Answers to our Puzzles.

One of our correspondents has been so kind as to offer an answer to the puzzle of 28 letters in our last number, as follows:

The first, instead of a French villa,
I find to be the town Manilla.
The second, of presaging ill,
Is that detested scroll, Rent Bill.
The third a Cab, and by my hat,
The fourth is nothing but a Cat.
With Yankee privilege, I’ll try
To guess the fifth; a grain of Rye!
Sixthly, we find that people will
Poor master William, nickname Bill.
And seventh, all blessings were in vain,
Should heaven withhold her showers of Rain.
The eighth discloses man’s worst lot,
A self-degraded, loathsome Sot.
The ninth as bright in color glows,
As Sharon’s richest, sweetest Rose.
The tenth, if I have not forgotten,
Is that important product, Cotton.
The whole, that school of information,
Mercantile Library Association.

Another correspondent sends us the following:

Mr. Editor:—Our little circle gathered about the table to guess out the conundrums in Merry’s Museum; and the result of our united investigations I send you.

That Man begins with M, no one, indeed, can doubt;

A hard Sum is a task, as many school-boys have found out.

A welcome winning sure, is Yes to all who favors seek,

And human creatures often Err, for they are frail and weak.

The Muse is often drawn with beauteous face divine,

And like a goddess do her form, her face, and features shine.

With Mr. Merry we shall soon be pretty well acquainted,

And his Museum pleases us, with covers yellow painted.

Manilla, a town in East Indies is found,

The Rent-bill, to some, maketh sorrow abound.

A Cab is a vehicle, greatly in use,

And a Cat is of value, where rats are profuse.

The Rye, when well ripened, is useful for food,

But Bill, for a nickname, I think is not good.

That Rain is a blessing, sure no one will doubt,

And a Sot’s to be pitied, whether in doors, or out.

The Rose is a flower admired by all,

And Cotton, I think, without commerce, would fall.

Have I found out the puzzle? Surely ’tis great vexation,

To make rhyme with Mercantile Library Association.

Lancaster, Jan. 5, 1842.

We cannot refuse a place to the following, for it is both short and sweet:

The answers to the puzzles in your magazine, are “Merry’s Museum,” and “Mercantile Library Association.”

Yours,

A Black-eyed Friend.