Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-11-20

PLANTATION, so that the victim will be con-
WINGED that the real test is to be able TO
keep the arm in its original position long
enough TO reach the pin head; he will
then start forward. holding his arm out
stir and straight. and being blindfolded
he will not see the person who slips Noise
lessly in front of him ready to receive
the extended index finger between two
rows of shining teeth. When this is well
done it makes a great deal of fun for ev-
erybody-excepr the victim, but he gets
in his innings upon the cext one who
does not know the trick.
The game of geography though some
what simple. affords considerable enter
tainment for both old and young. Each
person is provided with pencil and pa
per, and is instructed to write as many
as he can recall of geographical names,
which begin with letter OF the alpha
bet that has been previously agreed up
on. For instance, if the letter 4 has
been chosen, everybody bcgins to write as
fast as the names occur TO him. Asia,
Africa, Australia, August. Andes, Anna
zon, Aurora County, Arahia, etc A time
limit of five minutes is allowed, and for
every one which any member has which
nobody else has written he counts five.
Two funny games that are somewhat
s..silar are the Peanut and the 'Pota-
to" games. In the nanut . ME each
member is provided with pile Of two
dozen peanuts and a case anife. At Civ
en- signal each one take, his knife, picks
up as many of his pelauts as he can on
its blade, and carries them across the
room, depositing on plate set for the
purpose. Then he goes back and repeats
the operation. and continues until he gets
them all transported. IL any drop IN
the floor in the transit they must be
picked up in the same way. The one
who first succeeds in transferring his
pile from one place to the other gets Il
prize.
In playing the potato game, twelve
potatoes of various sizes are used. They
are laid i'll two rows of six each, at in
tervals of eighteen inches between the
potatoes. At the end of each row is a
plate Two ladies are then called for
ward, and each is provided with table
spoon, with which she is told to gather up
the potatoes in her row and carry them
to her plate The one who first gets her
potatoes gathered up and piled on the
plate is allowed to challenge another lady
to similar contest, and so on until the
last one has played, the one who wins
last being the champion.
An old game, which has been adapted
especially to suit the Thanksgiving sea-
son, is the turkey gobbler game. 1t is
understood that each member is instruct
ed by the leader to give the call of some
animal. upon signal agreed upon. Some
one who has never played the game is
told in whisper to gobble like q turkey.
The leader, while pretending to give the
name of some animal to every member
really tells all others to keep quiet. and
when the signal is given the gobbler is
the only animal that is heard, which,
indeed, is quite appropriate, considering
what day it is, but the victim of the
joke feels rather uncomfortable.
There are numerous other games,
which are more or less old, but these are
enough TO furnish entertainment for one
afternoon, with a few left over for the
evening parties that have been planned
for the younger members of the family.