How? or, Spare hours made profitable for boys and girls (1887)
Holbrook, Kennedy · New York, Worthington co. · leaf 49
art is ready for use. THE BALANCING PIN. This amusing feat I first saw performed in our little dis-trict school-house, many years ago. One morning, while theteacher was busy with hisclass at the blackboard,one of the boys drew anold clay pipe-stem fromhis pocket, and produc-ing a small green… … %>2^ THE BALANCING PIN. 45 mained turned toward us, he proceeded to astonish us withhis remarkable feat. He first stuck the pin through thegooseberry, and then let it fall, point downward, into oneend of the pipe-stem; then, placing the other end to hismouth, and holding his head thrown well…
Handicraft · Amusements
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