PUZZLERS FOR WISE HEADS.
Reading edition
8.—Rhymed Metagram.
1. Now thin and plain, now rich and sweet, But nearly always good to eat. 2. A pigment painters use when they The lovely blushing rose portray. 3. A garden tool we sometimes need When smoothing soil and sowing seed. 4. Our true regard for any friend; The purpose, final cause, or end. 5. To seize, to choose, to get, to hold, Sometimes to catch, as we catch cold. 6. Active, alive, to cease from sleep; A noisy Irish feast to keep.
C. J. B.
[Answers on page 195.]
Answers to Puzzles on Page 130.
6.—1.Cat.2.Yes.3.Will.4.Pony.5.Dry.
Rat.Yet.Pill.Pond.Day.
Rag.Pet.Pile.Bond.Way.
Hag.Pot.Pine.Band.Pay.
Hog.Not.Pint.Bard.Pat.
Dog.No.Pent.Bare.Pet.
Went.Care.Wet.
Won't.Cart.
7.—Never despair.
Paris.
Pear.
Rasp.
Veer.
Rip.
Near.
Nerves.
Spain.
Span.
Drip.