I intend, my dear young friends, to combine instruction with amusement; and do not fear but what my expectations will be sufficiently realized.
Right well, I know, little lads and lasses, you can not fail to be delighted when I am making such efforts in your behalf; so, heartily shaking you all by the hand,
I remain,
Yours truly,
SANTA CLAUS
SOLUTIONS TO THE PUZZLES.
[1]. Mimic.
[2]. Make no friendship with an envious man.
[3]. Bees put by honey to use in winter.
[4]. Beware of small expenses, a little leak will sink a ship.
[5]. Isaiah Bebee, you are too cross, and your ideas are too empty to amuse any one; you are too epicurean to exercise your energies; nothing excuses, nothing extenuates your excesses, for you ought to be wiser.