The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-12-10

The psualues lor iotts.tt msy be As ofil
iasi - tie !aige IL able - devise. An .
pl5 G.y be plaesd 10 ,h Of sstu sud
the delltqaent be t)ld To plck It there
from vlth bis teeth Tits slll canse COZ
siderable merflmsni as Il is aat 81 easy
t.sf, for the sFpls viii bob about sith ~
cry touch, says writer 10 the London
LtjIes Wcrli.
Aaothet ldsa is TO carve lace upon $
potato, this ls easily done and the carTtug
Viii produce some nefrlmen', SIS the Zero
ers Of lhe mouth msy be IN ,de 10 express
great deal They msy be turned NJ
With pleasure, or drs.D down with mis-
cry, the carver has bis vii ia the matter,
unless the Judge slipnlstes otherwise
I Putting so egg 10 such manner that =
hall bushel oannot be placed ever it is
very simpls when one knows how, but it
may t,ko little thiaklng before It will be
seen that 40 egg placed 10 the corner ois
room osnuoI be covered by a hsli bushel
measure The same might be dcne more
safely With potato, or 90 apple II prelorr
ed,
Take you and double yoa and put yoI
through iinger rIng Is aud old trick. 1t
is simple enough, The letter L and the
letter W are written upon paper and
this Is then passed through the rlug.
Push ch air hrougha bracelet. This |
/. not at all cia sult. bracelet is taken,
the 60gers are placed tutongh it aud the
chair is then pushed
Putting one hand where the othtr can
not touch 1t will create mtrrlment, as the
victim places the hands IN every oouoelva
ble position betor5 putting one below the
elbow OF the ether arm, where the bsnds
cannot touch each other
Marx upou the wall the height Of a mans
silk hat, Tls is not 80 easy ~ 1t seems,
as distances are deceptive, II the one be
ing judged fails 10 marking the correct
height by more or less than sn inch. be ls
told to cave the room and come back
with sn additional arm. This is easy
enough. He may come back with snoth ,
ar person, with sn arm cdsir. or firearms,
etc.
Markings ertsio persons height upon
he wall may also be used as judgement =
This is also little difficult, as If the pgr {
IONS are slting it may not be so readily de q
ermined,
Giving the d!meH'ions Of the rCom 10 i
eet ant d inches is another ludicrous 0
10 regard to distances. b
Leaving the room on two legs and com II
ng back with six is simple, as you may !
eadily see a chair or a four legged stool @
giIl enable the victim to meet the req1ire @
nents. u
Wtltin your name 10 one letter will IL
eem little difficult until You bethink a
ourseli Of making large letter and then Il
lscribing the name therein. d
Blowing out lighted candle with the II
yes blindiolded is very funny. as the per /
1n who is to accomplish this feat is plsc 81
4 10 front Of the candle, then blindfold st
d, turned about twice and then the pro st
,edlOgs begin, 1t will be some time be Y
IRE the candle is eitingnished. for the &c
erson will IN all robiblllty blow in ev
y direction but the night one. cl
Another judgement Of q similar nature ct
for two persons to be bIndiotded, turn er
l about twice and then told to shake tv
snds with each other. m
There will be some groping about be th
re the object is accomplished. The fun th
i'll be increased il the two persons are tn
laced 10 opposite corners Of the room. ne
mother idea is TO walk str,ight across wi
e ro1m when blindfolded II seems al
ost impossible to take bee line 1even 1t
hen the cid OF the eye is allowed. This da
sy be demonstrated by the footpaths we th
e, for foctpsths are invariably crooked tie