TO OUR BOYS. DRAWING – ROOM ENTERTAINMENTS.

Waikato Times, Issue 613, 25 April 1876, Page 3

TO OUR BOYS. DRAWING - ROOM ENTERTAINMENTS.

(Dedicated to the young Olive Branches of the Waikmio by 2?ertr.yoU'mind-wIio.J

THK D 0» THICK. This trick ii not always eaey te perform on account of the neooisity of introducing a strange dog into the family cirole. Toa must entice a strange dog, th« more unsociable the bettor, into the room. Then let one of the company take hold of its ears, and hold the dog still, vrhile another ties its tail in a bow knot. If the dog has been properly trainod and does his part of the trick promptly there will be four or live legs in that room chuck full of dog's teeth before the first wrinkle is laid in fhat knot. Thii will teach the children to let a dag's tail retain the •hope which nature has given it. Any dog of average sagacity can bo taught to perform this trick in two or throe doyi' practice. A torrior 11 generally considered bettor for this experiment than a bull-dog, bocause to doein't hold on co long, »nd knows when it n*t hud enough. THE CHItK TBICX. You can derive a never-ending fund of amusement by properly improving a common chair. With an ordinary hand-saw cut off about an inch and a half of the right front leg of the chair and -about thcßßiac length from tfjg loft hind leg. Xheu