That Man begins with _M_, no one, indeed, can doubt; A hard _Sum_ is a task, as many school-boys have found out. A welcome winning sure, is _Yes_ to all who favors seek, And human creatures often _Err_, for they are frail and weak. The _Muse_ is often drawn with beauteous face divine, And like a goddess do her form, her face, and features shine. With Mr. _Merry_ we shall soon be pretty well acquainted, And his _Museum_ pleases us, with covers yellow painted. * * * * * _Manilla_, a town in East Indies is found, The _Rent-bill_, to some, maketh sorrow abound. A _Cab_ is a vehicle, greatly in use, And a _Cat_ is of value, where rats are profuse. The _Rye_, when well ripened, is useful for food, But _Bill_, for a nickname, I think is not good. That _Rain_ is a blessing, sure no one will doubt, And a _Sot’s_ to be pitied, whether in doors, or out. The _Rose_ is a flower admired by all, And _Cotton_, I think, without commerce, would fall. Have I found out the puzzle? Surely ’tis great vexation, To make rhyme with _Mercantile Library Association_. _Lancaster, Jan. 5, 1842._ We cannot refuse a place to the following, for it is both short and sweet: The answers to the puzzles in your magazine, are “_Merry’s Museum_,” and “_Mercantile Library Association_.” Yours, A BLACK-EYED FRIEND. THE SNOW-STORM. THE WORDS AND MUSIC COMPOSED FOR MERRY’S MUSEUM. [Illustration: music] Down, down the snow is falling slow, Powd’ring the bald-pate trees: Its myriad flakes A blanket makes, And wrap the sleeping leaves. Fierce now the blast! The snow flies fast, And whirls in many a spray-- Wreath chases wreath, O’er hill and heath, Like spirits in their play. Jack Frost is out, And drives about-- The white drift for his sled-- Loud roars the gale-- The child turns pale, And hugs his trundle-bed! The storm is past, Gone, gone the blast! The moon shines fair and bright-- Come, girl and boy, With shout of joy-- We’ll have a slide to-night! * * * * * APOLOGY.--We owe an apology to the Rev. A. B. Muzzy for the insertion of several articles in our Museum, on the important subject of _habit_. We copied them from an English magazine, giving credit for them to that source. We are now informed that they are from an excellent work, entitled “_The Moral Teacher_,” by the aforesaid gentleman. MERRY’S MUSEUM. VOLUME III.--No. 3. [Illustration] The Siberian Sable-Hunter. CHAPTER VII.