The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1898-01-20
The Canton Fair.

week by Canton Pallas, Patriarchs Militant,
The Opera House was open to the public,
free, Thursday and Friday afternoons. and
there were good sales of confectionery,
fancy articles, etc. The hall was made at
| tractve by tasteful arrangement of ever
greens, trees, etc. In front of tbs stage was
row of small evergreen trees with the mon
ogram emblem and initials of the order in
the centre.
The entertainment Thursday evening at
tracted large audience, who greatly enjoy
ed the humorous readings by Mr.. bennett
and the musical selections by local talent.
The program was as given last week, but
there were numerous encores.
Friday evening the drawing of prizes took
place and the Opera House was crowded.
Each holder of season ticket, costing 81,
in addition to the admission to the enter
tainment Thursday evening and the dance
Friday evening, was entitled to a prize, the
prizes ranging from % cents to S25. There
were 519 tickets sold. The prizes included
S25 in gold; 2 cash prizes of S. each; l saw
ings bank book with deposit of s.; chair
valued at So; l rug Sc; clock, 81; pairs
ladies boots and 3 pairs mems shoes at So
each; subscriptions to the local papers, So
each; 4 prizes of one-half ton of coal each :;
l barrel of -four; banquet lamp Sc; . pic
lures, SIS and So; = derby hats, SIS each; ;
order on custom suit, So; several orders on
| the local BARRIERS for shaves and hair cuts !;
, silk umbrellas; set Mrs. Potts irons 2
orders for cabinet photographs; , fancy per-
| fume bottles bottle perfume, 81; l 1S-foot
| ladder: a boxes Condon's harness dressing;
and large number of packages of grocer
| les. chickens, etc, varying in value from %
/ cents to 81. Contr buttons from parties
outside the city included "a boxes station
cry from G. H. Robinson & Co.; "a boxes
fancy crackers from F. A. Kennedy q Co. ;
dozen bottles extract from the Baker Ex-
tract Co
| The drawing was done on the stage, and
was carefully planned beforehand and no
| pains spared to insure accuracy. The ticket
numbers We're placed in one large milk can
and the prize numbers in another, and as
the drawings were made the result was an
| S25 in gold. The distribution of the prizes
| in many cases caused good deal of merri-
ment. One young lady drew an order for d
hair cut, and companion made fun of her,
but when her turn came she drew an order
| for three shaves A lady who is very pro-
| nounced in her opposition to the use of to-
bacco in any form drew smoking set. One
| loJ. oir Of
pair of suspenders, and one local truckman
became the fortunate possessor of a package
of face powder These will suffice to illus
trate the drawings and the fun attending
them. While it would perhaps be too much
to say that every one was satisfied, no one
had complaint to make. The drawing occu-
pied two hours, and was followed by dance
to music by the Belfast Theatre Orchestra.
| A handsome mantel valued at $18, was
| given to the person guessing nearest to the
number of beans in jar. The beans were
mixed, from the smallest pea beans to the
| big red kidney beans. The number was O.
| OS8; E. r. Thompson guessed 2,O80, and won
| the prize. The guesses ranged from 500 to
| 1000 The beans were counted by Messrs
l.. FL. Murch, W. C. Libby and M. l..
Mitchell.
| A clock valued at 81 and rug were given
| as first and second prizes to the persons
making the best guesses on the length of
rope which formed the words Canton Pal
| las No 4, T. M, l. o. o. F., and the scroll
| border on a sign in the hall. The rope was
carefully measured by Chas. F. Swift, James
| Aborn and Sanford Howard and was found
| to contain 255 feet and 10 inch. W. K.
Keene guessed 255 feet, and took the first
prize and Hatcil Gott guessed 257 feet and
| got the second prize.
| The net receipts of the fair were $40S.