Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-20

| run across on the fair ground. The fooc
is abundant, we'll cooked, neatly served ano
the prices charged are very reasonable
Everyone who goes there is cure OF getting
his moneys worth.
The Readfield fair ground has chance
for q first class race track. The sou l.
favorable for fast driving, if the proper
levels we're secured. If the members of tine
soti ty would turn out for single day IN
big bee and take hold of this work, they
would very nearly accomplish it. On such
an occasion every one could well afford to
bring his dinner and stay all day.
The JOURNAL men can bear cheerful
testimony TO the fact that the efEeials OF
the county fair, are efficient and courteous.
They treat the public squarely and gener-
ously, and as result have strong hold
upon the popular favor. Their exhibition
is absolutely free from Objectionable feat
ures. There is no liquor selling on or
abou. the grounds, and shell men, pool sell
lers, and others Of their kind are conspic-
nous by their absence. -
Last year a representative of leading
wholesale drug firm was exhibiting some
capsules by which medicines usually nau-
seating could be taken with ease. lie had
a number of them filed with cod liver oil
and others filled with castor oil. Some OF
the boys put up plan to despoil him OF The
former; but he surmised that something
vas wrong. He placed the cod liver Label
over the castor oil capsules and calmly
awaited developme nts. Soon his friends
began TO drop around one at a time. Each
would engage i'm in conversation, an1
while doing so swallow, in an absent
minded way one of the capsules. AT
length the capsules were exhausted but the
exhibitor wss not cast down. The next day
whenever be caught glimpse of hol-
low eyes looking reproachiully at him, he
would take rest from his labors to seek
quiet corner for hearty laugh. He heard
that some of the boys swore to kill him;
but they never did it.
One of Augustus genial young business
men has fine exhibit of crockery in the
hall. He sent it out in a barrel, by stage,
the day before the opening of the fair
The seat in front of this barrel was &C.
cupied by man of convivial character
who carried small hand satchel filled
with bottles of whiskey. The top of the bar
rel afforded him just the storage place he
wanted for this precious baggage. But
there are some rough places IN the road
and one the bottles became broken. It's
rich contents percolated through the
bottom of the satchel and, stealing
through crack in the barrel top,
laid themselves to rest among the packing
of the crockery. Grateful for this refuge
they sent forth an incense both aromatic
aud penetrating. The good temperance
people of Readfield were Mortified, at the
oders assailing their nostrils upon the arrival
of the stage. Was some audacious wretch
to open an Original package" shop upon tn"
fair grounds? Heaven forbid the thought !.
lie imagination they heard the swish, swash,
of the beguiling liquid upon the sides
of the barrel, and saw, not only the staid
pillars of the temple, but even the youthful,
and usually harmless, peanut eaters Keeling
homeward in the hilarious abandonment of
intoS cation. Plainly something must be
done. A search warrant was promptly Is
sued, armed with which deputy sheriff
made bis way to the exhibition hall and
opened the barrel. He took out all the
crockery, glanced huriiedly about to see il
anyone had been watching him, and then
SAT down to fan himself. Strenuous eff
forts have been made to smother the mat
ter, but it was one of those good things thai
wouldn't keep