ANAGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2088, 13 September 1875, Page 2

ANAGRAMS.

The Adelaide Observer recently isvited its readers to furnish anagrams formed from the words "Legislative Council, House of Assembly." Some of the contributors have united the two Houses, r and others have separated them. We*-. reprint the efforts as not uninteresting here:—

Legislative, Council. House op Assembly. Cut, home slaves. Saucy iNTELuaiBWt fools. ' ■ :.'

One of the Family. Bessica lough ; if you can love, tell me. In vices, he, Tim Golby, feels cooi ab - .. USUAL... ' .

Caltawie. BOUCAUT FEELS HIS LOG, EVEN A COY MISSILE. B-—- THE MISSION CALLS YOU J GIVE ALL JOBS

(a)cue. you sigh, feel ill. be men, love associated Come, Bill, let us go; see if any cov(b)

HAILS US. Have you goi sense ? comb, vili us a BILL.—SIC. ■

Karnac. Cats live on mice. Bella's house is pout.

Elizabeth Mitchell, He is able to move .legions, v. c. sallt- • . FLICS. ' -■-;■•■■ .■•■"-' V.

. ' W. J. Whitters. GENIUS. CAME TO US, ALF ; LIVE I BY LO3f^ CHLOE. " v^L I CALS YOU MEN LIVELIEST OF ASSES. >JS^^ COUGH. >; -''rS- -^ YOU CAM. IT FAMOUS. GITE Ci<E SLICE, BLESS H. W. 0. Sander?. Legislative Council. Lice ! go cute villains. —Laconic. Villain's cute -logic.—Laconic. - . Vicious gentile call. —E.'J.-C. Civil, tin coLLEAGUES.^-Humble Bumble, Cute vile logicians.—Yankee Doodle. U—is alive collecting —Yankee Doodle* Id CULL A SINGLE VOTE.—Devilshoof. House of Assembly. Hum, xc base fools.—Laconic. • • ;: * ! Amuse she by fools.—Laconic. Yo; of humble asses.—Laconic. See bosh famously.—E J. C.You seem so flash,. B.—Devilshoof, 0 yes, B—a foul mess,—Devilshoof. Humble foes say so—Nobody, 0 YES, SOME BASHFUL.—Nobody. All the above are perfect, except three or four which have dropped a letter or two. ' ■'■■;' ■'.. ' .". ■ '■ '■■■■■'■■ ■■■" - ■'■.■.

We are requested to intimate that the Masonic brethren are not expected to appear in regalia at the soiree of Lodge Sir Walter Scott this evening.

Conundrum.—Why is the betting that the letter O will beat P in a race to the end of tlio alphabet, like a man asking for ons sort of tobacco and getting some other ? Because it is wrong to back O.

At the end of an Indiana marriage ceremony recently, the bride advanced' gracefully to the clergyman, and requested him to announce the hymn, " This is the way I long have sought."

TKere is such, a thing as will power; a strong will in a weak body will bear down and override a weak will in a strong body ;• but when the strong will animates a strong body the combination is fearful. \ Give the wife both these qualities, and it is bad for the husbands. The husbands j of such wives must be exceedingly, mild > in temper. All Depends on the Road He Took. —The simple faith of a Virginia Christian is aided by his faith in man. He was i i asked if he thought Stonewall Jackson) was in heaven. "Wall," said the old gentleman, " I reckon he is if he started for that place. He always managed to j get round in time. 1' * ! Cttbiotts.—English tourist (in Ireland): j " Tell me, waiter, at what hour does the first train leave for Clonmel?" Waiter: "Is it the furrst thrain, sorr? I'm not rightly shure. The noin thrain up used , lave at ha'f-past noin—but faix it goes at tin now —and there's no furrst thrain now all at all. But I'll ax at the bar, sorr!"—Punch. Coughing in Chubch.—The incumbent of one of our district churches, on Sunday evening, irritated by the frequent coughing of his audience, said, "Do be quiet. The quieter you are the sooner you will be out; the more you cough the ionger will be my discourse." It is not often that preachers are candid enough to admit that in the length of their discourses consists the punishment of their congregations. —Cheltenham Examiner. Why is a hen immortal ? —because her son never sets. '