Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 87
THE LETTER-BOX. [May, An Interesting Experiment. Dear St. Nicholas : To suspend a bottle from a match laid onthe edge of a table may seem an impossible feat; but the experimentwill prove how easily it may be accomplished. Tie a piece of twinesecurely around the neck of the bottle; then lay a match… … the loop, rest one end on the cork, and lay the other on the project-ing edge of a table where the bottle will swing clear of any obstruc-tion. If the match is but an inch in length, it will support the bottlequite as readily and make the feat appear all the more surprising. S. E. Boggs. I dont…
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