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CURIOUS CONUNDRUMS,

BY WAY OF QUESTION AND ANSWER.

Queſt. WHY He is a man in debt like a
nobleman? Anſw. Becauſe he has many to
wait on him.
Q.Why is ſwearing like a ſhabby coat?
A. Becauſe it is a bad habit.
Q. Why is a bad pen like a wicked
man?
A. Becauſe it wants mending.
Q. Why is a church-bell like a good
story?
A. Becauſe it is often toll’d.
Q. What is a man like, that is in the
midſt of a river and cannot ſwim?
A. Like a man drowning
Q. Why is a drawn tooth like a thing
forgot?
A. Becauſe it is out of one's head.
Q. Why is a book like a tree?
A Becauſe it is full of leaves.
Q. Why is a good ſermon like a plumb-
pudding?
A Becauſe there is reaſons in it.

F I N I S.