. St. Nicholas [serial]. twelfth century, horns were used as war trumpetsand as drinking vessels. They were highly orna-mented with carvings representing war and do-mestic scenes. A good illustration of them maybe found in The Viking Age, by Paul , Vol. I, page 242. That they were soused long before the Christian era, there is con-vincing evidence. The powder-horn has played an important partin the history of this country. During the Revo-lutionary War, the powder-horns were not carved,but were engraved or etched. Some were thusornamented by expert engravers, but most ofthem by the
. St. Nicholas [serial]. twelfth century, horns were used as war trumpetsand as drinking vessels. They were highly orna-mented with carvings representing war and do-mestic scenes. A good illustration of them maybe found in The Viking Age, by Paul , Vol. I, page 242. That they were soused long before the Christian era, there is con-vincing evidence. The powder-horn has played an important partin the history of this country. During the Revo-lutionary War, the powder-horns were not carved,but were engraved or etched. Some were thusornamented by expert engravers, but most ofthem by the soldiers who made them. Historysays that there were ten thousand in use duringthe war, but this must be a mistake, as morewould be required, since every man had bore unique inscriptions, some had mapsof the country, or figures of fish, deer, birds, andother animals. Horn-carving may be made a work of art equal. the top downward: Miles Standish landing at Weymouth onhis expedition against the Indians. Scene from an expedition overthe Rocky Mountains in 1864. A deer hunt. A fanciful piece (atbottom). Cuckoo sounding horn (at left). in a flower garden. Chanticleers. A fox hunt. to ivory-carving. A finely carved ox-horn isworth from five to ten, or even twenty-five, dol-lars. The old-time New England ox-horns, such asthe soldiers of the Revolution carried, are nowhard to find. We must get them from the westernstock-yards if we want large ones. Cow-hornswill do for beginners in carving, but even theyare getting scarce, as so many cows are beingdehorned. To prepare a horn for carving or engraving,the best way is to file the entire surface (it maybe scraped with a piece of glass or a sharp knife),then sandpaper it smooth, so that you can drawon the surface any design that you want. Youmay first polish it, if you like, with pumice-stoneand water, followed by chalk
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