The boy's own book; a complete encylopedia of all the diversion, athletic, scientific and recreative, of boyhood and youth. (1834)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis, 1834. · leaf 207
e per- son if there be anything in it? He will answer there is not. Take the egg in your left hand, and the hollow stick in your right s—break the egg with the stick, let the sprig go, and the card will be driven into the egg, You may then show it the spectators, but be sure to conceal the hollow… … each card, leaving the left untouched. By a little dexterity, yow may now seem to transform a set of common cards: into a painted pack. ? TO CONVEY A CARD INTO A CHERRY-STONE. Burn a hole through the shell of a nut or cherry-stone, and also through the kernel, with a hot bodkin, or bore it with an…
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