Novelty Company.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 71, 28 February 1883, Page 2

Novelty Company.

We paid a brief visit this morning to this really interesting museum of articles scientific, interesting, and amusing, and found the clever proDrietor engaged m the periormance of a series of conjuring tricks, some as neatly executed as we remember to have seen. The egg. trick we never saw better performed, and the moEey-box slight of hand was equally clever. In fact the amateur professor of legerdemain who presides could entertain a critical audience during a long evening. His tricks with cards were, neater than those of many professors. This- portion of the programme is m order to attract and entertain his audience, of which he always has a full number, and with a view of course to dispose of his wares. We cannot atttrapt to describe his articles of amusement, general utility, and curiosity : suffice it to say that some of the most useful articles for the every* I i\ ay requirements of household life cau be obtained at snrpiisin sly cheap prices. The hydropult, as a fire-extinguisher,, garden- waterer.oi" window-washer, is unequalled, and one should be found m eveiy house. A. brief investigation convinced us that for- toys, implements; »nd articles of ingenious construction, the American Novelty Company have a show m which a. few shillings can be most advantageously laid out.