Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-01-07
81. Rhomboid. by Silver King !:

No. 5-For the best rhomboid, new
volume.
1911. Rhomboid, by Silver King:
Across-(D Always attended by great mirth
When celebrating the New Years birth.
| (2) Father Time the cycles gives
| To every man, where'er he lives.
(s) At New Year feasts and Christmas dinners,
favorte OF saints and sinners.
az Be next when the New Years dawn you gee,
Receive 1t gladly blithe:ome be-
| (5) A place that's argued "pro ct con-"
But what's the difference! Pass 1t on.
DOWN. Amethyst; a verb reversed; Of bright
| color: DAYS gone by wi at hauuts towards tran
gull; cunning; an abbreviation meaning namely !;
| in Amethyst.
1872. Rhomboid, by Hattie Heath
after New Years feast; morning the sine OF an
| arc, or angla; proXimate principle of rheum; a
town in Hancock county Maine. Down-A conso-
uant while; womau's name, and also the title OF
| a novel; monkey; perversion river in the
Indian Territory substance used by painters;
| shrub; womans name; prefix chiefly borrowed
| from the French; consonant.
1878. New Years rhomboid, by Anne
thyst
| Read across-four letters
When first is new, the next is too
/ AT least such make it.
May all my friends prove third to me,
The ast-you can't mistake il.
Read down-a letter in New Year;
| My next merry Lays.
NV third is Gagged, made brief and clear;
| My fourth 4 scantY class
NV fifth the you folks all enjoy
| Upon holiday.
My sixth a nickname for q boy;
| The last in Rose, say
| No. 6.-For the best single acrostic, not
exceeding twelve initials, new volume.
1874. New Years acrostic, by Amethyst
| l. read this tangle over,
| 3 am the year thst comes;
| 3. The last you will discover,
| 4. | visit all your homes.
S. May yours be ever best;
g. This we all sometimes dc,
| 7. as on towards this We press,
| s. May friends be this, but true. .
Whole-Spread before US, pure and bright and fair,
We now discover;
| And we resolve, with every glad New Year,
To turn 1t over
1915 Acrostic, by Augusta Blake:
Happiness attend thee during life,
Always may you be free from pain and strife;
Peace and cOntentment on you descend,
Prosperity always you attend.
Years of consolation may you see,
Never care or trouble be known to thee;
Earthly blessings God on You bestow,
Wreathed with health and wealth III this world
below.
Years Of reace may you always Obtain
Earthly treasures sent by God for your gain;
And this acrostie row will end
Respects and regards to all tangers send.
1876. Acrostic, by Silver King
l. shield from snow, protect from heat
From tropic glow and frlg d seet.
2. From shore to shore stretch my length,
And rich and poor admit my strength.
3. Ii, when you roam, you get the next,
To reach your home you'll be perpleXed.
T. Both high and low do long for me,
But oft / go for the lawyers fee.
s. Since Adams fall but not before,
Pm kuo an to all g and many more
6. On Arizona's plains this is rot rare,
And oft he deiens to :" lift your hair"
T. And near its end the old year draws,
And the children send for Santa Claus
whole-To boys and girls welcome guest,
Insuiing them day Of rest
For schools dismissed in ey'ry State,
AID for me they impatient wait.
1877. Acrostic, by Hattie Heath
A first we welcome to our CRATE,
Ii second one is never late
Third is hospitable greeting,
And fourths away are ever fleeting.
Fifth appertaIns to New Years day,
Ninth rises with the morning ray;
To sixth we years go by.
And seventh the promise with sigh.
On holidays tenths oft gwen,
Cruel old Time flies off with eleven.
AT ghts we hear d constant hummiDg,
And festive total soon Is coming.
1878. Acrostic, by Quest:
God of the year good will commencing festiv
ity morning hour !; to return mex Perienced.
1879. Single acrostic, by Myrtle
Ny first was the name of a famous fight.
My third can be on starry night.
My second from fair Castian strand
Was sent to destroy island band.
An outcast, is fourth in heather land.
My fifth is a sword in the fierce Turks hand.
My sixth was myth Of The sparkling
Ny seventh, the name OF a soldier brave.
My eighth, god Of the ancient Morse.
My ninth is heard on the hunters course,
When the houndsare chasing thefrightened hare.
My tenth was myth so wondrous fair
She won the heart Of the gods great king.
My eleventh, gem oft seen in ring.
My twelfth, common name for boy.
My initials will form what ali will enjoy.
Answers to Correspondents and Correct
Solutions
II. E. P, Cosumnes- &C
cepted, and will appear. Thanks for good
| wishes.
Mollie S., Placerville-Thanks for kind
expressious-l24S, 1249, 1850 tno), 1858,
1855. 1857. 1853, 1860.
S,lvor