The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-17
GREATEST OF ALL,
A~TTENDANOHS AT LAKESIDE
ECLIPSED SATURDAY.
10000 PEOPLE ON THE GROUNDS.
The Open-Air Eisteddfod a Glori-
Gus Success-ThoUsands De-
lighted by the Events Of the
Day-Prize Winners.

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Never in the history of East Mahanoy
junction or since Lakeside park has been
established has there been so many people
on the grounds as on Saturday last. The
attendance was close upon ten thousand,
eclips'ng all previous records and exceed
ing the expectation Of the most ~enthusiss-
sic members of the committee.
When the railway arrangement we're
made by the committee there we're some
who hesitated in requesting station agent
Davies, of the local p. 81 r. station, 70
have 1000 tickets on hand for the people OF
Shenandoah and VIM. Penn. Mr.. Davies
disposed of LOCO tickets. In addition to
this there we're hundreds who drove TO
Lakeside from town, and as many more
vent via the Lehigh Valley railroad to
Mahauoy City and made connection with
the P. & II. A large number walked to the
park from Delano. Twelve hundred
tickets we're sold at the Mahanoy City p.
& r depot and Ashland and Girardville
sent down twenty car loads. Tamaqua and
Pottsville also sent large crowds and
MinersYille was well represented. Lans-
ford, Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk and
Coal Dale sent about two hundred people.
Those places would have sent at least .
thousand if the New Jersey Central Rail-
road Company had acted wisely. The
people of the place asked for special rates
and the company macnanimously CJ
foplyaH TX aapte an tho rNr,,1a, ,.4a g.,
special trains.
The eisteddfod was to have opened at 10
a. NJ, but owing to the difficulty expert
enced by the railway company in handling
the unexpected throng some of the trains
arrived upon the grounds late and it was
after II o'clock when the exercises began.
Capt. Edward Reese, Of Centralia, who
is chairman of the general committee, was
made chairman for the day and w. y.
Watkins, OF shenandoah, acted as secre.
tsry.
Just before the opening address was
made the Grant Cornet Band played a
selection that was enthusiastically ap-
plauded by the immense throng on and
about the grand stand.
Mr.. Reese opened the exercises by maxi
ing a brief and very appropriate address,
which provoked 3 storm of applause.
Prof, David w. Price, of Ashland, was
then introduced and under his conductor
ship the hundreds of voices Joined in sing
ing Hen Wlad by Nhadau C'The Land of
my Father)."
Then the band contest was announced.
The Grant CorneS Band was given a clear
field. The Mt. Carmel band was on the
ground, but did not wish to participate.
The Oentralia baRd had Withdrawn and the
Lansford band wa out Of the contest on
account of the difficulty with the New
Jersey Central Railroad concerning rates.
AS the Grant band took q position in front
of the grand stand it was royalty received.
Stalwart Prof. Zeitz struck up the prize
selection, Solitude" in admirable style.
The audience took every note with great
interest and when the conductors baton
fell for the last time the applause was as the
roar of cannon. Men cheered and ladies
waived their handkerchiefs. The band
had struck the chord of success.
ibAs W iAtl 9HAiuANNt VI CuINAagt
ILL.,, the adjudicator for the day, 10 making
his adjudication on the selection, complj.
mented the band in the highest terms. He
said he had heard many bands in the coal
regions, but the Gra0t Band had impressed
him rs the best of all. He then made q
technical analysis ofthe piece as rendered
and concluded by saying Il haven't the
slightest hesitation in saying that the band
Is very worthy Of the price Again a
storm of applause broke forth and it con-
tinusd until after the band had retired from
the platform.
The next thing OF the programme was q
male duett, The Two Bsrds," for which
there We're three entries. The contest wa.
for a prize of $40 and J. j. Price and p, T.
Evans, singing under the name Of tive
Welshmen," won it.
There we're five entries for the soprano
solo, Eye Breezes that Blow" for a priz,
Of S. The prize was divided between
Misses Annie Wynne and Ellen jenkins
of Mahanoy City.
For the SIS prize offered for the trio,
20, Restless Sea" there we're four entries
and the adjudicator divided it between
Miss Annie Wynne and Rees Rosser, Of
Mahanoy City, and j. j. Price, of Shenan,
doah, as one party, and L. j. Davis and P,
n. Evans, of VIM. Penn, and Miss Mary
jenkins, of Shenandoah, as the other
party.
The $40 prize for the violin solo will
piano accompaniment WAS also DIVIDED
The contestants we're Master Richsrc
Henry Jones, of VIM. Penn, and Mis-
| Snlnna Gnntz of Ashlnnd Euan /.