The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-28


WHAT WE ~ Al THE FAIR.
An admiring crowd surrounding the
little mule colts.
People who tried to eat enough buck
wheat cakes to tide them ever suppertime.
A drunken man on the grand stand
who caused a stampede among the women
in his immediate vicinity.
The merry go-round man making lots Of
money.
An appreciative crowd listening to the
music of the orchestra in the exhibition
building.
Some fine specimens of china painting.
The great number of people who found
1t convenient to tie near the cake table
when the exhibits were being removed.
An exhibitor, who had three baskets of
apples which he emptied on the ground in
the building, causing an amusing sta impede
among the crowd who grabbed for them.
A basket of .Lippincott Early, apples
that must have been in a cold place to
have kept SO long out Of season.
An amusing "know.it.all" on the stand
who announced in a loud voice the names
of the different horses, but never by any
chance hit OF the right one.
A noticeable improvement in the cases
provided for the display of fancy work.
A most interesting display of pigeons
and pets owned by DIR. Philips, of Deerfeld.
A can of corn on exhibition so active that
the owner had to empty it under the table
to avoid an explosion.
A very small display of ported plants.
An excellent show of fruit and vegetables.
The young man from out of town who
vented his Ill temper and money on sthree-
balls-for-five and every time you hit the
coon you get a good cigar"
Poor abused hack horses driven nearly
all day without any thing to eat.
A fat matronly looking woman perehed
on a striped zebra on the. 'merry-go-round.''
Country.maidens and their best fellows
in great abundance.
A pleasing absence of medicine ''fakirs.' y
HERE n OVER H GROUNDS.
The display of potatoes was very good.
also watermelo us.
Mayor Jere. Dubois, of Bridgeton, was
present on Wednesday.
Ex-CoDgressman Hires, of Salem, was
among those in attendance yesterday.
Henry /. Budd, one of the Mt. Holly
Far directors, was on the grounds We'd
nesday.
Miss Nellie, daughter of Mayor C. II.
Riclman. took ten premiums on needle
work, cakes, etc.
The railroad employees state that much
less than the usual number of people were
carried by them this year.
Theodore Green, of Woodbury., liberated
some of his carrier pigeons at the grounds
IN Wednesday and yesterday.
The atten dance on Wednesday vas not
up to the average second day, owing prob
ably to the threatening weather.
Officer Hewitt and the driver of a Deer
field hack had a few words on Wednesday,
but affairs afterward quieted down.
Hecker's buckwheat was the most prom
inent and attractive exhibit ON the grounds.
They furnished hot cakes free to all.
A well-intormed Burlington county man
stated that the display of young colts aud
brood mares was not to be excelied any
where.
One OF Crother's hack horses, driven by
Harry Riley, ran down East Avenue from
the station on Wednesday, but was stopped
without damage before reaching Main
street.
VIM. P. Lippincott, who cleiked the
races, treated the press representatives in a
courteous manner that was in pleasing
contrast TO the manner of some of the
officers.
Comfy Jenkins OBLIGATED as starting
judge, with Alfred Lippincott and George
Coombs. judges. Jos. K. Lippincott and
Henry W. Austin, timers, aid VIM. P.
Lippincott, clerk.
Tie gambling scheme in the tent, by
which those holding the winning number
| seeu red an umbrella or 100 for the 25cts
invested, did i thriving business. The
proprietor poeketed Scots every time he
turned the wheel.
|. The association was the victim OF a sell
in the special 2.40 race race on Wednesday.
There were four entries, with a purse OF
500 to winner, and the race was fixed
in one-two-three order, and the purse
shared among the horses.
The organ and piano exhibit OF J.. @.
Ramsdell, Philadelphia, was a pleasant
center of attraction in the building, with
IN orchestra di~scoursing good music. B.
S. Russell, of Bridgeport, is the repre-
sentative of this firm in South Jersey.
Geo. F. Nixon, former editor ard pro-
prieter of the Bridgeton Chronicle, now oc,
cupying q responsible position in the post
office department at Washington, was on
the grounds yesterday renewing former
Cumberland and Salem county acquair.
tanceships.
The 2.27 race yesterday excited much
interest, there being quite a rivalry
between the owners of Minnie o. and
Mentor. both Cumberland county horses,
| The last heat, won by Minnie O. in 2263
is, we think, the best time ever made on
the Woodstown track. Louis II. who won
the first heat, was drawn, having over
exerted himself.