Our Epigram.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 36, 10 August 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)

Our Epigram.

A short poem, or sentence descriptive of one person or subject, or containing one thought or idea, ending with an ingenious point, or witty sting. On "Adversity." Capital—E.P.C. Drink's chum, often seen together. —" Touchstone." The lowest rung in Life's ladder. —"Bridget." A cleansing fire.—" Molly." Pulling against the steam. —" Don." £ s. d. non esl.—" Kate." Down in the uppers. —" Tyrwhitt." A tug of war.—" Ohiro." What we all try to avoid, but which overtakes the best of us at times. —"Leidfin." The refining furnace of character. —" Verax." The great teacher of philosophy. — —" Miss Q." A friend in disguise. —" Conviva." A sudden drop from door to door, or begging bread from door to door. —"PukaW." A stumbling block to success. , —" Checkmate." No. 1889—Three Riddles. Selected by "Alice." No. I. —What was the proverb King Lear heard from his two daughters ? No. 2. —When is a concert singer silent ? No. 3. —How can you find the exaot weight of a fish P No. 1890—Bjddlb. By "J.R.C." What would a hungry sailor greatly appreciate when at sea in a raging storm ? No. 1891 —Numekical Puzzle. By "Britannia." Good—E.P.O. (3 Marks for this.) A couplet of 81 letters from an English poet, descriptive of a May morning. Lights. My 5, 9, lfi, 52, 8, 18, 69, 2, 7, is the poet's name; my 11, 41, 20, 45, 17, 40, 22, 53, 73, 33, 77, 61, 64, 4, 6, is the school in which he was eduoated; he was imprisoned two years for a remark reflecting on the 77, 37, 15, 13, 61, 25, 60, 14, 52,12, 16, 63, published in a political paser; he 26, 3, 19, 27, 31, 34, 58, his prison rooms until they were said to look like a 59, 30, 51, 20, 24, palace; the walls were papered with a 66, 60, 38, 44, 67, 45, 43, of 20, 76, 72, 42, 10, and the ceiling was painted to imitate 43, 46, 81, and 61, 80, 76, 74, 32, 10; he had joined to the prison a pretty 70, 35, 27, 58, 47, 79, with flowen and 76, 50, 55, 57, 72 ; among the flowers were the finest of 64, 62, 48, 20, 28, 10, 78, 65, 17, 9; he was with the poet 30, 24, 27, 19, 31, in 51, 21, 39, 6, 56; he wrote many 49, 19, 73, 23, 17, in versa and prose, among the hitter his 68, 68, 28, 19, 49, 51, 76, 70, 27, 60, 77, 71, 81; one of his works was a volume of 36, 51, 19, 70, 27, 4, 77, 29, 15, 61, 1, 6, sketches. No. 1892—Houb-Glass PnzzLK. By "Conviva." Good—E.P.C. Centrals, downwards, name a valued competitor. < Lights. 1, Quaking; 2, a plague; 3, climate; 4, a pronoun ; 6, a letter; 6, one of Spenser's heroines ; 7, part of a door; 8, a famous bishop; 9, trial. NO. 1893— CIIABADIIS By"Pukaki." Good—E.P.C. No. I.—lst, A Scotch earl; 2nd,ill; 3rd, a prefix; 4th, a vowel; whole —nice for breakfast. No. 2.—Ut, A fish; 2nd, a bird; whole— a bird. No. 3.—lst, 500 ; 2nd, a vessel; 3rd, a fish; whole—at night. No. 4. —lst, An exclamation; 2nd, a game of cards; 3rd, a suffix; whole—a kind of basket. No. s.—lst,. —Ist, A conjunction ; 2nd, a parent; 3rd, short for a girl's name ; 4th, a preposition ; sth, an element of an eleotrolyto; whole, reduction to a standard or type. No. 1894— LITEBABY AcEOtTIC. By " Conviva." Good-E.P.C. Initials of characters name a trusty competitor. Lights. 1, "O! woe is me, To have seen what I have seen, see what I ace !"; 2, "Suit the aotion to the word, and the word to the aotion"; 3, "Poor and content is rich, and rioh enough"; 4, "If the measure of thy joy be heap'd like mine " ; b, "One that loved not wisely, but too well." No. 1895—Half Souarb. By "Ohiro." Good—E.P.C. Top-line and downwards name what the Temperance people advocate. Liquts. 1, {The word ;2, a mineral; 3, unusual; 4, defence ; 5, to destroy; 6, held; 7, a plant; 8, a gamin; 9, to adorn; 10, a Latin prefix ; 11, a letter. No. 1896 —Epigrammatic Aobobtio. By " Touchstone." Initials, an anomaly: A thing both tolerated and decried by the Ministry. Lights. 1, Tell-taloism; 2, a witty sneer; 3, Ministers' bite noir; 4, what one never realises; 5, has a beard without a chin; 6, the mother of invention; 7, sister of penury and want; 8, afternoon tea talk; 9, making both ends meet. No. 1897—0r0 Epiobah. On "An Agnostic".