The Press., 1901-10-10

u
ly a wonderful people. The birds this
year were all right, but 1t being the Sec
ond appearance of this act 1t did not prove
as popular as last year. The lady In the
violet tights, who was one Of the most
spectacular birds in the collection, should
add fur tirpet to her costume IL she In
tends to work much later this season In
the open air. OF the acrobats assembled
the team Of three, which included the hui
man doll, was quite taking. The way
they threw that poor man around the
stage seemed very careless, but he was
still intact after each performance. At
the finish of this act, when two of them
ran around the third on the table In OPP
posite directions, each holding one of his
feet, 1t seemed as II the limit in human
possibility of contortion was reached.
Eta on the flying rings has been here be-
fore. She is not afraid of the cars and the
older ones of the male persuasion can be
counted on her side. 1t certainly seems
homelike to have Eta with US, and 1t is
hoped that she will get an invite next
season. The farmer with the red holly
hook whiskers and his side partner, the
Chinaman, were clever and willing per-
formers on the horizontal bars. The two
men who manipulated the revolving lad
der came In for their share of approba-
tion. The human rooster and his fight to
finish with a real rooster also proved a
pleasing innovation. Another man did
some very daring and clever work on the
trapeze, and the musical team was also
up-to date. Amos Gagnon, local man ,
did some heavy lifting and juggled $50
dumb bell with but little effort. He lifted
six men and one or two heavy dumb bells
with his back without apparent effort.
Gagnon Is still young, and when he comes
to maturity he will be strong enough to
be Of considerable help to his parents.
In fact, the vaudeville program alone was
worth the price of admission.
So strong has the platform show be-
come that the midway does not include
much that is meritorious In the way of
entertainment. The only tent on the
midway this year that made much of a
sho wing In the entertainment line was
Rhoda and group Of Italian trouba-
dours. Rhoda had good teeth and nice
complexion. The rest of the troupe did
the heavy work in the musical line. There
were plenty Of eating booths, but none
too many the second day, as it was very
hungry crowd. All the old games were
there and some new ones. Those who
raised the limit and tried to get the hard
earned money from the fakirs were fined
for it. Some squealed and others charged
1t up to profit and loss. One young fel-
low paid about $50 to find out that you
can not beat a man at his own game, 9th.
ers paid more and some paid less. 1t Is a
lesson that must be learned sooner OF
later, and it is usually worth what il
costs. AS far as known no attempt was
made to work the shell game inside the
grounds, but it was worked on the out.
found. The cane booths did a good bust
ness, but 1t was a noticeable fact that
very few high priced sticks were won
The snake eater, the opium fiend and g
few other bare faced fakes were in evi
dence, but the wild man with his terrible
cries was not a factor this year in the gen.
eral disturbance. The merry -go-round
as usual, did a thriving business, ant
there were two different ways to try youl
muscle with the beetle. John Rockwell
was there with some very choice cider
and there were others. The Stafford Min
eral Water company had booth near the
grand stand, and did thriving business
in bottled soda and charged water. The
| balloon man had not recovered from his
fall at Palmer and was rather lame. He
made good ascension each day and ex
| cited as much admiration for his pluck az
he did by his performance.
The hall shows were up to the usua
standard. In horticultural hall the Ban
ner stock farm had better display thar
last year, and 1t was quite good enough
then. There were many other creditable
exhibits. In the other part Of the hal
there were several tasty exhibits by the
merchants. Among the local exhibitors
were Harvey Chapman, Anthony Adams
Hodgson & Smith, III. o. Buttertield ane
W. M. Crawford. W. s. Martin, thu
photographer, had a tasty exhibit. Their,
was very creditable showing in the poul
try hall. White, wyandottes led. both IL
number and quality of birds shown, ant
barred Plymouth rocks were close sec
ond. go.
The horse racing this year was thor
oughly enjoyed by all lovers of gooe
sport. W. F. Piper of Springfield, wht
is popular locally as starter, was herr
In that capacity, and as usual gave salts
faction. II. G. Wheeler, J. M. Lord ant
Lott O'Halloran acted as judges. Th'
| timers were DR.. Il. l.. Nichols, w. f
Peel and w. II. Hall. F. E. Fitzpatrick
acted as starter for the runners. Tht
liberal purses brought out good field o
starters In each event. The card for tn
first day included the 2. 40 class and run
ming race. The $40 class brought ou
five starters. Sadie w. was distanced il
the first heat and Water Shed and Sta
Lilley dropped out after the second. Sun
shine, owned by A. M. Graves of Sunield
took first money, and Niger Baby, own
ed by M. Maynard of Staffordville, sec
ond. The summary
24o Class-Purse $50.
Sunshine, m, "a. M. Graves Of Suf-
field, 21
Niger Baby, bl g, (M. Maynard of
StanOrdville), 3
Star Lilley, br m, (James Lilley OF
North AdamS), 1 2 DIR
dian orchar1, " "A dis
Sadie W, q. W. Andrews OF South
Time, s.ssH, ASK, s.ssx, as7x.
The running race brought out field o
four horses. 1t was 80 late In the after
noon that 1t was not witnessed by larg
i I,,k IL