS.
1. Take from a beverage and leave an insect.
2. Take from a color and leave part of the head.
3. Take from part of a hat and leave a bird.
4. Take from an exclamation and leave another.
5. Take from a pronoun and leave another.
M. Kellogg and A. Urbahn.
no. 289.— ENIGMA.
I am composed of nine letters—
My 1,2, 8, sis an abbreviation of a man’s name.
My 6,4, 7is a nick-name.
My 9,7, 8,3, 6is what a great many boys think
they are.
My whole is a holiday. Senex.
BUEKE’S WEEKLY.
NO. 290. — ARITHMETICAL PUZZLE.
How can 45 be divided into four parts, so that
if you add 2 to the first part, subtract 2 from the
second part, multiply the third part by 2, and
divide the fourth part by 2, the sum of the addi
tion, the remainder of the subtraction, the pio
duct of the multiplication, and the quotient of the
division will be the same ?
NO. 291. — VERBAL SQUARES.
1. My first a number ; my second a Latin word
meaning nothing ; my third a tree.
2. My first is part of the head; my second is a
beverage ; my third is a color.
3. My first is an animal; my second is a bird ;
my third is an animal.
M. Kellogg and A. Urbahn.
no. 292. — WORD PUZZLE.
The singular of an animal is spelt with five let
ters, while the plural is spelt with only four.
no. 293.— enigma.
I am composed of twenty-nine letters
My 1, 10, 7,5, 21 and my 6,2, 22, 19 are tools
used by printers.
My 15, 11, 17, 5,7, 13, 4, 15, 11 was aPolander
of renown.
My 14, 9,3, 4 are an oppressed people.
My 23, 20, 18 is a tree.
My 28, 26, 5, 11, 24 is a nourishing and refresh
ing drink for convalescents.
My 16, 12, 8 relates to tides.
My 27, 29, 25 is used for catching fish.
My whole is the advice, to all young people, of
Senex.
NO. 294.— CONUNDRUM.
What is the difference between a lazy mule and
a postage stamp ?
Answers to Puzzles, &e., in No. 27.
No. 253 —Once upon a time a show man w ant
in G 2 M on keys row T for too on ly, (4 gett in G
2 f the TANARUS,) so it wasp r on ouneed 100, and they re T
urn and 100 Mon keys! ! f ewe r T’s and dot ewer
eyes, (once upon a time a showman wanting two
monkeys wrote for two only, forgetting to cross
the t, so it was pronounced 100, and they returned
100 monkeys; cross your t’s and dot youri’s.)
No. 254 —A Nail. No. 255 —A yard stick. No.
256 —1. Because the sooner it is put out the bet
ter ; 2. Because they can’t stand fire. No. 257 —
Chair —hair —air. No. 258 —Gaming table. No.
259 —Madison, Rutland, Monroe, Camden, Utica,
Racine, Oxford, Rome. No. 260 —1. Hat Rack ;
2. Yellow bird. No. 261 —Heroine—he—her—
hero. No. 262—Wheel —heel —eel. No. 263
Looking-glass. 264 —(Cape) Fear —ear ; 2. Dan
—an; 3. Pearl—earl. No. 265—Give up. Nos.
266 —1. Goat—oat; 2. (No answer yet received.)
No. 267 —1. Because it was used by a Penn;
2. A door bell; 3. One sells the watches and the
other watches the cells.
Correct Answers
Have been sent in by Sallie A. P., Lula S.,
Walter H. P., A. S. E., Lizzie A. P., W. A. S.—
(In your answer to No. 243 you do not give a sat
isfactory reason.)
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