Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-08-06
Nelson and the Myrtle Peek Combine
ten VIII Come From the West.
Athletic Sports, Balloon Ascensions,
Daring Parachute Flights.


Ogms;let M d. down together and
I'll oft& GApuzosching great Fair.
3ere hascbeen some grand fairs in
NeN Ehsamd In thsrAst few sesrs, the
g,.ndas6peA ossilAasing been held in
Aaocak nnasSsAe combined auspices OF
Ito N1R Nasasad and Eastern Maine
sRss 3Atn.
mBAngur. and on Maplewood Park,
9t.6oopsoplA haze assembled in An after.
noon. eov@n6rs, Secretary otstate Blaine,
msmb4ss Of President Cleveland's cabinet
and, no3ednnen from New Brunswick and
Nova1uUe0 have thronged the place and
with delight hsve witnessed the won
derousshow and all have pronounced it
sgrand."
AS o matter OF fact, The Eastern Maine
ststesFair, which has been held fof eight
consecutive years, has never met with any
thing other than success, and such as have
attended have never experienced other
than delight.
This year Of 1891, there is to be given in
BargoH the most stupendous fair ever
held In the East, and it is regarding this
That We would speak.
The old time Fair, like the old time
muster, was a thing Of but a day. The
good folks OF the olden time lived for the
most part in sections where only stage
caches offered transportation; they had
bot little to exhibit as the product of the
gather each year, chat, show what little
lAey had TO show and then go home,
hardly wiser than when they came. But
now all this is changed.
a fair OF today mast bs first OF all q
thing OF magnitude to succeed. 1t must
not only furnish an opportu nifty to exhibit
farm stock and farm products, but music
must be had the product OF the needle,
the work shop; the skill OF the artist,
specimens Of stocks in trade; the products
OF the mills; new inventions, curious
relics, biooded horses and othe, animals
athletic sports, euch - raciug and base
ball; side shows OF all kinds; feats Of
daring and otdangs,, and even cat and
baby shows must be presented. Whereas
u the olden time . premium of i've doll
lars was though bit to be . liberal one, now
the public call 70. prizes running away up
into hundreds OF dollau, and areuot con.
tent with the racing unless lump sum
OF one thousand or more dollars is huns
up for the Free for-Au.
Then, again. the fair OF the present day
must be educational It must be divided
and arb divided until 1t is Ike theehap.
ter OF . book. There must be q poultry
depaxAnent wbe1etn lovers OF fowl and
birds can etudS Them and lsrn Of the
proexsss inAb,eeding; there must be q
place for the sssins, Another tor theeheep
tho csttio must be separated according to
the blood and breeding, draoght horses
roadsters, breeders, racers and other kinds
must be 80 glazed as to enable the lover
OF tho equins4sto study them carefully,
And all departments there must be care
fol men to Judge and look 20 the welfare
OF them all
Nothing can be done hap hazard at q
fair; nothing left to chance, The man
whocomes to Maplewood Park with one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth
Of horseAeah, as men have done; the man
who comes with 8 one hundred thousand
dollar stallion as q man has done: the
government officials who put twenty thou
sand dollar throug hbreds into the Parl
as New Brunswick officials have done
the man who brings along COW for which
he paid three thousand dollars, as ha:
been done at Msplewood Park, will take
no chances. So the big fair must be man
aged with care as well as skill.
Not only educated and given a chance
to study, but the populace now demand
that matters be SO arranged that they car
turn away at any time from these living
books anc find pleasure and mirth. Wher
people come out now days they want
SOM genuine pleasure; something to
meS- them laugh; they desire to Sc.
s1l4.hlllg new, something startling.
.y = { read2 to pay for the privilege OF
-. z, the7 arc ready with their applause
'-d-'e too, but the attraction must b.
.. ,hs -e:icine sort-a sham won't do.
Lut this is not ALL
Ahe preparations for the great Eastern
Maine State Fair reach out over thousands
OF miles Of territory. Way down In Nov.
Scotia and New Brunswick, whereve,
there be railroad station, there the in
fuence OF the coming Bangor Fair Is fell
and there preparations are made for i,