1872 .] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
267 
TOYS ds 
Als®ia£ Our Prizes. 
In the Agriculturist for May, I offered prizes for the best 
lists of plants in flower, made by the girls, and the best 
list of animals made by the boys. The lists were to reach 
me by the fifteenth of June. As this part of the paper 
goes to press on the fourth of Juno, I shall be obliged 
this time, as I have been before, to announce the awards in 
another part of the paper. As there are some ten days yet 
in which to receive the lists, I can not tell you how many 
there are, but for the past few days they have been coming 
in quite lively. I do not expect near as many lists as 
there were stories, as it requires a great deal more time 
and care to make out such a list than it does to write a 
story. Besides, with boys and girls who live in the coun¬ 
try, it is a very busy time of year, as many of them have 
to help at the farm work and take care of their gardens. 
The parents of some of you have written to thank me for 
proposing something that will teacli you to use your eyes 
and set down what you see. Now that so many of you 
have done it with the hope of getting a prize, I hope 
some of yon will continue for your own improvement, 
and another spring make a record of the time of blooming 
of the principal trees and plants about yon, and the first 
appearance of the familiar birds. Lists like these made 
each spring, will become an interesting record of the 
seasons. The hot weather is now upon us, and we do 
not any of us care to do much in-door work, at least I do 
not, and yon may be sure it is no small task to read over 
the stories and lists, and decide upon prizes. So we will 
let the hot months go by without proposing any prizes. 
But you must bo ready for some more when the dog-days 
are over and the cool nights come. The Doctor. 
Wonderment. 
So long as that little duckling has been conscious of 
anything, its world has been the hounds of the shell 
which inclosed it. It could see the light shine through 
its walls when the mother was off of the nest, and prob¬ 
ably wondered what was outside. Now that it has grown 
large enough and strong enough to break its shell, it looks 
out in perfect wonderment. We do not know that ducklings 
think, hut if they do, we can imagine this little fellow as 
hesitating about leaving the cosy shell that he has known, 
for the unknown and untried world. But he has grown 
too large and must leave. The little chap has never seen 
water, and we are quite sure has never heard of it, yet 
when he goes out and sees a puddle or a pond, he will go 
for it at once, and swim off without the least teaching. 
Is it not strange that if we set three kinds of eggs, that 
are not very unlike except in size, a Sion’s,!a turkey’s, and 
a duck’s,the young birds will at once behave so differently? 
The chickens will scratch for food of their own accord, 
the young turkeys will run for their food and not scratch, 
while the ducklings will neither scratch nor run but 
waddle and swim. These birds are guided to do these 
things by what is called instinct. 
Aunt Sue’s IPuzzIe-SSox. 
I have received a great many lists of square words from 
. “PLOW’’and “CARE.” Some I shall not notice, as 
proper nouns and obsolete words were used, contrary to 
orders. Many of my correspondents .conscientiously re¬ 
frained from using a word twice, which necessarily cur¬ 
tailed their lists. 
, I will credit the names as they stand, and another time 
we will start more fairly, with a better understanding. 
From the word “CARE” B. F. Bidwell made 96 
squares; Leander J., 45 ; M. O. N. Key, 23 ; H. H. Clarke, 
23; O. A. Gage, 20; Ajax, 20; Bay State, 14 ; A. B. Leach, 
13; Edward P. S., 13 ; Frank Winship, 12 ; W. E. H., 12; 
Gustavns M., 11; Minnie T. B., 4 ; Annie M. R., 4; Wil¬ 
lie G., 3. 
From the word “PLOW” B. F. Bidwell made 74 (!) 
squares ; A. B. Leach, 21; O. A. Gage, 10 ; Bay State, 18; 
R. W. Moore, 13; Frank W., 10; Edwin E. P., 7; Gus- 
tavus M., 8; Minnie T. B., 9. 
Now, who will send me the greatest number of squares 
on the word “ OVEN,” using no proper nouns, no obso¬ 
lete words, and using no word (except “ oven ”) twice ? 
m—Illustrated Rebus. As we have not had any re¬ 
buses in some time, we give you a good long and toler¬ 
ably difficult one to exercise your ingenuity over. 
ALPHABETICAL ARITHMETIC. 
PFN)NRFDYO(FRDI 
U I F 
F Y D 
HTK 
P P U Y 
PYRK 
PBIO 
P P N I 
P P U Otis A. Gage. 
EQUIVOCAL WORDS. 
1. Visible—plain—seeming—unreal. 
2. A sphere—a game—a grand party. 
3. The duty of a cook—the work of a seamstress. 
4. A dog-fight—temptation—refreshment. 
5. An animal—to carry—to endure. 
6. What you are— sldiL Johnnie.i 
ANAGRAMS. 
1. I scorn a mop. 6. Not lined. 
2. Ceding zero. 7. I send a trace. 
3. Fix lime deep. 8. Do pin trees. 
4. Sir B. Higbe. 9. M. Peters died. 
5. Simply rat. 10. Paint the pear. 
CROSS-WORD. 
My first is in stable but not in barn. 
My next is in knitting but not in yarn. 
My third is in peach but not in plum. 
My fourth is in paste hut not in gum. 
My fifth is in maple but not in ash. 
My sixth is in linen hut not in crash. 
My seventh is in minute hut not in hour. 
Look up for my whole, ’tis a turret or tower. 
John S. Van Oosterhout. 
DOUBLE ACROSTIC. 
A blustering wind around you sings; 
I am the sign of many things. 
1. Shackles. 
2. To be in. 
3. An animal. 
4. To decline. 
6. Bustle. 
6. A boat. R. T. Isbesteb. 
pi. 
Who weets dan herfs hist lenvar yad ! 
Owh lamieus hot rai! 
Swelfor weer renve nese os yag, 
Ro tunear lafh os vifa. J. E. M. 
arithmorems. 
1. 7110020011900. 6. 50058. 
2. 100200500117. 7. 40808. 
3. 6050250160. 8. 04010. 
4. 1050050160. 9. 65S0. 
5. 71601. 10. 0150. 
NUMERICAL ENIGMAS. 
1. I am composed of 15 letters ; 
My 7, 1, 8, 14, 5, 12, 4, is found in every school. 
My 5, 3, 9, 11, 0, is much used in a dairy. 
My 2, 10, 13, is generally found on a farm. 
My 1, 14, 15, is shy. 
My whole is the name of the author. 
2. I am composed of 12 letters: 
My 1, 2, 11, 8, 3, 9, is a boy’s name. 
My 9, 5, 11, 4, is a household utensil. 
My 12, 1, 7, is an animal. 
My 8, 12, 6, is a biped. 
My 5, 10, is an interjection. 
My whole is a city. E. Martin. 
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE MAT NUMBER. 
Cross-word Enigma. —Washington. 
DIAMOND CROSS-PUZZLE. 
A 
AGE 
SCRAG 
UNAIDED 
REDUC T IVE 
PLEASURABLE 
AGRICULTURIST 
PROPITIATIVE 
PER SUAS IVE 
NOURISH 
MAIZE 
ASK 
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Pi.—Early to bed and early to rise 
Will make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 
SQUARE WORDS. 
1. ENACT 2. CROWD 
NEGRO RIPER 
AGAIN OPINE 
CRIME WENDS 
TONES DRESS 
Puzzle. —Goose (made from Og, So, and Er). 
Decapitations. —1. Mark, ark. 2. Oliver, liver. 3. 
Mabel, Abel. 4. Grace, race. 5. Finch, inch. 6. Salad, 
a lad. 
1. Italy. 
2. Naples. 
3. Rochester. 
4. Salem. 
Numerical Enigma. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ANAGRAMS. 
6. Beverly. 
6. Trenton. 
7. New York. 
8. Boston. 
Calceolaria. 
to correspondents. 
A. G. S.—The answer to that original charade (!) “ My 
first stands for company, my second shuns, my third 
calls, and my whole entertains company,” is “ Conun¬ 
drum,” and may be found in some of the most ancient 
puzzle-books that were ever published. 
Thanks for letters and puzzles to Laura V. Matthews, 
Alice N. P., O. A. Gage, Belle Sparr, W. E. H., B. F. 
Bidwell, and Minnie S. G. 
Little Mischief and her Doll. 
Ah, ha 1 Little Mischief, you are caught at it! Oh I yes, 
because you are obliged to take a hath, you think it will 
he good for dolly, do you ? It will be a nice doll that 
you will have after this scrape. Probably the paint will 
wash off, the kid arms and legs will dry ail out of shape, 
and the poor thing, instead of being the better for its 
hath, will look sorry enough to be sent to a dolls’ hospi¬ 
tal. The doll in the picture looks as if it knew that the 
bath was not good for its constitution, which is more 
than Little Mischief knows now—hut she will learn. 
