Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-30
New Tangiss.
1910. Mus tac.he.
l0ll. Farewell.


THE PRIZE RIDDLE CONTEST. February
l2th we offered prize (''Cobbins Pictorial
Bible Commentator y for the best metrical
or prose riddle Of not less than three nor
more than six lines, and the character of
the riddle was defined clearly. The con-
tributions were to be in by March lst
March 9Th We extended the time 10 April
lst We herewith give the MS. submitted,
and have concluded that where two rid
dies have been offered by one person to
give both. In this we think no injustice
is done, and hold that the competitors
have right to ask the judges TO consider
more than one production. This rule we
shall adhere to in all competitions here
after:
l0l7. Riddle, by S.:
am tough and unyielding a hickory.
Yet easily broken as rotten tree,
Bliss betoken, patience L try,
measure the deep as the ship sails by;
The beard of an ancient King gractd,
And from his name my own is traced
lois. Riddle, by s.:
cover many head that is bald,
+" The burden OF song" by Webster called;
descend from many towering wall,
And elmo, but never fear to fall;
Tho mock and delude them, and mean "to cheat
Girls and angels love me. and am bard "to beat
1919. Riddle by Amethyst: This
riddle exceeds the rule of the contest,
which limited competitors to six lines per
riddle. Each or any one of the stanzas,
however, may be treated as sufficient in
itself Nevertheless, if the judges treat it
as a whole, the riddle is not entered ac-
cording to the terms observed by the other
competitors.
am square and round,
! am found underground
Among the gamius of the street abound
Many fond mothers weep,
Each night ere they sleep,
To think that should their darlings keep.
BY all OF mans race
am deemed disgrace.
And they dread me as much as they would the bad
place
But, though thus | am shuEred,
Yet the poor and bedunned,
By means OF me have raised many fund.
Aud fortunate nan
Is he whose LIES plan
Embraces me i'll its chief support;
Should fail to-day
can safely say,
Everybody wou d go through the bankruptcy Court.
1920. Puzzle, by Silver King
I'm sought for eagerly by men who come from
every nation /;
I'm known to all who may be well acqusiut with
Both ensineels aud sportsmen my value understand,
And farmers, when they haul to town the product
OF their land.
Now, if from what I've written my name you cannot
find,
Ask him with burdened spirit what It's that grieves
his mind.
1921.
The nations know of my fallen and buried state,
Amid the ruins to mark their following fate;
To know Pm risen and shown distinguished marks.
You'll find in head sting, and eye in hinder parts;
Four signs 'twixt these extremes antiques have
found,
And mean, admit all to homes within the ground.
1922 Riddle, by E. c. D.:
I'm made of wood, or made of men, JUS, rs YOU
choose;
I'm known in modern martial drill
An ancient scepter, if you will
Yet on my turn fame, forsune, honor, oft men lose
1923. Riddle, by Rose:
Meath the wave glide with the fish,
l gieam in che deep, starry Skies
liz Danish tongue, cup or dish;
BY me you measure, weigh or rise;
hang upon the pine cones side,
Aud in the boys first pocket hide
1924. Riddle, by Conrad Delmar:
Oh mighty earthly king
Born from the earth, thing
To make proud man /; thy servant fan
Or worship thee, when thou dost call,
To fly from him like whiffs of air,