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@ur Chimney Corner.
ko. 325. —logogriphs.
1. Behead an embankment in Holland and
leave a nickname.
2. Behead a part of Great Britain and leave
liquors. 1
3. Behead a boy’s name and leave a vessel.
NO. 326. — BURIED CITIES.*
1. A tun is four hogsheads.
2. Give the baby a nap lest he be cross.
3. Some think Fremont really tried to do
right.
NO. 327.— CONUNDRUMS.
1. Where would "you look*for a coarse race
of men ?
2. Why is matrimony like a landed estate ?
3. Why are deaf people like India'shawls ?
4. What is the beginning and ending of a
chicken’s life?
5. To what extent may boys be considered
men ?
NO. 328. — WORD PUZZLES.
1. A word of five letters ; take away two of
them and ten will'remain.
2. A word of five letters; take away two
and six will remain.
3. W T hat letter has never been used but
twice in America ?
4. Spell the fate of all things with but two
letters.
NO. 829. —LOST ANIMALS.
1. I came last night.
2. I can’t elope, Edward.
3. Do get me that book.
4. Connecticut is one of the New England
States.
5. An Arab bit my hand.
6. The Catskill Mountains are in New
York State.
7. The stage has stopped.
8. He. gave us a penny each.
NO. 330. — ENIGMA.
I am composed of 12 letters:
My 4,12. 6is used in making soap.
My 3,9, 7,7, 5,6 is of the feminine gender.
My 1, 9,11 is something to be'dreaded.
My 3,2, 6is a falsehood.
My 7,5, 4, 3,12 is foolish.
My 8, 9,12 is a body of water.
My 10, 9,2, 7,6 is to lift.
My whole is the name of a little boy in
Mississippi.
NO.' 331. — CONCEALED RIVERS.
1. Will you lend me'your almanac?
2. Did Eugene see the man ?
3. The only clew is lost.
4. When near those who are ill, I noiseless
ly tread.
5. I don’t suppose you think there are deft
ly hidden'in’this sentence'thrce large rivers.
6. I call that’fellow a’bashful man.
7. John made Ira mad.
8. That boy will'tag us.
9. A better horse'l never saw.
10. Is Ellen a pretty girl ?,
NO. 332.— LOGOGUIPH.
Whole, lam a tree; prefix a consonant and
lam what all desire; substitute another and
I am impulsive'; another and I purify; an
other and I am part of .a window; another
and lam eaten for.breakfast; another and I
am a terror to evil-doers; another and I am
the name of a celebrated beau ;'another and
lam used by the printers; another and lam
a bruise; another and lam a wound.
BURKE’S WEEKLY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Answers to Puzzles, etc., in No, 41,
April 9, 1870.
276 Ho-hen-lin-den; 2. J-a-p-on-i-e-a’
3. Mag-no-li-a; 4, Dan-de-lion-tea.
277 The number B—for cut midway in
twain,
Two littlenaughts, and nothing else,
remain.
2. Ho offers a horn to every one he meets; 3.
One is a belle on a throne, the other Is-a-bel
off; 4. Because it once had a sole on, (Solon);
5. When she pulled his cars and trod on his
corn.
278 — Anseuicr platina.
279 1. Dresden; 2. Salem; 3. Taunton;
4. Hartford; 5. London; 6. Madrid; 7. Buf
falo; 8. Galveston; 9. Raleigh.
280— Madeira; 2. Niphon; 3. Candia;
4. Cuba; 5. Hayti.
281— One longs to cat and the other cats
too long; 2. Go late to church; 3. The more
it is coaled the hotter it gets; 4. They will
hook their dresses; 5. They are liable to be
tolled (told); 6. It borders on the United
States; 7. Because anybody can catch cold:
8. When he does well with his stick; 9. Po
lice; 10. When it breaks (brakes) up.
There were 34 puzzles, etc., in No. 41. For
the first prize, the following have sent cor
rect answers corresponding with the num
bers before their names:
26. C. M. Wheeler.
25. John T. Pittman, George Martin.
23. Ella Holmes.
22. Theodosia Ryder, Mary H. McArthur.
14. Henry B- Zimmerman.
For the second prize, correct answers have
been received as follows :
22. Victoria Ryder.
20. Charlie F. Patten.
For the third prize, the following have sent
in correct answers:
23. Mattie Wcs. Lipford.
*.«>•
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able to use, because they contain no signa
tures. When will correspondents learn to
put their names on every separate slip of
paper they send us?
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