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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
299 
Our 1’uzzle Box. 
LETTER ENIGMA. 
I’m in the earth but not the sand, 
In the water, not the land, 
I’m in the men but not the boys, 
In the trinkets, not the toys, 
I’m in the ocean but not the ship, 
In the passage, not the trip, 
I’m in the house but not the lot, 
In the dinner, not the pot, 
I’m in the ore, but not the mint, 
In the picture, not the tint, 
I’m in the gate but not the latch, 
In the garden, not the patch, 
I’m in the face but not the hand. 
In the table, not the stand, 
I’m in the head but not the hair, 
In the pretty, not the fair, 
I’m in verse hut not the song, 
In the meeting, not the throng. 
Mrs. Mayo. 
MYTHOLOGICAL ENIGMA. 
A nympth of Crete, 
An Athenian princess. 
One of the nine Muses. 
A celebrated god of antiquity, 
A deity of the Egyptians, 
Certain inferior deities, 
One of the Argonauts, 
A king of Thrace, 
A sign of the zodiac, 
A divinity of the Romans, 
A queen of Lydia, 
A goddess of woods and groves 
A famous archer, 
The first king of Arcadia, 
One of the Oceanides, 
A son of Somnus, 
One of the Pleaides. 
One of the most ancient gods, 
A son of Jupiter and Europa, 
The goddess of sensual pleasures, 
A king of Argos. 
A votary of the Muses, 
The initials give a line of Cowper. 
Mrs. Mayo. 
I am composed of 28 letters:— 
My 12, 24, 16, 8, is often seen in a parlor. 
My 21, 2, 25, 19, 27, is a residence. . 
My 1, 11, 26, 13, is the produce of a foreign tree. 
My 15, 18, 14, 9, 23, is seen in winter but not in sum¬ 
mer. 
My 23, 7, 4, 22, 6, 10, 13, is pretty to look at, but pain¬ 
ful to handle. 
My 5, 17, 3, was the ruin of man. 
My 20, 28, is a pronoun. 
My whole is an adage suiting the present times. 
Answers to Puzzles in the May Number. 
Patchwork. —1. Mash. 2. Maroon. 3. List. 4. Lie. 
5. Lea. 6. Layman. 
Dislocation. —Where there’s a will there’s a way. 
Alphabetical Arithmetic. —204)9,736,154(47,726. 
Key , Grey Cloaks. 
Puzzle.— LOVE. 
Numerical Enigmas. —1. Contentment. 2. Patience 
and Perseverance. 
Concealed Square Word.— 
THEM 
HOME 
EMMA 
MEAN 
Rhyming Puzzle.— 
Little Johnny the dancing hears wanted to see, 
But said it would cost him a d—i—m—e. 
Cross Word.— Gingham. 
Metagram. —Caper, in which may be found: 1. Ape. 
2. Carp. 3. Pea. 4. Pear. 5. Rape. 6. Acre. 7,8. Cap, 
Cape, 9. Crape. 10. Ear. 11, 12. Pace, Race. 13, 14, 
15, 16, 17. Rap", Reap, Pare, Care, Are. 
Hidden Animals.— 1. Tiger. 2. Shrew. 3. Leopard. 
4. Mole. 5. Mastiff. 6. Ape. 7. Tapir. 8. Beaver. 
Transitions.— Bare, bate, bite. 2. Sour, pour. poor, 
poop, prop, drop. 3. Park, part, pert, peat, peal, veal. 
4. Curd, cure, core, corn, coin, chin, thin, then, when, 
whey. 5. Leaf, deaf, delf, dell, well, will, wile, wine, 
vine. 6. Rail, roil, toil, toll, told, toad, road. 
Half Square.— 
FULTON 
UNION 
LIEN 
TON! 
O N 
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Illustrated Rebus, 
caught with trifles. 
ADDITIONS AND TRANSPO¬ 
SITIONS. 
1. Chips — Physic. 2. 
Lap—Opal. 3. Noon—On¬ 
ion. 4. Bear—Sabre. 
No. 490. — Little minds are 
'i'lie Owl Family at Home. 
“Birds of a feather flock together,” but young birds 
that are not old enough to have feathers are often in¬ 
clined to get away from each other. The artist has given 
us here an inside view of the interior life of a family of 
pretty brown owls. The father and mother owl have, 
with great care, brought the family of little owls to that 
time in life when the temptation is strong to leave the 
home nest, and seek their fortunes in the outer world. 
noise-making affairs; crackers, small cannon, and 
even the blacksmith’s anvils, the holes in which 
could be used to fire off gun-powder, and make a 
noise. I also remember that, when after a noisy 
night on the 3rd of July, we were very tired on the 
4th of the same month. Now, in full sympathy 
with every boy who wishes to “ celebrate,” and 
with a full recollection of some very tiresome cele¬ 
brations, I would say a word to my young friends, 
and that is : whatever else you may do, take it easy. 
Celebrate by all means. Make a noise, the biggest 
noise of the whole year, if you can do no better— 
but can’t you do better ? Let us look at this 4th of 
July matter, and ask : 
Why do We Celebrate the 4tli of July 
any more than any other day ? I wonder how many 
of those boys who have been for nearly a year, 
saving up their money for the purpose of buying 
RGlPv;: 
THE BIG OWLS AND LITTLE OWLS AT HOME. 
Illustrated Rebus 491 .—Hidden words for all 
to study out and reflect upon. 
They see the old parent birds fly away with so much 
grace, that it seems to them an easy matter to lift their 
wings and glide away. Just what has been the day’s 
disaster, we do not know, but it is evident that some¬ 
thing unusual has occurred, and the parent owls are 
giving the little ones some looks, if not words of re¬ 
proof. It may be that the boldest of them has scram¬ 
bled over the edge of the rough nest, and trying to fly, 
has fallen headlong to the ground below. Perhaps this 
rapid descent has diminished the number, and there is, 
so-to-speak, a vacant chair in the owl-home to-night. 
Whatever may have been the trouble, it is quite certain 
that the father owl is laying down some parental law, 
which, if heeded, will make the life of the little ones 
more secure and happy. The mother, whose feathered 
breast may be heavy with a deep sorrow, is not silent— 
and all together, it is an eventful evening at the home of 
the brown owls in the deep dark woods. 
The Fourth of July. 
My young friend “H. B. D.,” asks me to say 
something about the Fourth of July. His letter 
may be taken to ask : shall we celebrate the 4th ?— 
and how ? The first part of his question, I can ans¬ 
wer by saying—yes, by all means ; the other, the 
“how,” is more difficult. Every boy feels that on 
the Fourth day of July, he must “ do something,” 
that somehow this day must be different from any 
other day, and many a boy thinks that on this day, 
of all others, he must make a noise. Many begin 
early in the year to lay by their money to be ex¬ 
pended in fire-crackers, and other things that will 
make a noise on the 4th. I well recollect how on 
the night before the 4th we used to collect all our 
things that will bang and fizz on the 4th, ever 
thought of the “ why and wherefore ” of the mat¬ 
ter. If they are told that making a noiseis not the 
best way, they will ask, and they have a right to ask : 
How Shall We Celebrate ? 
Now I wish to say that I believe in the 4th of 
July, and I would have every boy regard it as the 
day of days (save Christmas) in all the year, and I 
would have bang and fizz from end to end of this 
broad country, if we can do nothing better to 
mark the day, and when I say that I should not 
feel quite right if I had not made some kind of a 
“ bang ” on the 4th, I know that you will understand 
that I have not forgotten that I was once a boy. I 
only wish for not less of a celebration, but for a 
more marked and general one. I wonder how many 
of those boys who have been looking forward to 
the coming 4th, and have been saving up their 
money for things that make a noise, have ever con¬ 
sidered the question propounded above, “ Why do 
we celebrate ? ” Now would it not be the very 
best thing for sensible youngsters, as we take all 
ours to be, to devote the coming holiday to this 
question. Some of you may know that it is the 
anniversary of 
“ TUe Declaration of Independence,” 
but what does that mean ? Now I would suggest 
that on the coming 4th, make as much noise as you 
please, but give a part of the day to the important 
question—Why do we celebrate ? 
How Shall We Do This ? 
A good way will be to have a picnic, that will bring 
together all the youngsters in the neighborhood, in 
