Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1907 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

FOR THE CHILDREN “Brother, I Am Bobbed.” A good game for boys Is one that conies from the French and is called “Frere, on me bat,” which translated means "Brother, some one strikes me.” Here we call it “Brother, I am bobbed.” It is a game and a trick combined and can be played on the green or Indoors, which Is well, for on rainy dujj boys want such a game. Two boys are selected as brothers, one of whom must know the game, and the other must never have played It before. The two brothers are blindfolded and must stand back to back, but not close together. The one who does not know the game Is told that one of the other players, who all stand around the brothers In a ring, will bit one of them with a knotted handkerchief from time to time. The one who Is hit must call out, “Brother, I am bobbed," and the other asks, “Who bobbed you?” If the hit one answers correctly, the hitter takes his place,