Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-30
cuR1osA.
pallndromes.

AIMING The most curious specimens oil labotions
ldisnsss with which scholars have occupied theft
eisGte are inalindtomes, OF verses, which are The
same. whether read backwards OF forwards lnrlI.
metaLle quantities OF these titles ATE 10 he found
among The writer's OF tho Middle Ages, and down
10 ths middle OF The last century. Even yet they
ere occasionally ctmpoAed as cngInas, aswe may
see by The following, which may serve TO col! mo
exercise the guessing faculties VI our young rca'
lers;
First find oui word Which doth silence proclaim,
And int blCEwaIiS aIM MIwaIds Is always the samei
Then lAYl you NllAt Iind out ieHuVlRe 'Iulti
That Backwards and forwards Is AIwal th' SS"ei
4 fruit that iS TaIe, whose botanical name
Read backwards and towards is always The slmt,
oe Used u music le IIG'i dS !Os fs Slime.
Their initials connected, title viii ITane'
That Is Justly Ihe due Of the lalT LlEIleu ualIe'
Which backwards aud IUrwatdS Is always Tie same
The words alluded 10 in This p1liNdtoIns ore The
tollowinr:-Num. Anna, Deed, Anana, MInIII'
the initials OF which spell Mdddm.
Taylor, The waIet poet, once composed The 'oI'
lowing Iine;- ,,,
Iawd lid | live aHdieyIl did dwe'.
And Tie following words ate aISO palIndfoInI'
cal, OF reyerSiblt;.-
"Nalle no one Man."
Palinlt0nles 0Te 0SO called SotodIc verses from
one StOtutleS, who Is said 10 have Invented them;
though higher authority Is sometimes gwen, as
the list specimen, according 10 Dillon ScI'feSer 10
his Studio,us lOviAllS, waS the GGIemloFe ellnsI0h
Vi the Evil One, who, OH meeting nous "'shop
Of COmbtener, who was on t00l pilgrimage nom
Bayeux 10 Rome, resolved 10 tempt The reIaie mo
breaking his vow Of walking. Accordingly just
when the bishop was most lOOIsotc anu 'eg'weatY'
The enemy apprfed LtiOrc lin IN the torn o.
neal little pllifey, really Sadilei anu hIIuIcu' hu9
The bishop knew his man, anu mounting nun
compelled lin 10 DASH onwNtd, lOimenI!ls lI''Il
with The sign Of tho cross, until The Devil III a
rase, howled ont III Latin:
Signa, 10 signs, lcnIeIe me tansls ei ahstS,
ROnu tibi sublO mOilbus tbts amor.
A lawyer once chose for his! motto "Si nummi
imnuuS," And in The time Of Ques II Elizabeth.
a noble lady VITO had been forbidden 10 appeal ht
cOurl, in consequence Of SOME suspicious against
he'll tUuk for het device Un Iler seal tie Noon part.
Is OLscuteA by cloud, md lie motto, "Ablata el
uba." We conclude with IN aTray Of palndfoneS
which viii ptO5aby exercise all Tic Ingenuity oil
those who endeavOt IL guess them:
| |. lkAn SYO oilen speaks OF Queen whose n1n'e,
Read backward aud forward IsNIwAIs the SAME
.? Gala kitchen maid bY II, and still the same nlIHe
Kesd blckwaiiCr iOIwafdt Is always Tie Aane'
3. prophet Of old hal mother whose lnn'e,
-Read backward or forward is always tic same
|, Aud Of female refuses we EHlw thai The name
Read baCkwaId Or tOGwad Is always lie hai'c'
9. When child, lOa we're dressed In thing who't
Read backward or forward is always the same.
&. Wien sou speak to lady you'll Rl that tho name,
Read backward or I0TwaId !" always 'Ncs a"c'
1hSu too, you were fell with something whose name
Read backward or lOIwaId Is always tie same.
8. You may travel abroad In carriage whose name,
Read backward oil forward isalwaIs The AIt''e'
.. You may travel oWr fat piece Of ground whose
name,
Read backward OF forward Is always tic same.
10. Where the Iamb tTOIs about BY creature whore
Read backward or forward Is always The s'ms. -
n, You may 20 GU, and walk at an hour whOSe IAHe,
| Read backward and iOIwAIdis always tic same
49, Or YOU may Tide al subsequent hour whose name,
| Head backward or OIwAId IS always The sane.
49, II, ou hear gun, you'll hear something Whose IanlC
| ReaL backward or forward IS always lie Sa'I..
a. And ,our dog may hunt WE'LL though no longer IlS
Read backward or forward Is always tue SINE.
is. Your bid, too, m'y sieken on something whose
Head backward or forward Is always the SANE.
TO- You may qUaG strung drink. made OF heat whose
Head backward or forward is always tho same.
II. Or stare at giant whose tlwsrhsh name.
Reid backward VI Forward Is alwaYF''F sa'Ae'
IS, ut tbs you cart do with thing whose name,
Head backward o. forward Is always The SANE.
TO- II you write IN ,etece Of sound doctrine ilS name.
Read backward or EITwsId is always Tic sauce
o. 10 hut take sis look, aud Of this, too, Its name,