Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1868-03-28
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A late number of the GALAXY contains
sn exhaustive argument on the subj ct
of conundrums. 1t might be called q
digest of the art. The following will
show it to be q very simple art
I'VE will use the dictionary once more.
Turn to IS" and discover which words
there are which will furnish q pun by
emitting the "s.' For instance, i" school :
take off 8 and you have cool. Now pro-
coed thus Why is a nan who does DOT
lose bis temper like a schoolmaster? Be
eau he (keeps school.) When does .
man entertain his guest and horse alike
When they both feed at (his tablet
Why is a man who goes up town after
beer like the goods in an auctioneer's
store? Because he is up for sale (up for
ssle.) Why is %spermaciti like . busy
body 7 Because it makes scandals. There
are others made on the same principle,
but for which the dictionary affords but
little help, as when We say that an old
dog is like an incline plane because he's
q slow pup (slope up y or that hens can
not see Immortality because they get
their necks twirled (next world) in this.
One of the worst of this kind was DR..
Holmes : Why is sn onion like . piano ?
Because it smell odious. A pun q al.
20 sometimes be made by drawing or
~lentheniog out the pronunciation of .
word, as when they say that the kind OF
monkeys that grow on g~rspevines are
gra-spes.
A style of conuudrum has become very
frequent and popular which is founded
OF . transportation of letters or words,
giving q new and surprising ense. l
have opened q package Of this class.
The first one is as follows : What is the
difference between stsbbing a man and
killing q swine? Ooe is assault with
intent to kill, the other is killing With
intent to salt ; of q wife and an editor,
that q sets articles to rights, and the
other writes articles to set ; Of the eagle
and . certain kind of dog, that o is a
tarrier in the sky and the other is a Skye
terrier ; of the permission to speak and
the command not to speak, that 10 the
one case you are not allowed to talk and
in the other you are not to talk aloud
of az utterer of spurious coin and q false
heir, that one issues q counterfeit and the
other counterfeits an issue ; of q sue
cessful lover and bis rival, that one kisses
his miss and the other misses his kiss
Of an unsuccessful swain and the father
Of q family, that one is . loving sire and
the other q signing lover ; on q m'schiev
ious mouse and q young lady, that one
harms the cheese and the other charm'
the he's ; of seventeen and seventy, tba
one is careless and happy and the othe|
hairless and csppy; Of an emperor and
beggar, that one issues manifestoes an
the other manifests toes without shoes
of . man boiling beets and q man fog
ging him, that one cooks the beets ane
the other beets the cook of q tailor AM
q siege gun, that a works the breecbe'
and the other breeches tn. works ; of
Prince of Wales and a'bomb-shell, tb'
one is heir to the throne and the other j
thrown in the cir ; or "Old Uncle Ned
and Louis Napoleon. in the event of On
other French revolution, that one had ~
hair on the top of bis head. the plac
where the hair ought to grow. and tn
other would have no crown on the top O
his heir, where the crowa ought to &c
1t is also mentioned that the difference
between . baby and . great coat 10, tha
o you was and the other you wear
that perseverance, has q strong will an
that obstiuacy has . strong won't thu
Noah's ark was . high ark, but that q
archbishop is = hiersrch ; of . gauz
dress and . drawn tooth, that one is to
thin and the other is tooth out.
As . relief from the ingenuity of tn
specimens which I have given. it is we
TO introduce occasionally q question wbic
ought to be obvious to every one, br
which 10 not. For instance: Why doe
. traveller who has been on . long jou
ney. and comes to = board fence 10 II
midst Of . forest try to get over it? B
cause be wants to get over Whst is Il
best thing to do 10 . hurryi Nothing
1t 10 20 easy to make conundrums thu
most men will prefer TO put their facu
ties to ZONE harder and more useful tas'
A dancer said to . Spartan, II can star
longer on o leg than you" "Perhsl
So" said the Spartan, land 20 can q
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