HOW
TO SOLVE CONUNDRUMS,
CONTAINING
ALL THE LEADING CONUNDRUMS
OF
THE DAY,
AMUSING RIDDLES, CURIOUS
CATCHES,
AND
WITTY SAYINGS.
A COMPLETE BOOK.
New York:
FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher,
24 Union Square.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1900, by
FRANK TOUSEY,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at
Washington, D. C.
How to Solve Conundrums.
What games are most played by soldiers? Hazard andpicket!
How do you spell “blind pig” in two letters? P G—pigwithout an I!
Why is Great Britain like Palestine? Because it’s the HolyLand (whole island).
What is the difference between the earth and the sea? Oneis dirty, the other tidy.
Why was Blackstone like an Irish vegetable? Because hewas a common tatur.
What part of your ear would be the most essential for a martialband? The drum.
High-toned—a church bell.
When is a soldier like a carpenter? When he is going todrill.
When does a farmer have the best opportunity of overlookinghis pigs? When he has a sty in his eye!
Why is the letter K like a pig’s tail? Because it’s at the endof pork!
Why is a sporting clergyman like a soldier who runs frombattle? Because he departs from his sphere of action.
If a Colt’s pistol has six barrels, how many ought a horsepistol to have? Give it up.
If a bee could stand on its hind legs, what blessing would itinvoke? A bee-attitude!
What prevents a running river running right away? Why,it’s tied up!
What was the color of the wind and waves in a storm? Thewind blue—the waves rose.
A modern spinning-wheel—the bicycle.
How can you, by changing the pronunciation of a wordonly, turn mirth into crime? By making man’s laughterman-slaughter!
Why are convicts like old maids going to be married? Becausethey go off in transports!
State the difference between a grocer selling a pound of sugar,and an apothecary’s boy with a pestle and mortar? One weighsa pound, the other pounds away.
Why is a rumseller’s trade a profitable one to follow? Because,by conducting it with good spirits, he has more bargainsthan most others, and all his drafts (draughts) are paid.
Why are two young ladies kissing each other an emblem ofChristianity? Because they are doing unto each other as theywould men should do unto them!
What is the best day for making pan-cakes? Fri-day!
Why am I, when prudently laying by money, like myselfwhen foolishly squandering it? Because in either case I am—ass!
What word is it which, by changing a single letter, becomesits own opposite? United; untied.
Why, if a man has a gallery of paintings, may you pick hispockets? Because he has picked-yours (pictures)!
Why is a pair of skates like an apple? Because they haveboth occasioned the fall of man.
Inform us concerning the difference which exists between asoldier fighting in battle and one who has had his legs shot off?One will discharge his musket, the other mus’ get his discharge.
Who was Jonah’s tutor? The whale that brought him up!
What evidence have we that Adam used sugar