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Literary
January 4, 1885
The Indianapolis Sentinel
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
What is this article about?
Newspaper puzzle column inviting reader submissions of enigmas, charades, riddles, and knotty problems. Features seven new verse and prose puzzles (Nos. 1061-1067) on themes like winter neighbors, anagrams, goat stories, newspaper writing, lightning, word pyramids, and everyday objects, plus answers to prior puzzles and a prize of Dickens' 'Pickwick Papers' for best January solutions.
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KNOTTY PROBLEMS
Our readers are invited to furnish original enigmas, charades, riddles, rebuses and other "knotty problems," addressing all communications relative to this department to L. B. Chadbourn, Lewiston, Maine.
No. 1061.—Our Neighbors.
Cold winter, dread winter, is with us again,
Making work for the tongs and the poker;
But shall we of bracing cold weather complain
If we can have wood and a stoker?
We've a set of tough neighbors well posted in wood,
If their odd name is not a misnomer,
Who would handle our fuel, or might if they could,
In a way that would cheer the chilled comer.
They would ask, I am sure, not much but their board—
They are furnished already with raiment;
Not misers are they, though they hide and they hoard,
For to eat is their chief entertainment.
They sleep in their cellars, eat cabbage and beans
Will they leave their warm berths and good eating?
With nothing to do but to eat, and in dreams
Live over the feasts they are keeping?
They have cousins abroad with a name, nom de plume,
Whose meaning is somewhat provoking:
In this Frenchified way they politely assume
To mar all our puns and our joking.
No. 1062.—An Anagram.
While some are feeling gay
And others feeling sad.
We will only say:
GOVERN, CLEVER LAD.
NELSONIAN.
No. 1063.—Transpositions.
[A goat story.]
1. A little goat over candy for the — of an hour.
2. This same goat being the liveliest of caps and — the climax by getting into a fearful — by one of its foolish —,
3. Whereat his goatship's —, being one of Barnum's fox —, casts him into a big —, where he is drowned.
Ermina S.
No. 1064.—A Charade.
If in a newspaper you chance to be reading,
And something like the style of the following find
"For the young and the old an amusement we offer,
Instruction, and profit and pleasure combined,"
You may know it's my all Mr. Editor mentions;
If "profit and laurels" you're wanting to win,
Sit down to your desk, and with pen, and with paper,
And the big Dictionary before you—begin.
Don't use all the ones Mr. Webster may offer:
And nothing insert that he doesn't indorse:
Pursuing the final with ardor and caution.
For my all is a thing that's environed with laws.
And when you have done, roll your manuscript neatly,
For careless arrangement is always despised;
And quietly wait for the premium offered,
And if you don't get it, now don't be surprised.
ROBIN.
No. 1065.—Decapitations.
Comes from the clouds' dark, dismal scroll
A sudden blaze—it is my whole.
Behead me, then I pray beware,
For I can strike—please have a care!
Behead me yet again, and see!
There rises up a well known tree.
CHLOE.
No. 1066.—A Pyramid
1. A consonant.
2. An animal.
3. Tardier.
4. Haughtier.
5. Most gloomy.
6. Pertaining to aerology.
7. Objects pre-existent to the Deluge.
Centrals downward.
Consistent with the laws of Nature.
A. R. A.
No. 1067.—A Riddle.
In almost every box and trunk, I surely take a place,
In coach and car, in wardrobe and in case.
Of every yard I form a part,
Am in the gate and door;
In boots and shoes I am oft found,
In gloves oft times am I:
In church and school, and hall and cot,
As well as in the sty,
CLARA HEITKAM.
A Fine Prize.
Dickens' "Pickwick Papers," nicely bound in cloth and illustrated, will be given the sender of the best lot of answers to the "Knotty Problems" published during January. The solutions for each week should be forwarded within six days after the date of the Sentinel containing the puzzles answered.
Answers.
1047.—Aye-aye.
1048.—Flagrant.
1049.—Intimidate
1050. The letter C.
1051.—Star.
1052.—Six feet,
1053.—Incomprehensibleness.
Our readers are invited to furnish original enigmas, charades, riddles, rebuses and other "knotty problems," addressing all communications relative to this department to L. B. Chadbourn, Lewiston, Maine.
No. 1061.—Our Neighbors.
Cold winter, dread winter, is with us again,
Making work for the tongs and the poker;
But shall we of bracing cold weather complain
If we can have wood and a stoker?
We've a set of tough neighbors well posted in wood,
If their odd name is not a misnomer,
Who would handle our fuel, or might if they could,
In a way that would cheer the chilled comer.
They would ask, I am sure, not much but their board—
They are furnished already with raiment;
Not misers are they, though they hide and they hoard,
For to eat is their chief entertainment.
They sleep in their cellars, eat cabbage and beans
Will they leave their warm berths and good eating?
With nothing to do but to eat, and in dreams
Live over the feasts they are keeping?
They have cousins abroad with a name, nom de plume,
Whose meaning is somewhat provoking:
In this Frenchified way they politely assume
To mar all our puns and our joking.
No. 1062.—An Anagram.
While some are feeling gay
And others feeling sad.
We will only say:
GOVERN, CLEVER LAD.
NELSONIAN.
No. 1063.—Transpositions.
[A goat story.]
1. A little goat over candy for the — of an hour.
2. This same goat being the liveliest of caps and — the climax by getting into a fearful — by one of its foolish —,
3. Whereat his goatship's —, being one of Barnum's fox —, casts him into a big —, where he is drowned.
Ermina S.
No. 1064.—A Charade.
If in a newspaper you chance to be reading,
And something like the style of the following find
"For the young and the old an amusement we offer,
Instruction, and profit and pleasure combined,"
You may know it's my all Mr. Editor mentions;
If "profit and laurels" you're wanting to win,
Sit down to your desk, and with pen, and with paper,
And the big Dictionary before you—begin.
Don't use all the ones Mr. Webster may offer:
And nothing insert that he doesn't indorse:
Pursuing the final with ardor and caution.
For my all is a thing that's environed with laws.
And when you have done, roll your manuscript neatly,
For careless arrangement is always despised;
And quietly wait for the premium offered,
And if you don't get it, now don't be surprised.
ROBIN.
No. 1065.—Decapitations.
Comes from the clouds' dark, dismal scroll
A sudden blaze—it is my whole.
Behead me, then I pray beware,
For I can strike—please have a care!
Behead me yet again, and see!
There rises up a well known tree.
CHLOE.
No. 1066.—A Pyramid
1. A consonant.
2. An animal.
3. Tardier.
4. Haughtier.
5. Most gloomy.
6. Pertaining to aerology.
7. Objects pre-existent to the Deluge.
Centrals downward.
Consistent with the laws of Nature.
A. R. A.
No. 1067.—A Riddle.
In almost every box and trunk, I surely take a place,
In coach and car, in wardrobe and in case.
Of every yard I form a part,
Am in the gate and door;
In boots and shoes I am oft found,
In gloves oft times am I:
In church and school, and hall and cot,
As well as in the sty,
CLARA HEITKAM.
A Fine Prize.
Dickens' "Pickwick Papers," nicely bound in cloth and illustrated, will be given the sender of the best lot of answers to the "Knotty Problems" published during January. The solutions for each week should be forwarded within six days after the date of the Sentinel containing the puzzles answered.
Answers.
1047.—Aye-aye.
1048.—Flagrant.
1049.—Intimidate
1050. The letter C.
1051.—Star.
1052.—Six feet,
1053.—Incomprehensibleness.
What sub-type of article is it?
Poem
What keywords are associated?
Riddle
Charade
Anagram
Transposition
Decapitation
Pyramid
Enigma
Rebus
Puzzle
Wordplay
What entities or persons were involved?
L. B. Chadbourn (Editor)
Literary Details
Title
Knotty Problems
Author
L. B. Chadbourn (Editor)
Form / Style
Collection Of Reader Submitted Riddles, Charades, Anagrams, Transpositions, Decapitations, Pyramids, And Puzzles In Verse And Prose
Key Lines
Cold Winter, Dread Winter, Is With Us Again,
Making Work For The Tongs And The Poker;
While Some Are Feeling Gay
And Others Feeling Sad.
We Will Only Say:
Govern, Clever Lad.
If In A Newspaper You Chance To Be Reading,
And Something Like The Style Of The Following Find
Comes From The Clouds' Dark, Dismal Scroll
A Sudden Blaze—It Is My Whole.