Buried Towns.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 305, 24 December 1891, Page 6 (Supplement)

Buried Towns.

1. She alone hung a garland on his tomb. 2. He was ordered to wear flannels on cold days. 3. He sent a prim aster to Nellie. 4. The swelling tones of the great organ filled the cabhedral. 5. She could make a banana pie really well. 6. It was the first rafc for dinner the poor fellow had ever eaten. 7. The girls bhink Tim a rude unmannerly boy. 8. You may have the card if father permits. 9. Jane looka wan ; seat her oa a chair. 10. This hammer thy right hand has often wielded. 11. This bub a lad brought us the other day. 12. A lamb ab home ; a lion in the chase. 13. The men who cleared the debris told OS of the affair. Charade. Attractive first, whose power all hearts obey, Whebher in milder or more fierce array ; With silent eloquence thou'rt often seen, In black or blue or grey, bub never green. Degrading next, by byranbs only used, With which both beasts and slaves are oft abused. The wise and good despise my stern control ; They govern by the first each genble soul. My whole in silken rows my first befriend, And from impending ills each hour defend. Enigma. Two brobhers, wisely kepb aparb, Togebher we're employed ; Though to one purpose we are bent, Each takes a differenb side. To us no head or mouth belongs, Though plain our tongues appear ; With them we never speak a word, Without them useless are. In blood and wounds we chiefly deal, Yeb good in temper proved ; Though passion we can never feel, We're oft with anger moved. Take one hint more ; we prisoners are, And ofb confined, to boot; Can with the fleetest horso keep pace, Yet always go on foot. Conundrums. 1. Which is bhe most formal flower ? 2. What sort of cookeiy do young ladies frequently perform ? 3. If a person falls into the water at Exeber, how wet will he be ? 4. What wig cannot a barber make ? 5. Which of two children is most likely to become a fruibful bough ? 6. What kind of mechanic is a bridge ? 7. Why is jeering like the lebter D on horseback ? 8. What nation is mosb likely be succeed in a difficult enterprise ? 9. Why are bhe very sbrongesb part 3of a wall as weak as woman's hair ? 10. Why is an eagle sometimes placed in a church ? . 11. Which is the mosb sifbing question which can be asked ? 12. What animals are admitted to balls and parbies? 13. Why is a popular pefcor like an architect? 14. When is a man a parb of nsnmgtackle ? 15. What kind of ascent is a descent.' 16. On what supposition could a pockethandkerchief build a house ? 17. Whab coin doubles in value if you take half away from ib ? IS. When does a man decline his own.acquaintance?