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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[March, 
[COPYRIGHT SECURED.] 
LOCKED OU T. — Drown and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
Ettconn si het rute slopher'ohips notes. 
SQUARE WORDS. 
1. Square the word " WORD." IIarrt M. D. 
2. Square the word " HOLD." John Bright. 
HIDDEN CITIES. 
1. He -went East on the noon train. 
2. Tell Sara to gag that squalling boy. 
3. Confine yourself to "Adam's ale," my son. 
4. Pat got work on a job at a viaduct on the Erie road. 
5. I told Charles to nail up the box. 
B. The barrel slipped, and rolled over and over. 
E. L. Clark. 
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ANSWERS TO TtTZZLES IN THE JANUARY NUMBER. 
Numerical Enigmas.— 1. Skaneatelee. 2. The Amer- 
ican Agriculturist. 
Square Words.- 
SEVEN 
E R O S E 
V01TA 
ESTOP 
NEAPS 
I. M E R I T 3. 
ELUDE 
R-U L E R 
IDEAS 
TERSE 
PR8VERB Pi — 
1. He who gives freely gives twice. 
2. Every dog must have his day. 
3. Wake a virtue of necessity. 
4. Brevity is the soul of wit. 
5. Never judge by appearances. 
€. Good counsel is above all price. 
7. A good beginning makes a good ending. 
8. Nwver go half-way to meet misfortune. 
Anagrams.— 1. Incomprehensible. 2. Ligatures. 3. I 
Velocipede. 4. Galvanize. 5. Humiliate. 
1. Gluttonous. S. Alchemists. 9. Yielding 
Cross-Word.— Carrie. 
-Double Acrostic— A rie S 
G eorgi A 
A n T 
T e A 
E lusio N 
Puzzle. — Never too late to mend. 
6. Resonant. 
10. Upstart. 
Aunt Sue's address is Box 111. P. 0., BrooMyn, A*. I". 
but 
AUNT SUE'S NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Eugene A. P. — Thanks for your diagram puzzl 
it has too many solutions to be valuable. 
Thanks for puzzles, letters, etc., to Gns and Joe, Harry 
H. Doan, Albert M.. Frank L. W.. George H. S., Alice 
E. B., F. P.C., Frank Kennedy, R. W. M., aud B. F. S. 
You probably all recollect that nursery rhyme which 
begins, " Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat, where have you been ? " 
Aud how Miss Pussy was supposed to answer, " I've 
been to London to see thoQueen." We don't think that 
Puss in the picture, if asked to give an account of herself, 
could make as satisfactory a reply as the Puss in the rhyme, 
as she is out late and evidently has been naughty. Puss 
knew as well as could be that little Bella, her mistress, 
did not like to have her running about like any common 
cat Indeed she was an uncommon cat. for what common 
Pussy, her mistress thought, ever had such beautifully 
marked sides, and such a tail ! Did any common cat ever 
have such a nice cushion for a bed. or such an abundance 
of good food f What common cat was ever so loved, se 
petted, and so trusted ? Why, Bella would even leave her 
alone in the room with the canary bird, knowing that the 
bird would be safe, which it never would be with a com- 
mon cat. But like some children who are not content 
with what they have, Pussy thought there must be some- 
thing better away from home. She ha 1 heard many a 
night the other cats ont on serenading parties, and she 
thought it must be such fun ! One evening Pussy watched 
her chance and escaped from her cosy home. She was 
not long in finding young Mends, yonn™ pussy boys and 
girls, going off upon a serenading party, and she gladly 
joined them. She noticed that fhey had ways and used 
language such as she had never known before, but they 
all seemed so gay ! What a wild time they had as they 
crawled along the tops of fences, clambered over walls, 
aud romped upon the roofs ofsheds andporticoes. Sing ! 
How they did sing 1 Pussy for the first time in her ]ffe 
found out what a voice she had, and as they were all do 
ing their finest piece of music, for it had begun to be 
daylight, there was a tremendous bang, and pussy was for 
a moment stunned. As soon as she came to herself, she 
found that she was alone upon the roof of a low shed, her 
companions had all run away, and by her side was a boot- 
jack, which some person, not liking mu^ic. had thrown 
at the serenaders. We need not try to describe Pussy's 
feelings, as with her back almost broken she slowly 
made her way home, only to find every door and wiudow 
closed, and that she would be obliged to wait for some 
hours ont. in the cold snow until the house should be 
opened. Do yon suppose Pussy ever again left her 
kind mistress and her nice cushion by the fire to go off 
upon such another party? We don' i know. We do know 
that cats are sometimes very treacherous when they look 
so meek, and that some cats do still give serenades. 
