| Jefferson, O. | Majolica. |
No. 9. Enigma.
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I'm first in the alehouse and third at the dram, In midst of the breakfast, dividing the ham; I'm first in the army, second in battle, Unknown to the child, I'm found in his rattle; I'm found in all waters, but never in wells; I'm mixed up with witchcraft, but never in spells; On lassies and ladies I wait all their lives, But quit them the moment they call themselves wives; Though strange contradictions in tales may be carried, Where virtue prevails, I am found with the married; With the grave and the gay I number my days, I mix in their prayers and join in their praise; I'm never in liquor—but once in the year, Then with statesmen and gamblers and rakes I appear; I'm not in this world, I'm not in the next, But in the old saying, "between and betwixt;" I mount with the atmosphere, taking the lead; I visit the grave and am found with the dead; I'm ancient as Noah, was first in the ark; Unseen in the light, yet, I shine in the dark; I shall last with the earth, with nature and man, I was sketched with the draft and was found in the plan; When nature and earth from existence are driven, The angels will guard me eternal in heaven. |
| ——— | A Lady Reader. |
No. 10. Newark Icosahedron.
1. To rest. 2. Small pieces of artillery (Rare). 3. Fixed deeply. 4. The girdle of a Jewish priest. 5. A constellation of the zodiac. 6. A long cloak extending from head to feet, worn by women. 7. To counterfeit. 8. A genus of lamellibranchiate bivalves. 9. A state of quiet or tranquility. 10. To throw back. 11. A sixpence. 12. Restrains. 13. A cave.
| Stone, Ala. | R. E. Porter. |