THE RIDDLER.

Otago Witness, Issue 1854, 3 June 1887, Page 27

THE RIDDLER.

„ ..,.„ „ New Kiddles. .<,&*-*, 4415. SpßlPTUßi.lj:DjoXraj,BvAoßOßTlO.— By'AdrlAna:; .;■ „, r .Two wom9nv.pachin^is6rent;lands. „- . ■-•• ■!Th;e-flrßt,pf,royalrace,r,,,rN , , *.- ■• -Thftßecon'dgiven'byklo'glylMnd, ' . ' .' ■> ' ■ -^o on« Ifi foreign ■v:" • • ' ' (1) Here, wfien many guests -were brought, . * ' ■.V, Was a noted wonder wrought. ' (2)" What waS a'ydufeh sent forth to seek P " That made him. to & prophet' tpeak.; (3) Just and upright man, of early fame; . ', In the Gospels thus is given his name. < ..- (4) Who, by presumption, did the Lord offend f And perished by a. miserable end..' (5) A captain of the Syrian host, • . . ■ •To seek for healing : camß ; t , And while he Bcornfully"did boast, ' He spoke this river's name.' " • (6) When the Philistines sent the ark away, • . Give the name of that whereon it lay. !*! * ' (7) A man'driveri from home by famine's dreka ' . ' hand, i - >! - J ' . • • *i > •m •' ' ' .. Who afterwards;died in the foreign land, w t 4416.* SQUABEi-^-By Bomariy^Bye,- Musselburgh ;— *.<- . 'If A space 'of ' time which' presents a very different ■- climatic »l aspect in the .colonies to what it] does in - the Old Country, where, we second to hail it with. ' daylight. ' 3, 'A' rioted fiddler who' lived when fourth, ' a- land whose name means 'red, earthy, or of blood: ' " was of very much greater importance than- It hat ; present, i '„,", \t' r '■ • • ,-< i -" v ; 4417. .OhAiud^— By^pbert Kidd.^Vyndham {— lsi, A BUjcJkf'^nd.f truth ; 3rd,; to agree V whole, j ' " priiriarily." ,"-""' ' *'"" ,J, J s ( , ' 4418. oHAßiO)K.— Selected b'yiThersites. Oamaru s— '. 'My firat gives' title' to a* book'.. V' " *." ■ ' 'Tis forum's name that ypu must 'look; '- Myitfext's'a letter ,; iiquia sound ; ". • ■. r t S My t fchlrdis something underground ;, ' , ' My, whole's a pretty' flowering plant : . . ," - • Yourig friends; frloin you itsnamel.want; •-\. .4419. Double Acrostic.- Selected by Mignonette, • -''-\ ■'" -•.'"-■•■ '■' ■■ I,' Aprovlnce' of Brifcieh' America ; 2, an English' • ' -port;; 3, -a Portuguese Seaport; 4, a large town in ~ •the midland counties; 5,; a French river.., Myjni- ., . ,tials and 'finals read' downwards will give a French "" ' town, and the river on which' it standi, ; . ' " ',■* - '4420. Two Oharadbs., — ' Seleoted by ' Ooionille, ■ •<- "Wakarl:- '' I.— My first is to sieal from another. •' i ' ■• 1 My^econd is aiprepo'aitlon. •„ ■> t , ,< My ..whole Is a bird. ,„. , „. . " • 2. — My first is a pronoun. ' ■. .; y >. I My second is an ornament. , , . My whole is a fish. , ' ■• ' Answers to Riddles published May 20, 4406.' Doublk ACBOSTtO : 4407.' BEHaiDIKCf, &o. :— ' o !4w n " Preston, nestor, 'stone, >•*'.... tone, one, onj no. v . . O. 'BBT. T 4408. OHABiDB:-' ' ' _'E zr A Eagarauffin. ' A DBIATI OSO S 4409. NUMBKRKD OHA1 NJOBT H ' 'x' "BAPKS— Jt . • 1 • ' • Pooket Handkerchief . .< 4410. TBANSPosnioir.— By -Eliza, Orookstun s— ' \ ■ THJB ATTSTBAXIAKiBOT. '<" ' * • : - I longed to see the wide wide world ; Of which myfather talked, , , For other lands had been his home, In other climes he'd walked. J --" He'd strayed, amongst their stprey.'d street!, He'd' knbw'ri cheii 1 busy throng t ' - '• • My boyish heart was all aglow. • . )•:.»' i .To be those scenes among. . ■> Correct Answers* •:- A.Kidd;Wvndham,,44oß;9, lo.- <'-.-,' • - . Thos. Weir,Waikoikoi,,44lo. ', , . . . -t Thersites, Oamaru,* 44o7, 9ilO. .