NEW RIDDLES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 11 March 1882, Page 24

NEW RIDDLES.

(During the Prize Competition all Riddles must be original.) 2655. Lbtibbbd Acrostics.— By Adonitis, Dunedin : Fust : 1, An African ; 2, a vase ; 3, anger ; 4, tender ; 5, exortmity ; 6, a beautiful red colour ; 7, equable Second : 1, ToSinquire ; 2, drunkards ; 8, cunning ; 4, fit ; 5, melancholy ; 6, a writing fluid ; 7, catmint. Third : 1, A chrysalis ; 2, c'razlneßs ; 8, a large bird ; 4, prepared ; 5, to freeze ; 6, catnip ; 7, a poitcrlpt. Theseformthreeacrostics in the shapeof three Roman letters which toim a word which means the antitheton of truth. The initials of Acrostic I give the name of a wretch who has lately been very prominently before the people of 111 in the role of JI (phonetic). 2656. Ouaradk.— By H Brazier, Alexandra South :— I'm lUsed all over the world,' here as well as at home,— You may take me up in your hand, for at first I am only a atone.— Transposed I am a nioe little walk,— l afford ypu time for f riindly Ulk.— l'm , used te burn dry," change 'tis true,— The very naturq,of things for you.— l'll calcine your bones if you'll— Transpose me, I join you every day.— Now, my'riddler friendt of solving fame, -Just give me & glauce and tell my name. 2667. Hiddkn Nbw Zealand Mima Towns.— By H Marchbrook, Alexandra South :— 1, Late in the day the worthy Dane visited the camp; 2, the fright made Lionel' yell furiously; 8, sitting on a bale of, oakum, Arabella wntoh/d the receding shore. 2668- Charadb.— By W Don, Warepa :— A verb in the present and one in the past,— Will certainly give you myfltat and my last; -And now the vero to place insert between these two,— My whole —a verb which tells what surgeons often do. 2659. Charadh.— By Jeisie and Aleck, Pukerau:— Leave my flr»t alone, lad,— Leave my first alone ;— Or you may feel my second,— Play rap on your shoulder bone.— Leave my first alone,— Leave it alone, d'ye hear,— lf you dinna stop that unmusical row you'll burßt the first o' my ear.— •Praotlce makes perfect,' io sage* say, an' they're a knowing kind o' men,— But till you can wield my whole wi' a grace,— Keep out o' my reach, you ken. 2660. Bkvbrsion.— By Albert Johnstone, Mataura :— An apartment in a house reverse,— And you will qaiokly find,— That a native of Morocco— lt will bring to mind. 2661. Ohabadb.— By A G Nicol, Greymouth :— Both fair and stern sexes take care,— That their first tbecomes them well.— The maid whoie first is made with taite,— ls cocsidered quite, a belle.— ln all seconds It has been, the rule— For people some first to show,— Still very' little of first .you'll see— ln places where civilisation is low.— —The whole you Would n6t like to sue,— Lyinsr on your parlour floor,— 'Tis food for pigi, without a doubt,— l requiie to write no more. 8662. OHABADB.-By 0 G H, Blackslone Hill :- 1, A curse; 2, half of dire; 3, a bird.— Whole * mammal. 2668. Triplm.— By Fitz Barry, Kurl Bush :— 1, What you must do to a calfskin before you make boots of it ; 2, the hour at which a number of our farmers lock thelr[doors ; 8, a metal of which milk-dishes are sometimes made ; 4, one hundred and sixty stone ; 5, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight pints of pale ale.— Centrals show five letters that we csuld not do without. Each word «1 the answer coatains three letters. , - . 2664. Charadb —By John Whyte, Oamaru ;— My. fltit is an envelope:, second transposed, decoyed. Whole to parboil. ' L ' ' ' 2665. Chakadh.— By Alex Kidd, Wyndham:— ft Whole, a brunch of the Legislature; beheaded, a river in England. , ■ , 2666.' Ghababb.— By Albert E Hardy, Oamaru :— My first Is a body, ; my second Is an ' open ipace.— My whole is a place tor dead bodies. 2667. Chabadb.— By Nlbil Nameless, Wyndham ;— : ' Mr Editor, firo^ I would fain a charade write,— But tft-night my fancy is not second ;— 'Tis plunged in % lethargic ileep,— And oh, it will not, be awakened.— Twasnot thus i« idaye gone by,— When I o'er loch third's brebnt did roam,— That l«oh in • Caledonia,— That land where is my borne.— Now my future suemeth very fourth,— Twill not be bright or gay,— For I pine for the land far o'er the eea— Where flntl saw the day. —But I'll' not think fifth of Jfc now,— Biit read, the works, ol wholb,-Who waß ari^Bngliah poet,— Who bad an ardent soul. ' ' ' 2668. Transposition.— By Mignonette, Oaveriham :— ' Ni ce»pe vole nutos net pehsredh'* dere ; Ni awr, eh toumns het arriwsa'r teßed ; , Ni allhs, ni »gy nttea el caen ; Ni maleht*, oandes no eht regne, Elvo lures eht rrou t, het macp' hot rogve Nda nem welob sad saiatß bovea, Bof elev si reanfih-nad eanveh si Ivoe.— Tocit. 2660. Cuaradb.— By Christina G, Walkaka:— . iAt an auction mart a second auctioneer effected the first of some goods which were my whole. 2670. Chababb.— By B Blunt, Gore:My first Is a river in Europe; my second a little word ' often used by friends on taking leave of each other ; my third two-thirds of a sma 1 member of the body.— My whole a vegetable. 2671 Charadb.— By Excelsior, Queenstown :— , My first is affection ; my second a biped.— Whole a native' pf Australia. 2672, Ekop Lbitbr Puzzmb— By J Davidson, K»lhiku :— •h- -r-a-h o- s-e -o-n-n- i- s-e-t ; T-e -a-t- -s -o-p-n-1-d -it- -1-m-r- ; -n- b-d- i- -o-t.-l-s- T-a-a-e -pet- -t -h- t-u-h o- -he -h-w-r-.