River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-28

and we had a
house party IT 2 dozen congenial sp;r-
its at the Hcndcrsous' country home.
il had been a gay week. and for this
particular evening q long sleighridc
had been planned; driving rain. all day.
prevented this however. and imposed
the necessity Of some indoor amuse-
ment.
why not have an old-faShioned
evening Of candy pulling and gamcs2.
suggested some brilliant spirit a prop
osition we an hailed with accIamations
Of delight
The coachman. dispatched % two or
three Of the nearest houses. brought an
accession of half q dozen "a oUr mum
hers, 50 lively party soon crowded the
laundry kitchen. where we had free
scope for our candy. This part ~ our
entertainment needs no description. for
we all know that one candy pull i
much like another.
But nine o'clock found Is all adj
jourued To the wide old hall. with its
great fireplace aud huge bacl. log This
was always our favorite rallying
ground BEING nearly all old friends,
we were ripe fer regular romp-
I'VE must have the hroonstick trick
first. cried Alice Henderson. and fIar-
old isdying tojiStiugUish himself in it.
Harold shrugged hs, shoulders good
naturedi-.
Alice. YOU are heBt ~ manslaueb-
ter with that brb1ul>ticll business he
protested; but the others. who had
never seen H. were clamorouS. aud
Harold consented
A broom was brought. one having an
unusually strong handle Il was laid
across two chairs which faced each
other On the back # one was bal
anced palr of gloves. This arranged,
Harold, armed with stout cane. very
carefully seated himself cross-legged
on the broomsticlS facing the gloves.
If you think this is an ga = matter. try
it. You will find JUDI -ious manage
ment very necessary
Once balanced on th narrow resting
place of the broom,tieh, the object Is
10 knock the glove off the chair back
with the cane. while retaining ores
balance. It is exceedingly simple to
descrihe: but ye gods and !;ttIe fishes.
10 accomplish it. Hor ~ !, HE tutor
ct
Harold soou succeeded. for he had
grown eNper, ny oft-repeated trials.
and the other. therefore. were easily
persuaded o. attempt IT, But the invol-
untarv gyratIons that the victim makes
to retain his equilibrium. and the wild
tumbles SidewlSe that result from the
first efforts. are couvuIsivclv funny. We
always expect To laugh ourselves sore
over this. ard we always do.
Harold made the next suggestion.
Come. Judith. YOU and Holt haven't
eaten a much candy the rest Of rs,
SO we'll put You - feeding each other
with crackers
Judith knew what this meant; Init
Holt had never seen the perform; nee.
and he profcssed his eagcrness fer an
extra course. Alice disappeared T.
make preparations. She returned with
a sheet over her arm. and behind her
smiling N d with a biz howl of
cracker crumbs two -auccrs and two
spoons The sheet was spread on the
floor a necessary prccaution and the
two martyrs to the cause were invited
TO seat themselves Turk fashion. upon
It. facing each other This done. they
were carefully hlindfolded. and each
was given q saucer Of crumbs and
spoon. Then Tia = began TO feed each
other Tho ridiculousiy earnest cx-
PRECISION of each face. coupled with the
wide-opeu mouths. as each enjcIvored
Ia insert a spoonful Of crumbs therein.
convulsei the lunRer>-nn. and their
gibes and mociziug directions compli-
Gated matter, further. \ heaping
spoonful struck against Judjth'~ chin.
and most ~ the contents went down
the open neck of her dress Her
vaguely directed spoon encountered
Mr.. Hollis nose, and his brown heard
was lihsrally powdered
This i ON the order IF Earmecide
feast. laughed Mr.. Holt. at last
fIourisbinr an empty saucer. Miss
Judith. are Yea satisfied with y hat YOU
didn't get: suppose we appoint some
other victims now.
II was some time. however. before
the company considered itself suf-
ficiently amused hy this exhibition.
aud most ~ NJ were obliged 20 take
turn.
Did you cve~ pick up POTATOES with
teaspoon asked Miss Emmett. after
a lull. while We took breath. "No2
Well. II You'll send for ten big pota-
toes, Alice. Wen try il. We can use
these spoons. though after dinner cot
fees are more fun
III this sort 81 thing continues.
laughed Alice. leaving the hall. I'VE
would better transplant the lardcr here
at once.
..p1,t I,-;,,.- &C.,. ..,,., a I,..I-.,.. aI.,
called Miss Emmett.
When the things appeared. Miss En-
met arranged the potatoes. which were
81 gooslly size in two lines Of five each
.'Now. Ned. she said. shall we run
n race with these? We each take a
basket and coffee spoon. and see
which can pick mp the potatoes first in
our respective lines. The one Who doe,
can impose a forfeit on the other"
THAT sounds" observed Ned. IS as
easy a rolling of log have your
forfeit in mind. Miss Grace.
Don't he ton sure. laughed Grace
Emmet
They took spoon, and baskets and
stool ready for the word to- But
hen Ned began he found the opera
tion more complicated than he had
ima yinej The potatoc, wobblc,i and
rolled around unconSciunahly-
My stars. Miss TRACE he cried at
last. You don't mean 20 say thai you
have them in already" - he moPpcd
his perspiriug brow. surveying his still
empty basket and his five potatoes in
different parts Of the hail Grace had
reduced il 10 science or course one
was not allowed to push the potato
against anything To steady IL. but She
rolled them sideways. and, holding her
spoOn in readiness. caught them a. the
impetus carried them upon the bowl
Of the spoon.
''Ha. ha. young lady! l see your lit
Gle game" Ned exclaimed, going 10