NEW RIDDLES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1486, 8 May 1880, Page 20

NEW RIDDLES.

1281. CnARA.BG.— By Laertes, Teaneraki :—

I'm known in the world many along year And yet of grim death 1 have not the least fear. I dwell with the peasant, the lord, and the dean, And oft they emp.oy me their ends to attain. I'm ligbt and I'm heavy, I'm great and 1 m small, I'm courted by some, but some more 1 appal. From dime unto clime, through the world I roam, And yet in most placea I'm always at home ; I'm always in badness, but never was known To tarry one moment iv goodness alone. Through the whole wor.d I'm sure to be fouua, But 'tis only in cities I most do abound. By some I'm denounced in words strong and loud, While others caress me, and of me feel proud. In secret I'm fondled by many, I own, Although in broad daylight tney do me disown. Theio is no man or womau but doth me possess, And often of me they aro tired,[l confess. Jsear riddlera, you'll find what I say to be true, And so for the present I bid you adieu. 1262. Provbrbs.— By GAP, luvercargill :—

S-n to do a m-n a-t. S-e w-1 a-d s-d w-1. p_ n is t- c t— i of t— e. Wo t-c is a w— l l— e is a w _y. H_ r p-t o— f t— l fc-w w— t y— uc— ndo t-y. 1263. Diamond Puzzls.— By WH, Gore :—

1, A consonant ; 2, persevere ; 3, a river in France ; 4, same as down centre ; 5, a city in Palestine that was burned ;6, a bar or staff ; 7, a consonant. Centre is the name ot a Btation not many miles from Gore. 1264. Decapitation.— By Hook, Waimate :—

Whole, lam a woman's name ; behead me, and 1 am still tho same ; curtail me, and 1 am a measure ; rehead me, and I am a place of torment. 1265. Charadb.— By M" Ros3, Tapanui :—

Long bbfare Tommy Dick his ponfoley obtained, be JAbers 1 moind it quoite wel», ould Sir Geordie shuprame in the Mininthry reigned, as history can aieily tell. And Geordie an' Sheehau, an' &ome ay the rest, disloiked alltbe squatters, och hone ; so they levied my whole— bad luck to the pest- to pay for another big lean. And all ay »ur first was seconded then, tho' it made the big land owners frown ; for, be jabera, who thought elch intilllgent men, the loike3 ay my whole would bring down. 1?66. SQ.&ARK; Woan.— By Wakatip Miner :—

A lady's name take for my first ; when the sun ejects thu greatest haat ; a word must always be complete ; my fourth 1b my first reversed. 1267. Ouarabk —By W T C, Tokomairiro ;—

My firm is in home, but not in house ; my second ia in motite, but not in mice ; my thiid is in Rusaia, but not in Spain ; my fourth ia in rain, but not in rest ; my fifth is iv mount, but not in main ; my sixth is in uay, but not in day ; my seventh fa n firbt, but not in foremost; my eighth is in stake, but doc ia drake; my niuth is in wine, and also in crime ; my tenta is in briar, but not i < bush ;^my eleventh »nd last is bay, but not brown; and my.waole is a well-known mount in Otago. 1263. Diamond Puzzlis.— By /William MB, Invercargill :- 1, A vowel ; 2, a kind of tree ; 3, moral ; 4, a pair ; 5, my whole ; 6, geneial ■ 7, compmiuns ; 8, an extinct bud ; 9, a consonant. My whole ia tt.e name ot a towu iv Canterbury. 1269. COARADB.— By Xantlppe, Crookston :— My flrtt >t/U'i( find to be a grain ; my second's also pood to eat ; when I have done mj whole I'm fein— l hava peifuimed a font. 1270. 'Jbansposixion.— By Nell find May, Greenvale: — O how balsl lfgttyh yas hatt male j Hi tuougni tuD na pmeyt. mane i tieuw mayem gf hot gmitby dade j Ot reaih nurw lipiigma 1 tigialw yea Ket ghnbset sary fo reechgin desh llatt pinto ot malityormi, Annajo Allleab. 1271. CHAEABB.— By Albert E Hardy, Oamaru :— | My firnt is an tqual; my second is less than an , equal; my wtole had no equal. 1272. Chabadb —By Winton Wag :— i Afy fiist is part of a house ; my second is a cud ; my tniid is a city ; my whole Ut, town in Southland. 1273. Ciiaradh.— By William Orsen, T&p&nui :— Yesterday a man stole my purse ; I followed him wiih all my speed— crying aloud as e'er I could, first the thitf ; bub he took no heed. At times my second is dressed up ia fantastic clothes— md, like a peacock, Struts about af<er my ladj'd heels in the munth of iUay. When there is a great "whole"inariverduiing a mighty flood, aud thu water gets much backed up, then tiiero is loss of life aud bluod. 1274. Square Word —By Delight, .Oamaru :—

J, Something white; 2, a lady's name; 3, not written ; 4, a partition. 1275. Charade.— By M. Malcolm, Windsor Downs :—

1, A child's term for mother ; 2, a pronoun ; 3, an adverb. My whole a township in utago. 1276. Tbansposition.- By C J S, Crookston:— Ddoula Cd*ri nac lilt dan gins, Bllthyie wetid liet Hilghdua ginlf ; Drink Hit hto iraugdeu eb lmdb, Fietho Htl teh gudwfeet ci kiud ; tfopo a glenil, louct a anp, Or crcka a wop iw' noy num. TtOEC. 1277. Cuaradb. — By Vie, Oatnaru : — My first is a very dull colour I ween ; my next is a vowel, and here may be seen; my third is a noise, and hear it you may, as children from school are sent forth to play ,• (my whoie ia a town, and in it you'll find the last and me prettiest of womankind.