. St. Nicholas [serial]. little cardboard men sat oppositeeach other in two of the corners. Fig. 3 shows one of the baskets, and Fig. 4 The fuses were wound round a piece of thinwire attached to the hook wires of the balloon,and, being of four different lengths, the shortestone released its parachute first, the others fol-lowing in succession. A hanging and a released parachute areshown in Fig. 5, where A gives a clear ideahow to fix the fuse wire and hang the para-chutes on the hooks, and B shows the descend-ing parachute. Located conveniently near the entrance tothe grounds, the candy and ca
. St. Nicholas [serial]. little cardboard men sat oppositeeach other in two of the corners. Fig. 3 shows one of the baskets, and Fig. 4 The fuses were wound round a piece of thinwire attached to the hook wires of the balloon,and, being of four different lengths, the shortestone released its parachute first, the others fol-lowing in succession. A hanging and a released parachute areshown in Fig. 5, where A gives a clear ideahow to fix the fuse wire and hang the para-chutes on the hooks, and B shows the descend-ing parachute. Located conveniently near the entrance tothe grounds, the candy and cake booth was pre-sided over by one of the girls. Next in line came the lemonade and peanutstand, in charge of another of the boys girlchums — a popular one to be sure. 1904.] THE COUNTY FAIR. IOO3 Sambo, with a fierce expression, was a favor-ite attraction. He was strapped to a clothes-post, where he presented his face to the specta-tors, who, for one cent, could have five shots at r5AMB0 ANDtrrAr ?•. FIVE SHOTS FOR ONE CENT! him from a distance of five or six yards, tobreak, if possible, the clay pipe in his mouth. The one who successfully performed the featwith a solid rubber ball provided for this pur-pose, and at the proper distance from the pole,was given a ticket for one cents worth ofentertainment or refreshments. Sambo had a thick muslin head stuffedwith excelsior, on top of which an old hat wassewed fast, and his face was painted with water- colors by the art committee of the fair. Hisbody was composed of an excelsior-stuffedcoat and pair of old trousers, and below thetrousers nothing was required, for he was sup-ported by the straps that held him to the post. Sambo had to be remade and restuffed be-fore each fair day, as the terrible pommeling hewas subjected to by the more muscular boystwisted him all out of shape. At one side of the fair grounds Divo wasready to loop the loop in an was a cardboard monkey in two piecesglued together,
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