Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-25

night on Southern waters, a vision OF
home. ITO Arms" pursuit of the
enemy, the majestic squadron, Com
mence Firing" battle scene. the fall
of Santiago. its grim and dread hor-
rors, its magnificent triumphs, victor
ious America the Land of the Free.
As the music ceases a perfect storm
of applause simultaneously breaks
forth from the large audience for COM
ing so near the first anniversary OF the
string scenes it portrays it is doubly
, interesting.
T. w Shaw. the glass worker. still
holds his place in the hearts of the
people He is no stranger to Maine
people. having been at Old Orchard
! and other resorts for number or
years The freQuenters of the Boston
/ Food Fair remember him for he is al
ways there. His work is of the best
and as the fair progresses he receives
more patronage. for every piece of
work he sends out is an advertisement
| and a means of several sales. The
| closing days are always his best for
the people are then looking for souve-
| Mrs. and nothing makes prettier one
| than handsome piece of glassware
with your name or some other inScrip-
! ton cut on 1t.
| The people never seem to tire Of
! looking at the miniature Niagara Falls
| and President McCausland of the
! Board Of Trade. who originated the
idea. had happy thought when he
| thought of that scheme. The vivid
ness of scenery and its lifelikc look
cannot help but draw the attention of
the crowd The railing is constantly
surrounded by large crowd who gaze
| with admiration a the wonders pic
! tured.
The chairs which have been placed
in the booth with the Foot Ease agent
are a great accommodation and give
| the Coliseum 4 look of circus or nose
show. The prettily draped booth with
| its number of ladies make very pleas
/ ing picture and if il was designed for
| beauty the originator OF the idea could
not thought Of anything prettier
! r.. w. Soule. the Augusta Hustler, IS
| kent busy in his booth. The booth has
a number Of pretty articles Of furnl-
ture. including parlor furniture,
| handsome oak parlor com hination
| bookcase and desk. a very pretty brass
| hedstead rugs. art squares. baby car
| riages. and a few samples from some
Of the numerous lines the Hustler car
ries. He has one of the prettiest eX-
hibits in the hall and It attracts as
much attention as any.
| In r. W. Soule'S booth. II. +. RiSteen
has an exhibit of the Wheeler & Will
| son sewing machine. Mr.. RiSteen is
the State agent and Mr.. Soule the local
| agent Mr. RiSteen has one of the lat
est models and carefully explains the
advantages of the machine to the lad
| les who visit the exhibit. Some Of the
| fancy sewing is really Wonderful
Prof Robert Hutchinson in his
| excellent work in the sand painting is
a member of the famous Hutchinson
family, who won the hearts of the
American people during the Civil War,
with their singing and bell-ringing is
still delighting the audiences and as
! already told the pictures are painted
| before the audience with common
| colored beach sand thrown on cloth
stretched inside of a gilt frame and
when completed have the appearance OF
a very fine oil painting. One Of the
most pleasing reproductions Of the even
ing performance was picture of the
| HollingSworth & Whitney Mills. 1t
was an exact reproduction and was
heartily applauded. The falls and
other surroundings We're in the picture
Other scenes made by Prof. Hutchin-
| son We're equally as good. 1t is one
of the cleverest acts seen here for Il
long time and is drawing card.
Prof Hutchinson is the first one who
| has ever shown the work in this ViCin-
ity and the people are more than de
| or ith n II Sc apt-
able feat and could not help being ap-
preciated.
The trick bicycle riding of Ed Brown
and Master Walter Brown. aged :. is
another strong drawing card. The lit
tie fellow although very small does
some wonderful acts. He is star if
| there ever was one. He has little
wheel of his own and performs several
marvellous feats on the wheel after
which Ed Brown takes the floor and
gives an exhibition of fancy riding in
Guiding a number Of fine tricks. The
little fellow then again comes on and
performs with his father. Master Wal
| ter has been in the acrobatic business
ever since he was years old so he is
not timid like many children who are
performing. One of the first tricks per
formed is the 1atncf flulng on one pedal
of the wheel and the son on the other
The little fellow is dressed in red tights
with waist pece of flags. he then has
a little jacket and cap made from flags
One of the most daring featS per
formed is the little fellow standing on
the fathers shoulder and swinging In
dian clubs while the father is riding
the wheel about the hall This act al
ways brings out long and continued APP
plause. Another hard feat is where
the father on the wheel keeps the
| wheel still and the boy stands on
his shoulders and throws pretty lit
tie kiss to the audience. The little fell
low is real cute and everybody falls in
love with him as soon as he makes his
appearance.
The exhibit Of Reynolds is attracting
lot of attention. mainly through the big
picture of the babies of the Congress
which will be drawn by tickets which
are sold for 10 cents There is a very
handsome and lifelike three-quarter
picture of Adjutant General John T.
Richards in full dress uniform and the
picture of the little daughter of
| Fred Lord who drew the prize at the
| Baby Congress at the carnival in 1895