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Identifier: stnicholasserial31dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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re nail One of the star attractions was the doll-rack.Five shots for a cent tempted the boy whoprided himself on being a line shot, but themarks were so deceptive or the aim so poorthat frequently a small boys five shots weremore successful than the dead sure aim ofthe crack pitcher of the baseball nine. Two dolls down gave the marksman anotherfive shots or a prize, and this feature kept inbusiness until the closing moment of the fair. The doll-rack was made of three boardsfour feet long and six inches wide, and the sideswere thirty inches high, making each doll-com-partment fourteen inches high. The dolls weremade of paper and rags bound to a stick, whichin turn was nailed to a short stick that acted asa base or foot. This base was hinged to theshelf, so when hit a doll would fall over back-ward, and could easily be set up again, butwould not cause others to fall at the same time.(See Fig. 6.) Attached to the fence, and but a short dis-tance from the rack of dolls, a small table sup-
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divo looping the loop. with a steering-wheel cut from a section of abroom-handle in which a hole had been madefor the nail to pass through. It was a comical sight to see this little cardescend the grade with the monkey pitchedforward, and, a moment later, see the automo-bile turn over inside the loop and pass out andover the three hills with perfect ease. ported a wheel of fortune made from abarrel-hoop, a broom-stick, and some wire. This wheel kept up a lively spinning allthrough the fair time. Everybody drew some-thing, as there were no blanks, and the bestprize was a cents worth of toys, candy, cake,peanuts, or a choice of various things in thetray of goods provided for the wheel. igo4.) THE COUNTY FAIR IOO5 It was an easy matter to construct this pieceof paraphernalia, and only the very simplestmaterials were employed in making it.

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