A RIDDLE IN RHYME.
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On one occasion, while at a dinner party, Dr. O. W. Holmes composed the following riddle:
"My initials show my date to be The morning of the Christian year; Though fatherless, as all agree, I am a father, it is clear: A mother too, beyond dispute; And when my son comes, He's a fruit. Now, not to puzzle you too much, 'Twas I gave Holland to the Dutch."
A WARM DAY IN THE COUNTRY—SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF VILLAGE SCHOOL-MISTRESS, AND EQUALLY SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF SCHOLARS.
