The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-13

American flags His three wagons were elaborately decorated. A. c. Blenner furnished three beautifully dressed wagons,
 There were a score of others equally worthy of mention, and, on the whole, the parade was very handsome and in- teresting,
 Upon their arrival at Savin Rock the people went to the big ball park whence the clouds of smoke and odors of roast ing meat came.
 The north side of the park was fenced off by a substantial combination fence counter and behind this the meat was piled ten feet high on benches, erected under a canvas canopy, Behind the benches huge wood fires blazed up from roasting pits. These pits, one for the mutton and one for the beef, were four feet deep, four feet wide and about forty feet long. They were lined with stone and oak logs were piled in a couple of feet deep. The heat from them was intense and the blazes leaped up over the luscious meat, which was held over the pits by iron rods through the center of each piece.
 Several barrels of seasoning fluid stood near the pits and a dozen men were kept hustling, turning over the roasting meat and pouring the fluid in to the perforations.
 The meats were passed out to the hungry multitude by boy walters. The sandwiches were almost three inches thick, and as savory as they were big. It was an amusing sight to see pretty girls walking around with sandwiches as big as their hats in one hand and a large dill pickle in the other. One man had evidently gone gunning to stock his family larder for he went across the field to the bleachers carry ing a leg of roasted dripping mutton. After the crowds had been pretty well fed with meats about o'clock a great throng of boys and young men gathered around the watermelon tent.
 The men in charge found it impossi- ble to pass them out. and, fearing a rush. began to toss the big melons out to the crowd. Forty or fifty were thrown, and such pushing, showing and scrambling to get a melon! When a boy or man had secured one he would
 
 helped devour all he had, only to follow another fellow.
 The sports opened with a ball game between the retail and the wholesale butchers clerks. They played six in. nings and agreed to play the other three at some future date. The score for the six innings was 9 to in favor of the wholesalers. The surging crowds crossed and recrossed the outfield and interfered greatly with the game One quite serious accident marred the con- test. Edward Fredericks of the retail CTS team was hurt in running to first base. At that bag he came into col | lision with Bronson and accidentally got a kick in the stomach, which laid him up for several hours. He was able | however, to go home unaided. The teams were:
 holesalers-Bronson, first base Judd, second base; Owens, catch; Lee short stop; Brown, left field; Basser man, third base; Henry, pitch; Everett right field; Delaney, center field. | Retailers-Austin, short stop; Pellet | center field, Peters, catch; Joseph, Ly ons, second base; Collett, first base Fredericks, right field; Jack Lyons third base; Zastero, left field; Hill pitch.
 Five of the retailers are employees O Towers grocery.
 In the sack race only one man wal sure-footed enough to jump to the fin ish. He was William Ehrens. Th prize was $2
 The one hundred yards dash for boy under sixteen years was won by Johl Irwin. John Early was second. Tn prize was baseball outfit.
 The potato race was contested b. four young men clad in bathing suits Of them w. Dwyer and William Ehr ems finished very nearly together. The! were awarded respectively, first an second prizes, s3 and ST.
 The one hundred yards dash fo butchers and grocers' clerks gave ris to dispute. as one or two who won wer disqualified later.
 The wild razor-back pig from tn wilds of South Carolina's mountain mountains caused great excitement a it squealed, dodged and scooted in an out between his pursuers' legs unt finally Maloney got his sanded hand on him. He will be served up to-mol row and Sunday next on the Malone dinner table.
 The wheelbarrOW race was won b John Dwyer. William Ehrens was set ond. and Adam Greenspun third.
 About the funniest contest was climt ing the greased pole. A dozen sma boys tried every conceivable twist an
 suuirm to reach the coveted dolla
 bill at the top of the pole. One wh
 finally secured it, after climbing u
 on the shoulders of three other boy
 pyramid fashion, had filled his pocket
 with sand. This he rubbed on the DO
 as he went up. His name is Mickey Daily, and when he got his hands on tf
 bill his little eyes gleamed with d.
 light.
 All the different attractions of tf
 grove came in for share of the pa
 ronage during the evening Perhat
 the dance halls drew the large.
 crowds The young folk had a gret , time in the Barbecue Dancing Pavi ion'' and in Miller's Casino until tI
 late hours of night. when they wei
 forced to go home by utter wearine!
 only.
 i MILFORD.