EFFECT HAND GRENADES.
Ix a curtain American town the announcement ''.id been made that in tho evening a burning building would bo used to demonstrate tliu /irc-exti:i!niishirig capii"bilitioH of tlics " model a-wonder hand grenades." Jn the meanwhile a sort, of "shanty' , w.is evented in the square. l)arknes:-i oa:nu mid w> did tl.i; crowd, ami so did tho sirangci , with his wonderful bottles. Af'er a I'.-'-jlt'i , ! , on tlio merits of the grenade, ho proceeded to Met fire to thn ""hlianiy. ,. The flames leaped up before theio'was any serious ignition 01 the wood; tilt) knight of the grenade threw off his (joat and let, the bottles fly. As oacli one ora."!i'-d against tho board.-, thn flames leiij.ed lii.u'lier and the fire burned more fiercely! Faster flew the "Tonades and lamer grow the conllagra"ion, till thn greiiiidcs at hand and the ii-it.oniahfid thrower wtro oxhaustpd. The " shanty " was xi'm :i pile of aaht'?, and the ,li,eomfit<il vendor of grenades retired a-nid ,!:"« s and j-i-rs i'.ir iiom c.O!\:;Mtory And to this diy lm never learned whnrtro'.'Mi!oe..rk.sofl.is and pouring out tliu contents, Mibslituted keroH'.no.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2578, 19 January 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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179EFFECT HAND GRENADES. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2578, 19 January 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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