Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-23
A Collection of Puzzling Questions.

IN ~. Y. Weekly.
A Collection of Puzzling Questions.
AN ingenious correspondent of the Her.
aid Of Health gives the following fifty
questions, each to be answered by the
name of a wellknown author. The
guessing of these questions will form a
pleasant evening entertainment:
1. What rough man said to his son
when he wished him to eat properly
2. Is lions house dug in the side of
hill where there is no water.
3. Pilgrims and fatterers have knelt
low to kiss him.
4. Makes and mends for first-class Gus
toners.
5. Represents the dwelling of civilized
men.
6. Is kind of linen.
7. Is worn on the head
s. A name that means such fiery things
[ can't describe their pains and stings.
8. Belongs to monastery
TO- Not one Of the four points of the
compass, but inclining toward one of them.
II. Is what al oyster heap is like to be-
12 Is chain of hills containing dark
treasure.
-. Always youthful as you see; but, be
tween you and me, he never was much of
a chicken.
IA. An American manufacturing town.
Is. Humpbacked but not deformed
16, An internal pain.
H. Value of word
Is. A ten-footer whose name begins
with fifty
49, A brighter and smarter than the 9TH
er one.
20. A worker IN precious metals.
81. A vital part of the body.
%. A lady's garment
%. A small talk and heavy weight.
"a. A prefix and disease.
25. Comes from pig.
26. A disagreeable fellow to have on
ones foot.
81. A sick place of worship.
%. A mean dog it's.
30. An official dreaded by the students
OF English universities.
80. His middle name is suggestive of an
Indian or a Hottentot.
81. A manufactured metal.
80. A game and male of the human
species.
80. An answer to which is the greater
poet, William Shakespeare or Martin F.
Tupper?"
"a. Meat! What are you doing?
80. Is very fast indeed.
Sc. A barrier built by an edible.
81. To agitate a weapon.
SO. Red as an apple, black as night, a
heavenly sign or perfect fright.
80. A domestic worker.
40. A slang exclamation.
Al. Pack away closely, never scatter,
and in doing so you'll soon get at her
| 40. A young domestic animal.
| 49, One that is more than a sandy
| shore
A. A fraction in currency and the pre-
vailing fashion.
40. Mamma is in perfect health, my
child and thus he named a poet mild
| As. A girls name and a male relation.
At. Take heavy field piece, nothing
| 10th.
49, Put an edible grain 'twixt an ant
and bee, and a much-loved poet you'll
see.
40. Common domestic animal, and what
it can never do.
So Each living head in time, It's said,
will turn to him though he be dead.
| ANSWERS.
| 1. Chaucer 2. Dryden. 3. Pope. 4. Tav-
lor. 5 Holmes. g. Holland. Z. Hood. S.
Burns 9. Abbott, 10. Southey. II. Shell
| ley IL. Coleridge Is. Young. A. Lowell.
| Is. Campbell 16. Akenside. II. Words
worth. is. Longfellow. 49, Whittier. 90
! Goldsmith. q. Harte. %. Spencer. %
| Chatterton. "a De Quincy. 25. Bacon.
26. Bunyan. 81 Churchill. %. Curtis. 90
Proctor So W. Savage Lander. 81. Steele
| 3d. Tennyson 80. Willis. "a. Browning
35. Swift. So. Cornwall. 81. Shakespeare.
s. Crabbe. 49, Cooke. 40. Dickens. A.
Stowe ~. Lamb. 43. Beecher. H Milton.
45. Motherwell IS. Addison. A. Howitzer
As. Bryant. 40. Cowper. 30. Gray
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