The Phonogram (1902-02)

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FEBRUARY 190* for the lady or gentleman who would guess the largest number of titles of the records used; and, providing the the guests with paper and pencil, he started the Phonograph; being careful to just avoid the announcement which pre- cedes the record. In this manner he not only furnished music of an ex- cellent quality for his guests, but kept them all interested, for the prize was one which was well worth winning. When the last record had been played and the prize awarded, the game was pronounced by all present to be a grand success, and the host was congratulated for his originality. This is a game which should prove popular during the winter season, when parties are in vogue, and will no doubt in a very short time take its place among the time honored card games, without which no social gathering of the present day seems to be complete. ' Tka ditcwery of tho Editor* Pkcmog^afri i krmfki Uppntn to tkouutndi. —CflAvnt, TRAPS THE SLY FOX WITH A PHONOGRAPH Elmer Skillings, champion fox trapper of Bucksport, Maine, who became a wonder in that line so suddenly that there has always been great curiosity at his success, has finally told the secret by which he lured the sly foxes into his traps. -Mr. Skillings, who is a farmer in a sparsely settled dis- trict, purchased a Phonograph and some records, for his own amusement and to entertain his fellow farmers at the Orange meetings. He has an ingenious mind, which sug- gested an attempt to get on record the noises of the poultry yard, that of the pullet who has just laid an egg, the crow-