Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-30
THE HIBERNIANS
Have Great Time at Their
Annual Picnic.
Lake Maranacook Scene Of Great
Gaiety All Day, "Wednesday.
Hundreds Of People in Attendance The Win
ners in Various Events.

| Lake Maranacook. July 29.-(SpeciaD.
| chris Toole is man after Bangor's
own heart but Chris as a general all
| round utility man, in charge of every
thing at Hibernian picnic is not many
enough to be in all the places desired
at the same time. In point of fact no
| one man can do it all and it was some
thing of an imposition to expect Mr.
T"ole to carry the entire burden of to-
days field day
Two thousand people old and young
came here. today as the guests of Di-
vision ], \. o. H., of Bangor. The
grove and pavilion, the boats and the
long wharf swarmed with humanity.
The Bangor band and Police Officers
Griffin and Donahue of the Bangor
force came along to embelish the oc-
casiOn and they did right well. The
only approach to an accident was in
two instances where a boy plunged
headfirst from a rocking boat into the
lake and again when a young Bangor
lady fell from the platform in front of
the Portland train as it was backing
to the platform. The young lady had a
very narrow escape and but for the
cool head and quick act of Brakeman
Pat Cunningham would have been
mangled by the wheels as she fell only
foot from the cars. Cunningham
sprang to the rail and just in the nick
of time pulled her to place of safety.
To some the most entertaining por-
ton of the day was that in which the
Bangor Band under the efficient direc-
ton of +. c. Adams rendered the fol-
lowing selections in a very excellent
manner:
March "EIdorado." Herbert
Overture, "Gulderoy" Bennett
Waltz From Master Miners Don't
Be Cross. Zeler
Potpourri tmedley) A. Damn
Spanish Fantasia, Missud
overture. Memories of the Ball,
ialop. Around the World" Vernon
Gems of Stephen Foster TobaM
selection. Irish Artist" Clark
Waltz. La Gatrina'' Meryelles
Negro dance. "CoontoWn," Hughes
selection. ''Tannhauser" Wagner
March. Pride of the Navy Andrews
Then again the Irish lads and lassies
We're particularly interested in the
music by Callahan's fine orchestra of
Lewiston, that furnished music for the
tipping OF the toe and the tapping of
heel a pastime that was INDUCED all
the afternoon in the pavilion.
Much interest was centered in the
oatteaux race by the members of the
'terner sex. OF course there was more
n less interest in the single scull race
for amateurs but the batteaux had the
all and everybody in Bangor that
knew anything about a boat had come
DOWN to see the fun. AS side issues
there We're the candy puller, the lemon
lde Nender. the peanut seller. the man
With the ring and the canes, the fellow
who stuck his head through piece of
canvas for you to throw a base ball at.
and by the way he was from Lewiston,
md had some idea of how accurately
ball could not be thrown
Everyone had come for good time,
ana II tired countenances, ching feet
md arms. diSheVeled hair and waists
iaubed with nice fresh red paint enter
INTO the game at all. the crowd had
jolly good picnic.
The strongest drink was Uno beer
tiluted and a lemonade made of water
ana a spoon set on a cake of ice. The
crowd was good -natured one no one
got angry but once when the foot races
we're completed and a man from Port
and told man from Bngor that there
was no one down in the Queen City
that could run anyway.
The Bangor mn quickly resented the
mputation, but the preence of Officers
-sriffen and Donahue had a soothing
fleet at once.
Betting was fast and furious on that
hatteuX race. and the contest was de-
aged about an hour to allow the Ban
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