FOR Field and Fireside, OR Amusements for Young and Old. CAREFULLY COMPILED BY AUNT CARRIE. SPRINGFIELD, MASS.: PUBLISHED BY MILTON BRADLEY & CO. 1867. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by MILTON BRADLEY & COMPANY, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. SAMUEL BOWLES AND COMPANY. Printers, Binders and Electrotypers. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by MILTON BRADLEY & COMPANY, In the Clerk

I WOULD like to make a few suggestions on “home influence,” before I commence a list of amusements. They may be superfluous; if so, I trust you will pardon me. All parents, I am sure, must feel a deep interest in this subject, and I think will agree with me that judicious praise is quite as necessary in the training of a child as wholesome correction. But if we wish our children to have a genuine love for us, and our homes, we must sympathize with them, and never forget we were once children, an

In Rules of the Game, explanatory remarks are enclosed in brackets. MATERIALS OF THE GAME. A complete set of Croquet consists of eight balls, eight mallets, ten iron bridges, and two posts . The balls should be about ten inches in circumference, perfectly spherical, and should weigh about eight ounces. They should be designated by different colors, either by painting the entire surface of the ball, or by a stripe of the color merely. But the first method is much to be preferred, as a ball needs

Section 1. The ball must weigh not less than five and one-half, nor more than five and three-fourths ounces avoirdupois. It must measure not less than nine and one-half, nor more than nine and three-fourths inches in circumference. It must be composed of India rubber and yarn, and covered with leather, and, in all match games, shall be furnished by the challenging club, and become the property of the winning club as a trophy of victory. Sec. 2. The bat must be round, and must not exceed two and

To draw the arrow from the mark or ground it should be taken by the hand, as near the head of the arrow as possible, and extracted in the same direction as it entered. If these instructions be not attended to, the young archer will break many arrows in drawing them from the ground, or the mark, when she is so successful as to hit it. In selecting a bow the chief point to be attended to is the adaptation of the bow to the strength of the person who is to use it. Bows, arrows, and accoutrements ca

On Sundays they always, even in midwinter, ornamented their social table with flowers, for they are God’s smiles. Therefore, my friends, I speak from observation, and from seeing the effect of an opposite course. If you wish to lessen your doctor’s bill, and give the beauty of robust health and happiness to your children, girls or boys, give them a garden and let them plant, weed and water it. If your children bring you even a simple field daisy, express your pleasure to them, and let them not s

MATERIALS. A careful inspection of the list of water colors manufactured at the present day, leads to the conclusion that the following colors may be used, though some of them are similar to others in tint, &c., or can for other reasons be superseded. These latter are marked in italics: YELLOWS. Cadmium Yellow. Gamboge. Lemon Yellow. Mars Yellow. Naples Yellow. Raw Sienna. Yellow Ochre. REDS. Brown Madder. Carmine. Crimson Lake. Indian Red. Orange Vermilion. Light Red. Scarlet Vermilion.

Materials. The necessary materials are as follows: cementing varnish , protecting varnish , two or three camel’s hair brushes of various sizes, (these should be of fine quality, as the cheaper ones never have good points), a glass of clear water , a small vial of benzine or burning fluid for cleaning the varnish brushes; and be careful and procure suitably prepared pictures. Directions. First, with a fine brush, apply the cementing varnish to every part of the picture, following the outline neat

THE MAGIC OF ACOUSTICS. The science of Acoustics furnished the ancient sorcerers with some of their most complete deceptions. The imitation of thunder in their subterranean temples did not fail to indicate the presence of a supernatural agent. The golden virgins, whose ravishing voices resounded through the temple of Delphos; the stone from the river Pactoles, where trumpet notes scared the robber from the treasure which it guarded; the speaking head, which uttered its oracular responses at Lesb

POP GOES THE WEASEL. This is an old English dance revived. The positions first taken are the same as in the contra dance, the ladies and gentlemen being placed in lines opposite to each other. The couple at the top begin the figures. They first dance down outside the lines and back, then join hands and down the middle, then join hands with the lady of the couple next to them and the three dance around in a circle till the music comes to “Pop goes the Weasel.” As they sing that, the second lady p

A few directions may be of use in regard to the preparation of theatrical dresses. Powdered wigs can be made of tow, raveled yarn, or gray colored horse hair; beards and moustache of the same, or a piece of buffalo skin. Ermine can be made of cotton flannel with tags of lion skin cloth sewed on, or black tags painted. Pelisse wadding is sometimes used. Crowns and sceptres are easily made of pasteboard and gold paper. Velvet talma cloaks, capes, or even the loose velvet sack, can be converted int

THE FIAT OF FATE. Make twelve flat pin-cushions, heart-shape, and all of different colors, such as blue, variegated, white, scarlet, green, lilac, checkered, brown, slate, purple, yellow and pink. Have a loop of narrow ribbon fastened to each, and stick small pins all around them as in the design. Take some narrow ribbon and string them all upon it; they are then ready to be used, with the following oracles: The Fiat of Fate. To all who wish their fate to know, These hearts will future fortunes

BLIND MAN’S BUFF is a popular, old-fashioned and delightful pastime, too well known to render any description of it necessary. A more quiet variety of blind man’s buff is played in the following manner: All the company arrange themselves around the room, one being blinded in the centre. Some one then either numbers them, or calls them by the names of different towns or cities. Each one must remember the name given him. Then the one who named them calls out to any two in the party, such as: “Two

SHADOW BUFF. Shadow Buff is a variation of blind man’s buff. Though not as generally known, it is equally amusing. A large piece of white cloth, or a linen or cotton sheet, is suspended smoothly at one end of the room, at a little distance from “Buffy,” who sits with his face towards the cloth, and his back to the company. Behind him a light must be so placed as to throw the shadows of persons passing between it and “Buffy” directly on the curtain. All other lights must be extinguished. The play

“Didon dina, dit on, du dos d’un dodu dindon.” “Robert Rowley rolled a round roll round; A round roll Robert Rowley rolled round; Where rolled the round roll Robert Rowley rolled round?” A Frenchman having taken herb tea for a cough, his neighbor asked him, “Ton Thè, t’a t’il otè ta toux?” “LE JARDIN DE MA TANTE.” Le vient du jardin de ma tante. O, qu’il est beau le jardin de ma tante! Dans le jardin de ma tante, il y a un arbre. O, qu’il est beau l’arbre du jardin de ma tante! Dans l’arbre du j

Vocabulary of Terms. Target. —The movable hub at which the squails are played. Gauge. —The measure. Line of Demarcation. —An imaginary line round the table, at the distance of the length of the gauge from the edge. Out. —A squail struck over the line of demarcation on the opposite side from the player striking it, is “out.” To Rout. —To strike a collection of enemy’s squails so as to scatter them about. To Blockade. —To leave one’s squails in such a position as to block up a passage in which the

UNCLE JOHN. All the children who join this game must stand in a circle holding each others’ hands, and as they walk or dance around they sing the following words: “Uncle John is very sick. What shall we send him? A piece of pie, a piece of cake, a piece of apple dumpling. What shall we send it in? In a golden saucer. Who shall we send it by? By the king’s daughter. D-o-w-n, down.” Then all must kneel down as quickly as possible, and rise up at once, the one who is the last to kneel must, when th