Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-09-04
BOSTON LETTER.
Kelly's $3.50 Vacation
lists Returning.
A Great Piece of Scenic Me-
chanism--PolitiCS, Etc.

The subject of much gossip and net n
little Indignation on the part of
some, is the recent action of Mike Kelly
in going over TO the league as captain
of the Boston base ball club. OF course,
it is not a matter which will seriously
interfere with the business of the coun-
try, but it has been considered of enough
importance to occupy a page or two OF
the leading dailies, and for this reason
| suppose Boston news would not be
considered complete without at least a
casual reference to the all-absorblng
topic. am not base ball crank, and
have never reached that degree of en-
thusiasm over the national game where
could subject myself to the bleaching
process, except upon one occasion, and
then | went 10 see the "only kel, who
was at the height of his fame as Il base
ballist. TO say that | was surprised at
the phenomenon would be putting it
very mild. Although am not prepared
to dispute Mr.. kclIy's proves as a
PLAYER, can truthlully say that the
single instance in which | saw him he
was not a success, either in night field or
at the bat but his admirers saw, perhaps,
in the use to which Kelly put his mouth
II merit which | failed to appreciate.
As the brotherhood which Kelly helped
to form, and to which he sworc eternal
fealty, is nearer the popular heart than
the league, the acquisition of Kelly.
| opinc, will estrange an element Of
patronage which will more than Offset
the prestige of his name and fame.
The season at the summer resorts is
about at an end. and many are already
returning to take up the thread of busi-
ness life at the Hub. The summer has
been an unusually profitable one to hotel
proprietorS, so hear; but | think that
those who are returning thus early are
missing the most delightful part Of
life at the srashore. September
is usually much warmer than
June, but it has cool and refresh
ing nights, and that is when the needed
rccupcration of our vital energies can
90 on undsturbed, if ever. At the
mountains it certainly is the month of
months, as | might easily prove by
thousands who have invoked the muses.
IN its praise Besides, there are two
other weighty considerations in favor of
| the early autumn seasOn-neiher the
! mosquitoes nor the landlords bills are so
| long.
As intimated in former letter, our
theatres are putting forth their best
! efforts to secure attractions of high
order and amusement lovers are sure
Of getting the best of everything during
the season of 1912. Some novel and
costly stage effects will he
seen here, perhaps the most i'm
portant of which will be in the
play to be produced at the Park
by Ncil4BurgesS, entitled The County
Fair" and which will be put on the
boards the present week. An incident
Of the play is race course scene, IN
which five horses start, and the animals
are seen going at full speed for minute
or more within a space Of 40 feet. This
effect is made possible by a
very ingenious mechanism operat-
ed bv electricity. The back fence
Of the race course, which is 90 feet long
and 90 feet high, 10 feet of it extending
beneath the level of the stage, and the
front fence, 100 feet long and feet
high, are connected with two three
horse power motors, revolving each at
| A.. e -,
separate and distinct revolving sections
of the stage are moved back and forth
by the aid of another threc-horse power
motor Upon each is placed II horse
and rider, the word given tc
60, and then, when the horses
are at full speed, the operator,
by an electric table conveniently placed,
is enabled to flash on or off the lights,
set in motion all the machinery, ant
change the relative positions of the
horses Mt will. Each section weighs
one and onc-half tons, and is capable OF
resisting n striking power of four tons
the back fence weighs about 1900
pounds. The total weight Of all thu
machinery used in this effect is botwecr
II and ~ tons, and its cost abou
$4,000.
We have had in the past nearly every
kind of "fair" here in Boston-babics
dogs, cats, etc. but the monotony o.
these entertainments is shortly to b,
varied by an exhibition of "hcaltl
foods" While would not be under
stood as unprogressive in so importan
a matter rs alimcntation, yet an
forced to confess that | would soone
fight the demon dyspepsia with brca,
made from flour ground between tn
upper and neither stones of an old
fashioned grist mill, from fresh ia
kernels of wheat raised on one of on
Northern farms than all the new -fangle
"health foods with which | am ac
, quainted believe that the predispos
ing cause of indigestion should first b
inquired into and rCmcdicd. This i
often the result Of deficient masticaton
, immodcratc eating or examining til
stomach at unreasonable hours with foo
which an ostrich would hesitate to toucl
: "lIcalth foods nor doctors ever II
paired any damage to the digestive AZ
paratus resulting from these causes, an
never can. A little good horse sense
= what IS most needed by the averag
!, American with a gnawing sensation III
der his vest.
; President Harrison has returned
his home from tour of the New En-!
land states, or portion of them, and
: reported as being greatly pleased wit
Yankee hospitality. Well he might b.
y rs there is no place like the East f,