Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-01-03
Games for Holiday Evenings.
TIE CHRISTMAS RAG.

Mdhc largo Dag OF llllu Wlltc paper
silver paper will do fill it with sugar
plums, and tie string around the top
to keep it fast. Then suspend it from
the ceiling, or from a large door-framc,
and provide long. light stick. Each
little player is blindfolded i'll turn, and
the stick put into her hand. She is
thtn led within reach of the bag, and
told to strike it, If she succeeds in her
aim and tears n hole in it, the sugar
plums are scattered on the floor, and
the little ones scramble for them ; but
| it Is by no means easy to strike sus-
pended object blindfoldcd; generally,
many attempts are made unsucccsStuliy.
| Each player is allowed three trials. If
the giver of the bag plcascs, small gifts
may be put i'll it, tiny books, pin-cush-
ions, dolls, etc. etc, with the sugar
plums.
THE BLINDMAN's TRAP.
All sit in row. One to be blindfold-
ed on the opposite side of the room,
who crosses over, when they all hold
out their hands, and taking the first one
with which he comes in contract i'll his
own, he proceeds to ask the individual
| four questions, each of which should
almost neccssitate the using of The adj
verbs Yes and No, III the answers given.
Now, the players must bear i'll mind
va W. 'NI ''','' n',''u W."
w -. ~ w '''C>.' vi wy WI" ''SiiiniiS
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avoid the trap thus laid for them. Should,
| however, the first player avoid being
caught the blindman must return to
his corner, and they all change places,
VI, VI" l'o f"s4 o't,.n,,nn, hnaa,o.
l,,;nI.'a,
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JON hands IN i circle: one payer
nG,h$ piil''ioioeo, soca III thG iniu 1
Al aahte ai1'lil'1 unI!l we oilli''h'ah
NOUS ou1 Ills li'i.'' Wl,ch 1ne one IN,
iileolaVeiy opPoSi'G ~, ''hGs loia Oh ana
enter? inc clrcle: Inc piinu player lheh
;'shS III snceesSluil t'i' loiio"lhS q,ieS-
'io'!s 10 yo" rove me Ne, oan So,i loSG
me WIN you love me an" ne sho''la
endeAvor 10 reil'.er MS t1hc ana altl1'ue
us lttlcrlous as possible III oroeT TO
pioVoh1 " slliile iioiA lhc young iiay
OF t5eil',eiilai l''s siie case may pe) "hoih
ne - ''.utes9ins; lol "illcl' 'lloSt players
| - ~ '''' Ni' o -
"hlcn sho,'io Always De given IN a lcleh-
ca voice, 'fle au'erpS YES ana NO are IN
admisSlole, ana no smile IS allowed on
fie co'ntenahce. otncfWlsc, by way
vi pch;tity, tiey lltSt KISS each othef,
ana IL the plina payer can thcn tell the
name OF the lhdlvlduai before nm, they
chanSe places. LII should also be OBJ
served ti,aC ti1oSe payers VINO pass
through 1he oraeai Oh the thfee q'les-
| hons Wlthout ofeaklhS the rules, return
10 eiielr piaceS' ana All dance around as
before.
EMBALMlNG and petrifying dead bodies
is carried to nicely in Europe. AT the
Vienna Exposition large round table
was shown, made of muscles, sinews,
etc, with handsome polish. The pro-
cess was invented by DIR. Marin OF
Naples. Among his other exploits he
petrliied the body of Thalberg, the
pianist, and the widow is said to keep
the corpse IN her draWlng-room: He
some of the economical admirers of the
statesman Trc,d that the body should
N "
DIR. Walker proclaimed that he had
produced from the medicinal herbs OF
| California an Elixir that would rcgcn-
| crate the sinking system and care every
form of disease NOT organic, the in
credulous shook their heads. Yet his
VINEGAR BrrTEEs is now the Standard
Restorative of the Western World.
Under the operation of the new remedy,
Dyspeptcs regain their health the
Bilious and Constipated are relieved of
every distressing symptom the Con-
sumptive and Rheumatic rapidly re-
cover; Intermittent and Remittent
Fevers are broken: the,heredjtary faint
of Scrofna is eradicated Skepticism
| is routed, and the wonderful prepare
ten is to-day the most popular Tonic,
Alternative, and Blood Dcpnrent ever
Rum under the guise of medicine. We
advertise and sell Il puvc 0aedicihc
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