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32 HOW TO SOLVE, CONUNDRUMS,
’- Why should not ladies and gentlemen take cast
cause it’s only intended for working-people.. pods
- An-ugly little fellow, that some might calla pet, ©
_ Was easily transmuted to a parson when he ato; |
And when he set off running,.an Irishman was he,
-Then took to wildly raving, and hung upon a tree?
Cur, cur-ato, Cur-ran, currant! cod
_ Why is a gooseberry-tart, or even a plum-tart, like a bad dime
Because it’s not currant, at,
or oil? - Be-
_ Youlike to’ pay a good price and haye the finest work, of
course; but what is that of which the common sort is best?
Sense, oo
When you go for ten cents’ worth of very sharp, long tin-tacks,
what do you want them for? for ten cents. re
' Where did Noah strike the first nail in the ark? On the head,
When was paper money first mentioned inthe Bible? When
the dove brought the green back to Nonh. ee
What was the difference between Noah’s ark-and Joan of
Are? One was made of wood, the other was Maid of Orleans,
There is a word of three syllables, from which if you take
away flve letters a male will remain; if you take away four, a
female will be conspicuous ;if you take away three, a great man
will appear; and the whole shows you what Joan of Are was? —
He, her, hero, heroine! .
_ Why was Leander voluntarily drowned? . It was through his-
whim (his swim) only! © : OO
What’s that? what’s that? Oh, I shall faint,
Call, call the priest to lay it!- a
Transpose it, and to king and saint,
And great and good you pay it?
Spectre; respect. os
Complete I betoken the presence of death,
- Devoid of all symptoms of life-giving breath;
But banish my tail, and, surpassingly strange,
Life, ardor, and courage, I get by the change?
Corpse; corps. -
Ere Adam was, my early days began;
I ape each creature, and resemble man;
I gently creep o’er tops of tender grass,
Nor leave the least impression where I pass;
Touch me you may, but I enn ne’er be felt,
Nor ever yet was tasted, heard, or smelt,
- Yet seen each day; if not, be sure at night
Youll quickly. find me out by candlelight?
radow.. :
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- Why is tho inside of everything mysterious? _ Because wo can’t
make it out.
: Why should a man troubled with out make his wif Be.
cause he will then have his leg at ease (legateea), “ ma Be