The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-01-07
A Chapter of Questions to Puzzle tll'
Old and Young.

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When are secrets like the sails of q
ship? When they get wind.
What is that which goes when wagon
goes, stops when wagon stops, is of no
use to the wagon, and yet is what the
wagon cannot go without? Noise.
Why are the stars the Oldest astrono.
mers? Because they have studied (stud-
ded) the heavens for ages.
When are the streets OF town most
greasy? When the rain is dripping.
Why is snow more easy to. be under
stood than any other sort of weather?
Because it is the only one Of which you
can see the drift.
Why does chicken three weeks and
two days old walk across the road? To
get to the other side.
Why are your nose and your chin COLI
stantly at variance? Because words are
constantly passing between them.
Why is the letter G like the sun ?
Because it is the centre of light.
What is that which occurs once in
minute, twice in a moment, but not once
in thousand years? The letter NJ.
How many sticks go to building a
crows nest? None, because they are
all carried.
Why is coffee like an axe with dull
edge? Because it must be ground before
it can be used.
Why does q cook make more noise
than bell? Because one makes din,
but the other makes dinner.
When has man four hands? When
be doubles bis fists.
Where is happiness always to be found?
In the dictionary.
How can boy make his jacket last?
By making his waistcoat and trousers
first.
Why do little birds in their nests
agree2 Because if they did not they
would fall out.
Why are fowls the most profitable
thing to keep? Because for every grain
they give peck.
Why is a coal charity the best of all
charities? Because it makes the receiv.
er's CRATE full.
Why is the horse the most humane of
all animals7 Because he gladly gives
the bit out of bis mouth, and listens to
every woe.
What is that which everyone wishes to
have, and which everyone wishes to get
rid of directly he obtains it? A good
appetite. ff '"5
When isa man not man? When be
turns into lane.
What is it that goes up the hill and
down the hill and yet never moves? The
road. - ~
Why is 1t an amiable and charming
girl like one letter in deep thought;
another on its way towards you; another
bearing a torch, and another singing
psalms? Because she is Amusing,
Becoming, D.lighting, N-chanting.
What is the best kind of shooting in
Winter? To have Goals shot into your
cellar.
What is the difference between q hun.
cry man and glutton2 One longs to eat,
and the other eats too long.
On what toe does corn never come?
The mistletoe.
Why is the port of Plymouth like
very wonderful phenomenon in acoustics?
Because it includes a part of the sea
called the Sound, and that is the only
sound that you can see.
What pudding makes the best cricke-
teri A good batter.
How many ants make landlord? ?
Tenants.
When is it dangerous to walk in the
country? When the hedges are shooting,
and the bul ~ rushes out.
Why are ripe potstoes in the ground
like thieves? Because they ought to be
taken up.
Why is bookbinder most charitable
person? Because he often covers null
titude of faults.
What is the difference between an apt
quotation and shut up lancet? One is
case in point, and the other is point
in case.
Why is a cabstand like lawyers desk ?
Because conveyances are drawn up upon
it.
Why are fishermen and shepherds like
beggars? Because they live by hook and
crook.