§dantqittp. 
Edited by Frank S. Finn. 
:o:- 
All communications for this department 
should be addressed to Frank 8. Finn, Box 
SO, Bryant's Pond, Maine. 
Answers to October Garnerings. 
73. GAINAGE. 74. 
75. 
COTES 
SEATS 
DREAR 
LEVEL 
REDAN 
WATER-LILIES. 
76. 
N 
RID 
RIGID 
NIGGARD 
DIARY 
DRY 
D 
77. 1. sa(veal(l. 2. ra(tan)y. 3. p(urge)ry. 4. 
S(avel)oy. 5. re(stag)nate. 6. p(Unit)ory. 
78. 
PALETOT 
ADORES 
LOGAN 
ERAS 
TEN 
O S 
T 
MACES 
AGENT 
CEASE 
ENSUE 
STEER 
80. “Actions speak louder than words.” 
DECEMBER GARNERINGS. 
No. 89. Numeirical Enigma. 
The answer, composed of 78 letters, is a well-known 
and seasonable distich. 
The 1, 2, 8, 10, 19, 14, 3, 24 is a living New England 
poet. 
The 24, 31, 12, 4,18, 68, 23 is a kind of stone. 
The 5, 35, 33, 30, 38, 13, 49 is to purify. 
The 39, 40, 15, 6, 54, 34 are shrubs. 
The 11,29, 9, 21, 20, 7, 55 is a secret. 
The 16, 26, 27, 28, 65 is to fluctuate. 
The 69, 77, 73, 48 is to catch in a net. 
The 17, 37, 5!, 53, 6:, 46, 19 means effects. 
The 71, 22, 70, 4i, 47 is part of a column. 
The 32. 57, 56, 72, 62 is a sewer. 
The 59, 60, 33, 67, 41 is a game at cards. 
The 61, 64, 43, 74, 75, 61, 78 is vexation. 
The 44, 45, 76, is to fasten. 
The 50, 52, 58 is a wedge. Cyril Deane. 
No. 90. A Diamond. 
1 and 7. Consonants. 2. Salt. 3. Food of raw 
herbs. 4. An eminent knight. 5. Loaded. 6. Clam¬ 
or. U. Bet. 
No. 91. Half Square. 
1. Festival seasons. 2. To act. 3. An embassador 
of the Pope. 4. Angry. 5. A fruit. 6. A heathen 
goddess. 7. A pronoun. 8. A consonant. 
Annie Dallas. 
No. 92. Cross Word Enigma. 
In comely curls, but not in hair; 
In homely girls, but not in fair; 
In married pair, but not in bans; 
In carried there, but not in vans: 
In custard pies but not in pear; 
In bustered flies, but not in air: 
In mustered spies, but not in square; 
In mustard keen, but not in mince; 
In flustered queen, but not in prince; 
In stocking yarn, but not in ball; 
In locking barn, but not in stall; 
In messing late, but not in night; 
In dressing Kate, but not in tight; 
In guessing weight, but not in right; 
In buttercup, but not in rose; 
In Shut her up, but not inclose; 
In buttons few, but not in bunch; 
In mutton stew, but not in lunch; 
In man on wall, but not in grot; 
In cannon ball, but not in shot; 
In Benny pries, but not in found; 
In many cries, but not in sound; 
In Jenny sighs, but not in frowned; , 
In penny wise, but not in pound; 
In starry flies, but not in bound; 
In paralyze, but not in wound; 
When you would warn impulsive boys 
To moderate excessive joys; 
This hidden sentence you will hear 
Toward the close of every year. 
Maude. 
No. 93. A Riddle. 
Rank, condition recognized, 
Basis, plan I organized; 
Now I spurn, now lightly skip, 
And then seize with firmest grip; 
Finally, so low I fall, 
I become the last of all. 
Byrnehc, 
No. 94. Amputations. 
Whole word: A lover. 
Beheaded: A public garden. 
Curtailed: To box. 
Both: Of equal value. 
Lackawanna Lad. 
No. 95. Double Acrostic. 
(Words of eight letters.) 
1. Relating to the head. 2. The imaginary food 
of the gods. 3. A variety of pear. 4. Banter. 5. 
Vigorous. 6. A small fish. 7. A native Indian of 
the Arctic regions. 
Primals: a garden plant. 
Finals: an astringent extract obtained in India. 
T. N. Ayrb. 
No. 96. Drop Letter Axiom. 
T-e-o-i-a-s-r-c- m-n-. 
Stella. 
Answers in February Garnerings. 
Prizes; For earliest and best list of answers to 
