CHARADE.
284. If you a journey ever take,
No matter when or where,
My first you’ll always have to pay,
Before you can get there.
My second you will seldom see,
If London through you go;
But still ’tis what I hope you are;
Few better things I know.
I say my whole till next we meet,
When well-known names I hope to greet.
285.
I am composed of 9 letters:
My 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 has done more damage than my 6, 7, 8, 9.
My whole is, at present, deplorable.
286.
To remove the shears from the ring—the end of the string being firmly fastened to a nail in the wall, or some other object, which can not be put through the handles of the shears. (Easily performed, when you know how.)
287. Entire, I am an insect; behead, and I am a reptile; curtail, and I am a conjunction; curtail again, and I am an article.
288.
In northern regions cold and wild,
My first you see, a mountain child,
In grandeur rise from its bed of snow,
And smile on the iron-bound coast below.
My second is loved by the school-boy bright,
With his rosy cheek and eye of light,
And to gain it oft he will truant play,
And leave master and lessons far away.
In sunny lands, where the fire-flies glow,
And fragrant breezes softly blow,
My whole you may find so fresh and fair,
And who would not wish in that treat to share?
289. Express with four letters a sentence containing four words and fourteen letters.
290. Transpose a dependent into a large party.
291.
I’m found in every mountain,
In every running vale,
Though never in the breezes found,
I’m found in every gale.
You’ll find me in the dark,
But never in the light;
You’ll always find me in the day,
But never in the night.
About your form, dear little one,
You’ll vainly look for me,
And yet in head, and hand, and arm
I’m always sure to be.
I’m not in nose, or eye, or lips,
Yet I’m in every feature,
In boys and girls I’m never found,
Yet I’m in every creature.
I’m found in Merry’s Magazine—
In Uncle Merry’s face;
And everywhere Aunt Sue appears,
I claim an honest place.
292. Behead a noun and leave a piece of furniture; behead again and transpose, and you will find a character spoken of in the Bible; curtail me and leave the nickname of a distinguished person.
293. Transpose some animals into part of an implement.
294. Transpose something bright into bulky.
295. Transpose a measure into a carriage.
296. Transpose a prop into a source of amusement.
297. Transpose a sudden roll into a clown.
298. Transpose what a bear might give a cat into what the cat would consider it.