1863. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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The Game or Initials. 
R. F. Roberts, Racine Co., Wis., writes to the American 
Agriculturist : " I used, when a boy, to think the follow- 
ing game was very interesting and somewhat instructive, 
ami indeed have joined in it since I attained my 21st year. 
One of the company selects the name of some animal, 
reptile, fish, or insect, and gives the initial letter, mention- 
ing to which class it belongs ; the company to guess the 
name. For instance: "P., in birds." Those guessing, 
give the name of the birds they think of whose names 
commence with P.; as pigeon, pelican, peacock, partridge, 
etc. The one who gives the right answer proposes the 
next question. Of course those names are selected which 
are supposed to be least known. I recollect once the in- 
itials G. IV. r., in birds, were proposed, and the whole 
company had to give it up. The name may not be in the 
books, but the bird is so known to hunters in the West. 
Can any of your boys or girls name it? [It would add 
very much to the instructiveness of this game to require 
the questioner to give a few particulars of the habits, lo- 
cality, etc., of the bird whose initials he selects.— Ed.] 
The Roll of Honor. 
A year ago we published a series of 52 Bible Lessons 
averaging about 1)4 verses each, or 39* verses in all. Our 
young readers were invited to commit them to memory, 
and we promised to publish in this paper the names of 
those whose teachers or parents should send a statement 
that they had learned them all, and recited them during 
December. Printing paper being too high to allow of a 
supplement, we omitted calling for the names during the 
last two months. But many remembered our promise, 
and the following 53 names have been sent in as having 
accomplished the task. (Many others have written that 
the lessons were learned, but were not repeated together, 
and so the names were not sent. Indeed, we have heard 
of hundreds who learned nearly all the lessons, and prob- 
ably thousands of others have done so.) Here is the 
***********#***************#*•********+##*#*#****#****** 
; ROLL OF HONOR. J 
Name. County. State. 
Abigail V. Yotma Cape May, New-Jersey. 
Alexander Thompson.. Orange, New-York. 
Amanda Kino Saratoga, New-York. 
Angeline Carter Clay, Indiana. 
Anne Wade Oregon. 
Annie Emelte Cole. . ..Bristol, Rhode-Island. 
Aristides Mills Crawford, Wisconsin. 
Augustus Thompson Jr. Orange, New- York. 
Bartlett C. Church. ..Cheshire, New-Hampshire. 
Charles C. Stuart New-York, New-York. 
Charles E. Pinnev .Addison, Vermont. 
Charles Farquhar ...Address not given. 
Charlotte Goeble Kings, New-York. 
Elizabeth C Trott. ..Niagara, New-York. 
Eliza M. Sherwood Fairfield, Connecticut. 
Eliza West Canada West. 
Emily Healt.. . Rock-Island, Illinois. 
Emma C. Homan Queens, New- York. 
Emma Jane Carpenter. .Queens, New-York. 
EmmaJane French Queens, New-York. 
Ermina N. Edwards. .. Fairfield, Connecticut. 
Fannie Morton Queens, New- York. 
Fannie White Queens, New-York. 
Freddie W. Smith New-Haven, Connecticut. 
George C. Dickerson.. Kings, New-York. 
George H. Thompson. .Orange, New-York. 
George Robinson Address not given. 
Gilbert C. H. Stiles. ..Queens, New- York. 
Hattie M. MoNTGOMERYJefTerson, Wisconsin. 
Irvino Hoagland Warren, New-Jersey. 
Jennie K. CuNNiNOHAMAdams, Pennsylvania. 
Jennie Buckleu Cayuga, New- York. 
John F. Bell Kent, Delaware. 
JosephC. Fuller Pierce, Wisconsin. 
Lizzie S. Cunningham. .Adams, Pennsylvania. 
Lucretia E. DANiELsoNRockingham, New-Hampshire. 
Margaret Dickie Perth, Canada West. 
Mary E. Lawrence ...Queens, New-York. 
Mary G. Pease St. Lawrence, New-York. 
Mary Lamb Louisa. Iowa. 
Mary Morton Queens, New-York. 
Robert Matthews Randolph, Illinois. 
Russell D. Martin Cattaraugus, New-York. 
Sarah Ford Judd Queens, New- York. 
Sarah Jane Udall Niagara, New- York. 
Selina J. Robinson Address not given. 
Sophia C. Giddings Dutchess, New-York. 
Susan Buckbee Queens, New-York. 
Susie II. Thompson Orange, New-York. 
Theo. I. King Cumberland, Maine. 
Wilbur S. Edwards... Fairfield, Connecticut. 
Wm. H. Eustis ...Jefferson, New-York. 
Wh. Orange Judd Queens, New-York. 
After giving them a few instructions as 
to their various parts, he retired to a dis- 
tant corner of the room to listen to the 
effect. They commenced playing, but 
were soon puzzled, and made most out- 
rageous discords. Handel sprang from 
his seat in a rage, and rushing furiously 
toward the frightened old gentleman with 
the bass-viol exclaimed : " You play in 
the church— very well, you may play in the 
church, for we read the Lord is long suf- 
fering, of great kindness, forgiving ini- 
quity, transgression and sin; you shall 
play in the church, but you shall not play 
for me ;" and gathering up his manuscripts 
he rushed furiously from the room. * 
A Remarkable Bouquet. 
The above engraving looks, at first sight, simply like an 
ordinary bunch of violets, but those who have learned to 
use their eyes properly, may discover something more. In 
the group of flowers are contained profile likenesses of 
Napoleon I, his wife Maria Louisa, and of Napoleon II. 
To find them, examine each leaf, carefuily : when once 
seen, they will appear so plainly, the wonder will be that 
they were not discovered at the first look. It is said that 
after the banishment of Napoleon and the restoration of the 
Bourbons to the throne, it was forbidden by law to exhibit 
the portraits of Napoleon or his family, but an ingenious 
Frenchman, who loved Napoleon, devised this method of 
presenting the desired likenesses without much fear of de- 
tection. Thousands of them were readily sold in France. 
A Musical Horse. 
The Genesee Farmer gives, at considerable length, a 
good story of a musical horse, which we condense for the 
young readers of the American Agriculturist. The horse 
was named Fib. She was a powerful animal, rather lazy, 
and occasionally balky, for which she had been beaten 
and tortured many times without effect. When she chose 
not to go, not a step would she stir, until at last they ceased 
trying to conquer her with force. It was noticed that Fib 
worked well in clear weather, but when it was damp and 
oppressive, she was almost sure to balk. At last a novel 
way was found to start her. One hot day in harvest, when 
a shower was rapidly coming, the last load was on thewag- 
on, and all was going smoothly ; but about ten rods from 
the barn, Fib stopped short. The men were furious, and 
would have beaten her cruelly, but her owner stopped 
them, and called on the driver, who was a capital singer 
to strike up a tune. He immediately commenced a Meth- 
odist hymn, two lines of which had a ringing chorus. 
The shower drew nearer. " Sing away," cried the own- 
er, " sing away Hart, the old hag is relenting, I sec it in 
her eye, and the lipsof her ear are playing to your music 
like a lady's fingers on the guitar." Sure enough, in a 
moment more off she started, and the load was safely 
housed just as the rain commenced falling. After this a 
Methodist hymn would always start her, and Hart de- 
clared that Fib knew ;i Methodist hymn from any other, 
but tliis was merely his imagination. 
The Enrage tl JHitsician. 
Handel the great German Musician was a very nervous, 
irritable man, and like most musicians, particularly sen- 
sitive where music of his own composition was concerned. 
It is related that on one occasion he wished to have one 
of his great pieces performed in a country village, and in- 
quired if there were any musicians to be had. A large 
number were recommended as particularly skillful, and 
he Pt once sent for them — " Can you read music ?" asked 
Handel, when they were assembled. " Yes sir," " cer- 
tainly," was answered from all parts of the room. " We 
play in the church." remarked one old gentleman who 
had brought his bass-viol. "Well then," said Handel, 
" let me hear you play that," at the same time distributing 
the manuscripts on which were written the musical notes. 
Curious Sentence. 
It requires no little ingenuity to make ft 
sentence which shall be the same when 
read either forward or backward. There 
are a few such in English, but here is one 
from the Latin language which is ahead 
of any thing we have met with elsewhere 
*' Sator arepo tenet oyera rotas." The 
words are the same at whichever end 
you commence: but there is something 
about it more curious still. Arrange the 
words, one under another 
the sentence reads the same 
by beginning at the top of 
the first column and going 
downward, or by beginning OPERA 
at the bottom of the last ROTAS 
column and reading upward. The author of this singular 
arrangement must have spent time enough upon it to 
have written at least a number of the Agriculturist. Who 
can tell what the words of the sentence mean ? * 
A soliloquising schoolmaster, being asked why he talked 
so much to himself, replied : " In the first place I like to 
talk to a sensible man ; and in the second place I like to 
hear a sensible man talk." Two very good reasons. 
thus : Now 
SATOR 
AREPO 
TENET 
Problems and JPnzzles. 
No. 28. Arithmetical Problem.— -"J. D. M.," Hudson. N. 
Y., contributes the following, which, though not intri- 
cate, will give good exercise in careful figuring: "In 
what lime would a bond of $1000 be liquidated by paying 
$80 a year, interest being 7 per cent, per annum. 
No. 29. Cent Puzzle. — Find on the head of a new cent, 
a fruit ; flowers ; a house of worship ; an animal ; a quan- 
tity of grain; and a protection against thieves. 
No. 30.— Transposition.— 0. F.Kinsley, Welland Co., 
C. W., asks " How to make one word out of the two 
words new door." 
No. 31. Illustrated Rebus.— An excellent motto. 
Answer* to Puzzles and Problems in Jan- 
uary No. (page 25). Picture Puzzles ; No. 24, Fig. I rep- 
resents an economical man, because he is trying to make 
both ends meet. .No. 25, Fig. 2, represents an enterprising 
business firm, because both are trying to get a-head; it al 
so is like a fortress, because it shows a strong-hold. 
Riddle, No. 26: The answer is a pen. 
Illustrated Rebus, No. 27, reads: S teadig a in sin small 
thin g s in crease wealth mower than watch in g and 
weighting four sum great t h in g. That is: Steady 
gains in small things increase wealth more than watching 
and waiting for some great thing. 
The following have sent in correct answers up to the 
date of January I6th ; viz.: Alice P. Talbot, 20: Ed- 
mund J. Young, 21, 22, 23 ; Thos. S. Peck. 20, 22, 23 ; W. 
S. Van Meter, 20; Dewitt C. Challis, 20, 22, 23 ; "T. B.'. 
26; "J. D. M." 20, 22,23: H. K. Morrell, 27 (nearly) ; 
1 « Georgius Rex," 24, 25, 26, 27 ; John Tempest, 20 ; J. 
■ McKinstry, 27 (nearly) ; Elbert M. Swan, 24; Miss E. 
I W. A., 27 ; C. J. Shrysburs 24, 25, 26 ( E. W. Jones, 27. 
