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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[March, 
pi. 
Ettcoim si liet rutc slophcr’ohips notes. 
SQUARE WORDS. 
1. Square the word “ WORD.” Harry 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 Eric road. 
5. I told Charles to nail up the box. 
6. The barrel slipped, and rolled over and over. 
E. L. Clark. 
ANSWERS TO rUZZLES IN THE JANUARY NUMBER. 
Numerical Enigmas.— 1. Skaneatcles. 
iean Agriculturist. 
Square Words.— 
1. MERIT 
E L U-D E 
jtULIR 
IDEAS 
TERSE 
Proverb Pi.— 
1. 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
Anagrams.—1. 
2. The Amer- 
2. SEVEN 
E R O S E 
VOLTA 
ESTOP 
NEAPS 
He who gives freely gives twice. 
Brevity is the soul of wit. 
Never judge by appearances. 
Good counsel is above all price. 
A good beginning makes a good ending. 
Never go half-way to meet misfortune. 
Incomprehensible. 2. Ligatures. 3. 
Velocipede. 4. Galvanize. 5. Humiliate. 6. Resonant. 
7. Gluttonous. S. Alchemists. 0. Yielding. 10. Upstart. 
Cross-Word.— Carrie. 
Double Acrostic. —A lie S 
G eorgi A 
A n T 
T e A 
E lusio N 
Puzzle. —Never too late to mend. 
Aunt Sue’s address is Box 111, P. (9., Brooklyn, N. T. 
AUNT SUE’S NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Eugene A. P.—Thanks for your diagram puzzle, but 
it has too many solutions to be valuable. 
Thanks for puzzles, letters, etc., to Gus and Joe, Harry 
H. Doan, Albert M„ Frank L. W„ George H. S„ Alice 
E. B., F. P. C., Frank Kennedy, R. W. M., and B. F. S. 
I>oclve«l Out. 
You probably all recollect that nursery rhyme which 
begins, “ Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat, where have you been ? ” 
And how Miss Pussy was supposed to answer, “ I’ve 
been to London to see the Queen.” 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, ami such a tail! Did any common catever 
have such a nice cushion for a bed, or such an abundance 
of good food ? What common cat was over so loved, so 
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 he some¬ 
thing better away from home. She iiad heard many a 
night the other cats out ou serenading parties, and she 
thought it must he such fun ! One evening Pussy watched 
her chance and escaped from her cosy home. She was 
not long in finding young friends, young pussy hoys and 
girls, going oft' upon a serenading party, and she gladly 
joined them. She noticed that they 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, 
and romped upon the roofs of sheds and porticoes. Sing ! 
How they did sing! Pussy for the first time in her life 
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 ail run away, and by her side was a boot- 
jack, which some person, not liking music, had thrown 
at the serenaders. Wo 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 window 
closed, and that she would be obliged to wait for some 
hours out in the cold snow until the house should be 
opened. Do you suppose Pussy ever again left her 
kind mistress and her nice cushion by the fire to go off 
upon such another party ? We don’t know. We do know 
that cats are sometimes very treacherous when they look 
so meek, and that some cats do #il! give serenades. 
