. St. Nicholas [serial]. uctionof this wheel, which can be seen in action inthe illustration at the bottom of this page. The table was divided off into four sections, acorner representing a section; and they werenumbered from 1 to 4, and on section 1 theprize was placed, while on the other three sec-tions small wares such as peanuts, candy, or apiece of cake rested to console the spinner whowas not fortunate enough to have the markedpart of the wheel stop at No. 1. Another feature of the fair that kept thesmall boy working was the record pole, atthe top of which a gong could be rung by theboy
. St. Nicholas [serial]. uctionof this wheel, which can be seen in action inthe illustration at the bottom of this page. The table was divided off into four sections, acorner representing a section; and they werenumbered from 1 to 4, and on section 1 theprize was placed, while on the other three sec-tions small wares such as peanuts, candy, or apiece of cake rested to console the spinner whowas not fortunate enough to have the markedpart of the wheel stop at No. 1. Another feature of the fair that kept thesmall boy working was the record pole, atthe top of which a gong could be rung by theboy who was sufficiently muscular to hit the trip-board hard enough to send the weight up tothe 1000-mark. This afforded the strongboy and the little fellow with the bigmuscle a good opportunity to see how strongthey really were, and when, occasionally, thegong sounded at the top of the pole, the proudthumper stepped up for his prize, to the envyof the boys who had tried and failed. The record pole was made of a sixteen-foot. WHEEL OF FORTUNE. plank eight inches wide and one and a halfinches thick. At the top a shelf six inches wide ioo6 THE COUNTY FAIR. [Sept. was attached and supported by two strips of the fulcrum was arranged on which the trip-wood to act as brackets, as shown in Fig. 8; and board rested, and which, on being hit with the heavy mallet or maul (that was made of apiece of kindling-wood and a curtain-pole),threw the weight up the wire that was stretchedtight between the foot-board and bracket-shelfat the top of the pole. The block that traveled on the wire was apiece of wood two inches in diameter and threeinches long, having a hole bored through itwith a gimlet so that it would travel on thewire easily. Cross-lines and numbers from ioo to iooowere painted on the board, and the wholeaffair was attached to the fence with a few steel-wire nails, which held it securely in place. Thefulcrum was nailed fast to the foot-board, and thetrip-board was attached to it with hin
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