The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-02-17
A Few ParIor Games

The games that follow are not all OF
them particularly new, but they are
very pleasant, andare quite worth trying:
Oneplayer says: Have you seen my cat?''
The next replies: " Yes, I've seen your
cat. Do you know what my cats do
ing = 9" Yes, L know what your cat is do
ing. Dolt." And then if the PLAYER
neglects to purr or scratch she pays a.
forfeit. OF course, that game may be
varied considerably 10y choosing any
other animal.
NE interrupted RephJ.-The CON-
pany are seated In a circle. when one
whispers to her right hand neighbor.
say that she asks OF what use is a
book p The answer would naturally
be To read. But instead. she asks
another Question of her right hand
friend, and when the questions have
gone around the last answer is given
alond-of course producing much
laughter among the party. q
Ptte1te M,tsic.-One player leaves the
room. and the rest determine on some
thlng he must. do on his return. Saw
he has to dance around the room to dis
cover hidden person, or to touch n
particular object When he enters he
Is informed by song or piano when he is
near or far from bis object: the singing
or playing becoming louder or softer as
he approaches or recedes from the solu.
ton. With little trouble this may be
made most amusing game 1t is. il
TACT, but a moderation of the old nur
sery frohc, " Hot Boiled Beans ani
Bacon ~
The TraCeier.-The traveller leaves
the room, and then the company dett-
mine on the country he is to visit, and
prepare accordingly. Say he is to guess
Germany, You have student with long
pipe, a book and spectaeles Turkey.
lady IN n trrban, reclining on a sofa
cushion Lapland. a tent with natives
sitting round FIRE This may be made
by few chairs turned upside down and
table-clOth thrown over them, the ma
hves wrapped IN shawls, etc. The tray-
eler comes IN at given signal, and
must guess the country show or pay
forfeit
The Key Of the Kings Garden.--
The plan Is for one to give a sentence
g give You the key of the Kings gar
den" The next person repeats the
works with an addition - give you
the string that holds the key of the
Kings garden" phen the third adds
" give you the scissors to cut the string
that holds the key of the Kings garden. - !.
A fourth: "I give you a patent file to
sharpen the scissors to. cut the string
that holds the key of the Kings gar
den" A fifth 81 give you box to
hold the patent file to sharpen the scis-
sors to cut the string that holds the key
OF the Kings garden, and so on TIL one
player fails and pays forfeit.
The Secret that IraUels A game of
the simplest character, but which among
young people viii often be found to af-
/ ford genuine amusement It has its adj
vantage any child can JON in it
without having previously possessed a
knowledge of the pastime The players
sit around table !; or at least, dispose
I themselves in n circle. One player
Starts the game by whispering a sentence
in the ear Of the player on the right
hand This sentence Is the secret. The
: player, to whom the secret has been con
fded tells it to his right-hand neighbor,
aud So on, all around the table circle.
The last player repeats aloud the SEN
tence. as NE understand it, and then the
first player gives out the sentence in Its
original form. As a general rule, it will
be found that III passing from one to
another, the words have been SO altered
as to be almost unrecognizable.