Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1884 — A Rare Riddle. [ARTICLE]

A Rare Riddle.

The following compound riddle was composed by the Bishop of Clifford: 1. I have a box. 2. This box has two lids. 3. It also has two caps. 4. It contains two musical instruments. 5. It has also in it two established measures. 6. It contains a great number of articles a carpenter could not dispense with. 7. This box always has about it two goodfish. 8. Also a great many of smaller size. 9. In it you will find lofty trees. 10. Also some gaudy flowers. 11. The fruit of an indigenous tree. 12. Two gentle little animals are found in it. 13. Also a number of smaller and less tame animals. 14. A fine stag is found within it. 15. A great many small whips without handles. 16. It boasts of two halls or places of worship. 17. Some weapons of warfare are always found in this box. 18. And in it you can find a number of weather-cocks. 19. The steps of a hdfcel are also found in it. 20. The House of Commons resounds with two of my essential articles when on the eve of a decision. 21. In the box you can find two scholars. 22. And then find ten Spanish grandees to wait upon thiem. All pronounce me a wonderful piece of mechanism, but a very few have renumbered the strange things that make up my whole. ANBWER. 1. The bo* is the 12. Calves. ' *j human body. 13. Hares. 2: Eyelids. ■ . \li. Hart.. . 3. Knee-caps. 15. Lashes. 4. Drums. 16. Temples. 5. Feet. 17. Arms. 6. Nails.'- 18. VanesT 7. Soies. v 19. Insteps. 8. Muscles. 20. Ayes and noes. 9. Palms. . 21. Pupils. * 10. Tulips(twolips)22: Tendons. 11. Apples (of the ... eyes).