30. Why are camel’s hair shawls in this country like a stone deaf person?
31. In what way would you ask a Doctor of Divinity to play on a violin, in the shortest possible way?
32. Why is an odd walker easiest recognized at his own door?
33. Why is the gray hair of a person who has had many trials like a plated spoon?
34. Why is a sword like lager beer?
ENIGMAS, CHARADES AND RIDDLES.
| 1. | My first is a common London cry,
My next an insect; now try
To guess my whole; a clue I’ll give, though slight,
It oft emits my first, a glorious sight. |
| 2. | We are twin brothers, and in vain,
We never meet but to complain. |
| 3. | My first implies to be able,
My second is a Christian name which may be read both ways,
My whole is in North America. |
| 4. | My first may be seen, and my second be heard;
My whole is the name of a sweet-singing bird. |
| 5. | By me men often upward go,
Behead—a reptile it will show. |
| 6. | A word of four letters I pray you to take;
If that word you follow, ’twill sure make you ache;
Just alter that word, and squeeze out one letter;
Then follow that word, and ’twill soon make you better. |
| 7. | My first in every shop is seen,
My next affords us light;
My total you will see, I ween,
When you’ve bade friends good-night. |
| 8. | My first sounds much like something true,
My second sounds much like a lie;
But what is spoken like my whole,
Let no one venture to deny. |
| 9. | To a word of consent add one half of a fright,
Next subjoin what you never behold in the night;
These rightly connected, you’ll quickly obtain
What millions have seen, but will ne’er see again. |
| 10. | Found long ago, yet made to-day,
Employed while others sleep;
What few would wish to give away,
And none would wish to keep. |
| 11. | Two hundred men and women sitting,
Talking, reading, sleeping, knitting;
Boston, Lynn, Salem, Andover,
In, out, under, over;
Tugging, hugging, dreaming, screaming,
Rain, or snow, or sunshine beaming;
Buzz and stir, smoke and hissing,
Often ends with hearty kissing. |
| 12. | My first is to hard-working horses oft spoken;
My second, of sudden surprise is a token;
My third is a place we shall do well to shun;
My fourth is a river, which in Scotland doth run;
My half is an order to quit, you will find;
My whole is an idol set up by mankind. |
| 13. | In every hedge my second is,
As well as every tree;
And when poor school-boys act amiss,
It often is their fee.
My first, likewise, is always wicked,
Yet ne’er committed sin;
My total for my first is fitted,
Composed of brass or tin. |
| 14. | My first is a part of the day,
My second at feasts overflows;
In the cottage my whole is oft seen,
To measure old Time as he goes. |
| 15. | If you a musical instrument behead,
A sweeter-toned one will remain behind. |
| 16. | A shining wit pronounced of late
That every acting magistrate
Is water, in a freezing state. |
| 17. | In spring, I am gay in my attire;
In summer, I wear more clothing than in spring;
In winter, I am naked. |
| 18. | A word of three syllables, seek till you find,
That has in it the twenty-six letters combined. |
19. A lady in prison received an animal, as a present from her niece, which signified to her, “Make your escape.” In reply, she sent back a fruit, which imported, “It is impossible to escape.” What was the animal? and what was the fruit?
20. In Sir Walter Scott’s celebrated poem, “Marmion,” are the following lines:—
