Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-07-12

+ During the trapeze performance, Mon
aghan's band began playing in the square.
The following programme was rendered:
waltz-"sweet Marie"... arr. by I. 0. Dewitt
i Overture-"Lilliput" ..LduFendedU
March-"Col. Mills" .............:W r. Thomas
Song and Dance Schottische-"W here
the Summer Roses Bloom. ....H. Schroeder
altZ-"Swlnglng ................. Ed SttOd
PIEEATING EXTRAORDINARY.
The next thing on the programme was
the pie-eating contest There We're six
contestants-Linw Ellis, Frank Viles,
Henry Slack, Frank Moore, Everett Nc
Heenan and Charles Haywood. George
| B. Stuart and L. F. Giles acted as judges.
The boys were seated on the platform
in the square. Each was furnished with
half large and juicy blueberry pie, but
without knife or fork. At the word ''go"
the boys attacked the pie, janming 1t at
their mouths with both hands; it was
question whether the boys got outside of
the pie or the pie outside of the boys.
In fraction of a minute an empty plat
! ter was waved in the air.
The judges announced as the winners:
First prize, S1.OO, Frank Moore; second
prize, so cents, Charles Haywood.
The series of fantastical races followed.
+ The races We're on Main street, and the
officers had hard work to keep he crowds
back from the course.
l.. F. Cites acted as master of cere-
monies. The judges We're Mayor n. H.
| Higgins, l.. NJ. Moore and George B.
Stuart. Charles Halpin acted as starter.
THREE-LEGGED RACE.
/ 40 h To
/ be run. The boys ran n pairs, the right
leg of one boy being strapped 10 the left
! leg of his running mate" The race was
won by Albert Stockbridge and Lloyd
Remick. with James Stock bridge and
Harry Achorn second. The only other
+ starters, Linwood Ellis and Colin Frazier,
fell twenty-five yards from the finish
] when they We're in second place.
Prizes: First, . 90; second, 500.
SACK RACE.
/ IN the sack race the following boys en-
tered: Frank Moore, Oscar Clement,
Colin Frazier, Henry Slack and i.inwood
j ELS With legs and nrms coufred in a
sack they started on race of ii yards.
At the first jump one boy fell and another
rolled over him Hall way down the
t course 8nOther boy fOllfd over. oldCh
won, with Clement second.
Prizes: First, 500; second, s160.
POTATO RACE.
In the potato race he entries We're Colin
Frazier, Linwood ELS Oscar Clement,
Henry Slack, Harry Hooper and George
Dunn. Long rows Of potatoes We're laid
on the ground and a basket placed at the
head. The boys ran down the row of
potatoes, picked up one potato at time,
and returned to the basket. Hooper was
the first to get all his potatoes back to the
basket, with Dunn close second.
Prizes First, 80 90; second, 500.
wHEELBARRow RACE.
The wheelbarroW race, which con-
sisted of running with q wheelbarrow,
was won by Harvey Hooper, with Oscar
Clement second. The other starters were
Freeman Wheeden, Henry Slack and Don
johnson.
Prizes: First, 500; second S1.0o,
THE TRADES PARADE.
just as the racing was finished, the
head of the trades parade appeared on
Main street. The line had formed on
High street and marched to Main, down
Main across bridge, up Bridge hill to
Court street, around high school building,
countermarch on Main to State street, to
Birch, to Oak, to High 10 Pine TO Water,
to Main where line was dismissed
THE PARADE IN DETAIL.
AT he head of he line marched four OF
Elsworth's "fnest'L Night Officer J. H.
Donovan and Special officers james ID.
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