Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-07
FROM OAK GROVE, KY.
EDITORS CHRONICLE

EDITORS CHRONICLE:
The Juror for propounding conun-
drums seems to be spreading. Ifever
there is an epidemic I'm nearly always
one of the first unfortunates to fall
victim, and as a matter of course, l
too have become infected with this
enigmatical malady, and forthwith
send you specimen" which 1 hope
will be acceptable The surnames OF
citizens, ladies and gentlemen, Of
GAINESVILLE and New Providence will
furnish answers to the following con-
undrums. 1 must thank the New Era
for the idea.
/. \ name applied 10 prison in London.
>. An srtihcer.
3. Branch OF the legislature.
4. RedOubtable.
3 A plant and its esculent grain.
6. What good watch dog does, and one of
the many diversificatiOns on the earth ssur-
face.
= Pale and a battle ground.
S. Might be a reaper, or might clip
Sleeps wool.
8. Something mankind has long been
commanded to take up for their welfare.
10. To declare positively and a personal
pronoun.
IL. Something that will mar beauty's
cheek.
u. Avery desirable parsonage in an isola-
ted village.
10. Part OF pillow.
IA. A color and something very useful dur
ing fruit season.
Is. Organ OF respiration In fishes.
Is. Fur-bearing animal, but traders seem
princibly to want its skin.
II. Owen Meredith thinks "we may live
without poetry, music and art, !" etc, but no
man can live without this most essential
article of household furniture.
Is. An ecclesiastical official.
10. Son Of Judah prophet who interpre-
ted dreams for observation-disclosures.
20. The sight of which msiketh glad the
hearts of commission merchants.
81. Very useful animal in crossing deserts.
y. a city that was celebrated in olden
times as containing one of the seven won
ders of the world.
q. Sir Isaac WaIton's favorite recreation.
-. "a man condemned to bear
The public burthen of a nations care"
.. A Lord of England executed July q,
1888.
Is. Renowned English historian.
p. "a name whose character
OfIight shall meier depart;
It's stamped upon the dullest brain,
And warns the coolest heart.
%. A fayorite kind of meat. They may
have 1t "deviIed" at Crusman's.
%. Very much in demand about Easter
holiday by a certain class of spOrtsmen.
80. ats soft control
Can gOOthp the sickness of the soul.
Can bid the warning passions cease,
And breathe the calm of tender peace"
The wisest man that ever lived b. c. prayed
forit.
81. The precinct of a religious society.
80. NObleman of the highest rank.
80. y shell fish having ten legs and the
largest of the vegetable kind.
81 a jovial old sheep.
-. ain all ages the curse of mankind;
Its letters are forged for the soul and the
mind.
To gain il men barter eternity's crown,
Yield honor, affection, and lasting renOwn."
81. Has a close alliance with legal author
ity.
81. \ commodity on which graminiverous
quadrupeds ruminate.
3. One of the best words in our language
and TO permit.
81. Celebrated General in the late L. s.
civil war.
%. That portion of n terrestrial habitation
which, more than the other parts of the
structure, apprOximates the celestial abode.
IL. An adjective that could be applied to
the Atlantic cable.
A. What everyone that can should do.
As. What We are expressly forbidden to do.
~. n division of water.
-. 4 site from where we can view that
glorious mirror where the Almighty's form
glasses itself"
-. Very much used for the last eight years.
a.. \ poor fellow very much disliked by
some Of his nearest relatives who took him
out and put him in deep hole. Soon after
some foreigners happened along and gave
him a lift and sold him to some other for
clgners who afterwards sold him to n man
10y the name of Potiphar.
As. What most young ladies would like to
be.
4g. An edible animal whose habitation is
the briny deep.
~. \ celebrated poet and novelist.
81. Great bundles OF goods.
-. \ word the horse leech's daughter
would have used next If she could have ar
ticulated more.