Puzzledom.

Putaruru Press, Volume XI, Issue 252, 18 May 1933, Page 3

Puzzledom.

THE NUMBER AND PRICE. A merchant paid a farmer £l2 10s for a quantity of turkeys. He sold all but five of the birds to a retailer, making a profit of 2s 6d per head on them. The sum received from the retailer exactly paid the farmer’s bill, leaving the five birds as the merchant’s net profit. How many turkeys did the merchant buy, and at what price ? WHO IS IT? I can always he heard, yet never seen, speaking only when I’m spoken to. I have a marvellous memory, and will repeat anything you tell me, word for word. I live sometimes in large buildings, yet I never move from my accustomed place. Who am I ? RIDDLES TO GUESS. 1. At What time of day was Adam born ? | 2. What fruit tastes the sharpest? 3. Why is a motor car like a tired puppy ? 4. When is an artist like a horse ? 5. What King in English history wore the largest hat? 7. What nut always has a sore throat ? RIDDLE PUZZLES. Here are six riddles and their answers, but they are mixed up. Can you find the right answers ? Q. —When is a door not a door ? A.—Because it saw the bullrush. Q. —Which is the best way to make a fire work ? A.—Fault. Q. —What tree won’t mind its own business ? A.—The meddler (medlar). Q. —Why did the cow slip ? A.—Because its tail comes out of its head. Q. —Why is an author a queer creature ? A.—The spur of the moment. Q. —What do you use to make time go faster ? A.—Blow it with bellows.

DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE. Tell father that you are going to prove that he is not here. “ How can you ? ” he will probably say. “ i am here.” Then you say, “ You are not in Russia, are you? ” “ No.” “ And you are not in India ? ” “ No.” “ Then you are somewhere else, aren’t you ? ” “ Of course I am.”

“ Well, then,” you say, “If you are somewhere else you are not here.”

ANSWERS. The Number and Price.—The merchant bought 25 birds at 10s each and sold 20 of them at 12s 6d. Who is It?—Echo. RIDDLES GUESSED. 1. A little before Eve. 2. The prickly pear. 3. Because it’s tired (tyred) too. 4. When he is drawing a cart. 5. The one with the largest head. 6. The “ hoarse ” chestnut. ADVENTURE. I should like to fly away To far lands where night is day; Take a ship right out of reach And land on buccaneering beach; Crusoe islands in the sun, Parrot trees and fishing fun, All along the Spanish Main, Coconuts that fall like rain; Crocodiles that blink and stare, Humming birds that paint the air; And among the shining pearls, Little nigger boys and girls. All the things one cannot get In the nursery when it’s wet. Now I think I’ll send my wishes Speeding off like flying fishes. TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW. If you have gracious words to say, O give them to our hearts to-day; But if your words will give us sorrow Pray keep them to the last tomorrow. —Burton. DO NOT BE TROUBLED. Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where he made one tree. The earth is fringed and carpeted not with forests but with grasses. Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities and you need not mourn because you are neither a saint nor hero. —H. Ward Beecher. THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE. Teacher (teaching alphabet): What comes after “O?” Class (in chorus): “Yeah!” HE KNEW! Teacher : Johnny, can you define “ nonsense ?” Johnny: Yes, sir—an elephant hanging over a cliff with his tail tied to a daisy!