Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-06
10000 PEOPLE
Was Wednesdays Attendance
at the State Fair.
The Great Show Far Ahead Of Any
thing Ever Before Held.
Tcrriii S. Wins The I'll and Rex Wilkes The
224 Pace.

Fair Grounds Lewiston, Sept
5.-(SpeciaD Wen. Ill be gol
durned.' said the aged rep
resentative from the rural dis
tricts, as he stood by the main gate
at the fair grounds, this forenoon, ana
watched the crowd come pouring
through. lies see EN- come-seems ike
old times. I've been comm ter this
ere fair for years. an I've seen her
through in all kinds o. weather an
| can tell putty well what kind Of a
crowds goin to come by the indications
in the mornn'. When they come
stragglin' in the way they have for the
past two mornings you can't bank on
much Of an attendance but when they
come tumbhn in as they be now. a.
III they Were afrlr.d that somebody
was guin' to get ahead Of 'en, tell
yr that means that the crowd IL EOin'
To bc q whoppcr. Now, you jest Keep
yer wye On them things that counts
every time a frller goes through 'em,
an yen See lin telling you facts. say,
jes' look at them 'lcctrics-sre the folks
hangin' on an around EN-" Ana with
one hand graspng his rusty gray
beard he cranrd his NECK. outside ana
screWing up his Wrinkled face until il
resernbled a last years russet. INDUCED
III q mental calculation as To how many
people there We're upon the car that
had just arrived.
And the old farmers prediction
proved true, for today the afternoon
~ l.yE+n M hiupAGt
crowd for the week. and not only that.
il would BE- big crowd for any fair
week. If YOU should ask what the at
tendance today has been. III round
numbers. we should say that q conser-
vative estimate would be 10000
That's not as big a crowd hy far as
has been seen On the Lewiston grounds
in former seasons. but notwithstanding
this fact 10000 people is quite an as
semblage. and ii awakened into life a
smile VI contentment upon the faces ~
the management.
Somehow, people have got into the
way ~ making the third and fourth
days NJ the fair, big days, ana people
from distance make their plans 70
be present one day nr the other. There
il no explaining why, but the fact is,
simply because il isl
To-day. however. is Governors day
and NJ course it il a red-letter occa-
sion on that account. Ii was expected
that His Excellency. COY. Powers
would be present, but owing % pre-
venting circumstances he was obliged
ID deny himself the pleasure Nj attend
ing the greatest fair in Maine But
though the Governor did not come the
fair has had as distinguished guests
Adjutant General John r. Richards
and staff, and also Senator ". r. Frye.
EX- Governor Alonzo Garcelon, Mayor
Geo. w Furbush Of Lewiston Mayor
J. :. r. H. Wilson IF Auburn, N. J.
Googin. president Of the Lewiston board
II trade Hon. A. r. Savage If Auburn,
and Hon |. Il. Wing Of Auburn.
General Richards ana staff arrived
upon the grounds at about l245 COM
ing Up from the city in barouches.
They We're accompanied by Mayor
Furbush III Lewiston. There We're in
the party. beside Gen. Richards. Col.
W. j. Maybury Of Saco. Gen. Hoyt Of
Lewiston. col. Printable Of Portland.
Col. j. NJ Glidden Of Newcastle. Col.
w. c. Eaton Of Portland. COL. r. *.
Stetson If Bangor, Col. q. NJ Thomp-
son Of Brunswick ana Major Atwood
NJ. Spaulding Of Caribou.
The party drove at once t0 the presi
dents office. where they listened to a
short concert by the "a Regiment
Band, after which they adjourned AZ
Fields Murry's hotel ana sat down to
one If those banqucts for which Mr.
Murry Is famous. The menu was: