A GOOD OLD PUZZLE
These dogs are dead, we all should say;
Give them four strokes, they run away!
A MEAL OF ANAGRAMS
| Mute hen. | |
| Your posset. | Try our steak. |
| One solid lamb. | Steamed or tossed. |
| Mince sole. | |
This is solved thus:—
| The Menu. | |
| Oyster soup. | Roast turkey. |
| Boiled salmon. | Dressed tomatoes. |
| Lemon ices. | |
Each corresponding sentence is a perfect anagram.
Earl of Beaconsfield is spelt with the same letters as the sentence “O able dealer in scoff!”
If a lion with an ear for music were to hear the sound of an “oratorio,” he might say, as an answer by anagram, I roar too!