The magician's own book, or The whole art of conjuring (1862)
Arnold, George, 1834-1865, Cahill, Frank · New York, Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 51
bell.)How the man bought a measure full of shot for a cent,(you pour the shot into the bell and back again two orthree times,) but was so long haggling over three shots,that the gunraaker took away the shot, (here you againpour the shot into the bell, and by pressing on the handle,allow them all to… … THE YOUNG CONJUROR. 35 the measure on the table. The cent not being heldby the finger and thumb, will now fall on the tablecloth.)Then finish the story with an account of the manner inwhich the man got back his cent. When you havefinished, invert the bell over the empty measure, and onpressing the…
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