The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-09

ladder because his structure was not prop
erly erected Every time he attempted tt
entertain his audience something happened
which caused him to quit.
A feature to amuse the young people
was trained dog hitched to small sui
ky and driven by Aaron Cranmer, of Vim
centown, lad who had gotten up the
outfit himself. He rode all over the
grounds followed by crowds of admiring
children
Judson Gaskill had a fine display Of
carriages and wagons at the Fair includ
| ing runabouts with solid rubber and
pneumatic tires, falling tops, spindle
wagons and jump-seat carriages. The
samples exhibited are for sale cheap, If
bought Immediately.
Those arrested at the fair during the
week and held for the grand jury were
Henry Isaacs, of Philadelphia, larceny of
$40; Samuel Sigler, of Philadelphia, at
tempting to pick the pocket of lady;
w. s. Winslow and William Van zant, OBJ
tanning money on worthless check.
On Friday afternoon Dan L. PAGER
owned by ]. II. Beale, Jr., of Parkers-
burg Pa, paced an exhibition mile in
2.114, which beat the track record of O. 1913,
The animal broke for very brief period,
which was sufficient to prevent him from
beating his own record of ALI. He was
driven by Frank Shreve, who received an
ovation from the grand stand.
An exhibit that was entirely out of the
ordinary was the collection of Indian
relics owned by William Wright, of
Mount Holly. There was display of
arrow heads which is said to be the finest
in the country. Mr.. Wright values these
very highly and their Importance has al
ready attracted the attention of the
officials of the Smithsonian Institute at
Washington, who have sent representa-
tives here to examine them.
The Delaware Township Club, near
Haddonfeld, presented a fine display of
vegetables, which included pumpkin
weighing 107 pounds; cheese pumpkin
covered with warts, the only one of its
kind ever shown here; African cucum-
Ders; golden rind watermelon, very rare,
and the only specimen in the state The
club has no charter, and therefore could
not compete with the Progressive Far
,narc' Nluh IF Noonartouyp
Some of the persons in charge of de-
partments this year were inexperienced at
the business, although very little friction
resulted from this cause. In one instance
a newspaper representative, who was
working in the interest of the association,
and who was following out custom or an
unwritten law that has prevailed for years,
of being permitted to see the entry books,
was sat down upon in a manner that made
him feel as though he was in cold
storage.
Nobody will attempt to defend the
games of chance at the Fair grounds last
week. They were gambling, that's all
there is to it. But, on the other hand, the
man who played them and lost is not to be
pitied He knew what he was doing all
the time The man who went to the fair
with 800 or 800 in his pocket did so at the
risk of being robbed, either by fakir Oh
pickpocket. The only reason for carry
ing so much was probably hope tc
double it in a gambling transaction. There
were "gquealers" who cried loudly when
they lost, but if they had won would they
haye given their money back2
The Progressive Farmers Club of Coop
ertown had very unique exhibit in the
shape of shelving loaded with all the
products of the farm, which was certainly
an interesting study in agriculture. There
was an arch spanning the wagon bearing
the legion Corn is King" and from the
centre was suspended good sized hornets
nest The base of the arch was composed
of squash five feet long. The corners Of
the wagon were decorated with four nam
moth pumpkins, while the sides were
draped with grain in the sheaf This dis
play was a most creditable one.