148. A raised floor and a letter of the alphabet.
149. An article made by farmers, and an article made by mechanics.
150. An animal, and what he possesses, unless he has been very unfortunate.
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152. My second will be better as my first, if careful and energetic as my whole.
153. Why is a drummer the greatest person of the times?
154. When is a sewing-machine a very great comfort?
155. My first is a preposition; my second an animal; my third, in Saxon, means a meadow; my whole we all should be.
156. Three men—A, B, and C—traveling with their wives, come to a river which they must cross. The only boat they can have will carry but two persons at once. How can they all get to the opposite side, no lady being left without her husband in company with the other gentlemen?