The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-02

WINTER HOUSEHOLD GAMES.
(Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.]
Now that the winter is upon US the lit.
tie folks want something new in the way
of hreSide entertainments.
THE CANDLE TRICK.
One of the simplest tricks in this do
partment of fireside entertainments is the
candle trick. Take common candle in
q brass candlestick, light it, and let it
stand until it has good head on. Then
let one OF the children-a boy about ii
years is the best--take the candle, shake
the grease from around the wick, and,
opening his mouth very wide, stick the
candle in it, immediately closing his lips.
The candle will not 60 out, but will shine
through the boys distended cheeks with
q rudy glow. Now, let the parent
chuck the boy smartly under the chin.
The candle will be observed to 60 out i'm.
medlate]y, or at least it will come out just
as soon as the boy can get his teeth out
OF the tallow. This will teach the boy
who swallows the candle never to attempt
uncertain tricks when his father is mean
enough to play practical jokes on his own
children. The other children will appre.
ciate the lesson.
THE EGG TRICK.
Procure large egg, Brahma eggs are
the best, and on a large end draw a cross
with lead pencil, and on the opposite
end draw a smaller cross in ink. Place
the cgg-after showing the children the
marks and permitting them to examine
1T carefully, so they will know it the next
time they see it-upon the head of the
Oldest boy present, or, if there is grand.
father handy with bald head, balance
the egg on his head. Then let one of the
company take large book and see if he
can strike the egg to break it. TO the
surprise of every body the egg will be sup.
pressed at the first blow. Then you can
show the person on whose head it was
balanced the two crosses marked on
the she'll to prove that it was the same
egg that he saw in its entirety, but he
will probably be too cross to have much
interest in the matter. This is not q
very difficult trick, and can he quite
easily learned, but care should be exer
cised in the selection of the egg. An egg
that had been manufactured before the
war would be apt to create an unpleasant.
ness If it should be used in the trick.
THE DOG TRICK.
This trick is not always easy to be per.
formed on account of the necessity Of in.
PRODUCING strange dog into the family
circle. You must entice a strange dog,
the more unsociable the better, into the
room. Then let one of its company take
hold OF its ears and hold the dog still
while another ties its tail in bow.knot.
If the dog has been properly trained and
does his part of the trick promptly there
will be four or five legs in that room
chuck full Of dogs teeth before the first
wrinkle is laid in that knot. This will
teach the children to let dogs tail re.
tain the shape which nature has given it.
Any dog of ordinary sagacity can be
taught to perform this trick in two or
three days practice. A terrier is gener.
ally considered better for this experiment
than bulldog, because it doesn't hold on
SO long and knows when it has had enough.
THE CHAIR TRICK.
You can derive never ending fund Of
amusement by properly improving COM
mon chair. With IN ordinary handsaw
cut off about an inch and half of the
right front leg of the chair and about the
same length from the left hind leg. Then
keep the chair in conspicuous place.
No matter which of the short legs it may
rest upon, when anybody sits down in it,
it will immediately keel on the other one,
anil the party using it will wall and
shrek in the !iveliest terror. No house
should be without one Of these chairs.
They will be found very useful in the case
of visitors who drop in about dinner time.