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  3. CHRISTMAS PUZZLES AND JOKES.

    A lady, to whom the momentous question had been put with some diffidence, handed to her lover a slip of paper, telling him that it embodied her reply. ...

    Article : 89 words
  4. WALNUTS AND WINE.

    A fine fat goose arrived at the offices of a certain newspaper a day or two before Christmas. The sub-editors were about to raffle it when the "chief" walked ...

    Article : 106 words
  5. ANAGRAM—GIRLS' NAMES.

    Mary seems to get ruder every day, and her sister is annoying. It was a rash thing to invite, but she owned land that should be converted into ...

    Article : 54 words
  6. GOT IN FOR NOTHING.

    Late one cold and wintry night a student found the door of his college locked against him. The young men outside argued with the ...

    Article : 119 words
  7. CAN YOU SOLVE THIS?

    I am a word of five letters, made of steel With a wooden handle. Behead me, and I am a fruit. Behead me again, and I am part of the ...

    Article : 83 words
  8. TRY IT ON SOMEBODY.

    Get a friend who is not an expert boxer and say to him, "I'll bet you a shilling that you cannot spell three simple words in 20 seconds. ...

    Article : 86 words
  9. HE WAS RIGHT.

    It was just about time for the inmates of the casual ward to sit down to their Christmas dinner. Two men hove in eight carrying a large steaming cauldron. ...

    Article : 107 words
  10. HIDDEN FRUITS.

    How many fruits can you find hidden in the following lines? Go range through every clime, where'er The patriot muse appears. ...

    Article : 99 words
  11. A TREAT FOR THE CAROL-SINGERS.

    It was the custom of a certain choir on Christmas Eve to sally forth and sing carols at the houses of various members of the congregation. They were generally ...

    Article : 142 words
  12. RIDDLES.

    I'm made of iron, and I weigh Full many a pound by night or day; And yet I am so small and fine, Like bits of glass I often shine ...

    Article : 103 words
  13. HIS WISH GRATIFIED.

    "You see," he exclaimed, as he showed her the wishbone of the Christmas turkey, "you take hold there and I take hold here. Then we must both make a wish ...

    Article : 125 words
  14. FOR QUICK READING.

    Can you repeat the following lines quickly without stumbling? The sun shines on the shop signs. She says she shall sew a sheet. ...

    Article : 41 words
  15. DO YOU KNOW THIS?

    The question has frequently been asked: How many words in tire English language and in dous; and the number is usually given us four—hazardous, jeopardous ...

    Article : 51 words
  16. HIS PRESENT.

    When a woman forma a habit it is a mere waste of time for her husband to try to break her of it. Well knowing his wife's disposition to ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. QUITE THE LATEST.

    Ask a friend if he has seen the latest penny trick. If he says "No," ask him for a penny. When he hands it over, pocket it, and give him a paper on which ...

    Article : 61 words
  18. SOME ENIGMAS.

    Strange that a tiresome weed Will change its meaning quite, The outward sign of hearts that bleed, If we transpose it right ...

    Article : 236 words
  19. WANTED SOMETHING SOLID.

    Farmer Jenkins believed in the good old-fashioned idea of giving all the farm hands and laborers a real good Christmas feed at the festive season. So he ...

    Article : 132 words
  20. WHEN CATTLE TALK.

    A curious custom is to hang a lantern in the cattle stall on Christmas Eve. In some districts the belief exists that the cattle have the gift of speech just ...

    Article : 207 words
  21. WHERE IT CAME FROM.

    A merry company were assembled at the Christmas dinner table and all enjoyed the feast of good things provided by the genial hostess. ...

    Article : 88 words
  22. PEACE ON EARTH

    The carols had just selected a pitch beneath a lamp in a back street, when a small boy emerged from a house opposite and beckoned mysteriously to their ...

    Article : 156 words
  23. BURNING THE MISTLETOE.

    A queer superstition clings to mistletoe in the minds of the ignorant and superstitious French peasants, who make a practice of burning it. The ashes are ...

    Article : 151 words
  24. A CHANGE OF MENU.

    They were discussing the Christmas Eve dinner, which was regularly partaken of by the members of the local antiquarian society. ...

    Article : 186 words
  25. A FAMOUS ENIGMA.

    A headless man had a letter to write, (The letter O—i.e., nothing.) He who read it had lost his sight. (He read nothing. ...

    Article : 54 words
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