Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-28
BANGOR FAIR
Opens With Splendid Weather
and Good Attendance,
CyciI Wins the 3-Minutc and Bell
Rich the 2.28.
sWhipney Takes the Running Race -HouIton and
W
lsas Caribou Break Even
BANGOR FAIR

+ The sea. on Of fairs for the fSll of 1901
ffs ,Row well inauguratcd since the
gfe;M fair of the eastern part of the
Statdsis underway. Tie fai, this year
!, staftad under the most suspicious cir
ci:ai st4'tces. The weathe. has been
9s1i estall day and the hopes are high
that he storm which some thoughtless
Individual has been unkind enough to
ri'estict Will not come for Il few days
I Ihey started things a rolling, this
| morning. Yes, and il was early this
| morning. for no sooner had the stars
| commenced to chase each other away
| than every specie of the feathered
tribe that decorated the wall of the
pqultry building thought il was up to
MN TO commence n refrain that would
| iaave eClip"cd 4 respectable German
band as far as magnitude was con-
| cerneC. My, but didn't it sound nat
ural. l. awakened memories Of the
| other fairs which are history now
Not sweet memories, but those of
| nights spent in futile attempt at
sleep: Of mornings when we would be
aroIs ed from feeble nap by the in
| formal screeching of those feathery
| creatures; of words said that would
| never appear on the sheets of news
rape. when then and there we wished
the innocent ohantillsers in the regions
below
| Tnere is one veteran fair attendant
in TIE bird line whose persistence was
| very Inarked and his one object
| seemed to be in announcing TO his
! comrades the many times which he
had attended the Eastern Maine State
fair.
Then there was an old gobbler
away over in the northeast corner of
| the building who though he didn't
raise his voice Very often succeeded in
ecipsing the entire outfit VIXEN he did
| -iul.
| The crowds came early. They al
ways do. for they We're the usual fair
crowds who come in the forenoon not
to see the races but to do the midway,
"a tronZe the frankfurters and the
4,ink men and buy cheip rings which
ale warranted as being solid cold"
AS p. T. Barnum used to say: The
American people like to be sold" and
truly it seemed 50 for the same old gag
Of the ticket. the bill ana the envelope
Was still at work catching the usual
number Of suckers.
The crowds which was present at the
races in the afternoon, was gratifying
| to the officers of the fair and for the
opening day we can say that the at
tendance was exceptionally good The
races We're run off in prompt manner
that was much appreciated by the peo-
pie who were there TO See the races
| ana ppt RI view SCORING
The tank for the high diving was rot
| completed, and so the exhibition could
not take place, but everything will be
in readiness, tonight so that Wednes-
iay. the horses will surely make the
plunge.
| Wednesday Will be Governors day
and he will be present with his full
staff. Everything is now looking the
brightest for a successful fair this
year.
Between the race heats, today, the
fine. high bred coach horses of j. S.
SanDorn of Auburn, who won so many
plies at the Bar Harbor horse show
were exhibited and commanded the adj
miratiun OF all who viewed them.
| There promises to be large crowd
here, this evening, to view the burning
of Pompeii which is gorgeous spec
tacular scene that one cannot ar
ford to miss.
| Among the many visitors to the jour
nal building, today, vas Samuel MUIR
phv. Assistant Bank Examiner Ellis,
Miss Marion Smith and Prof. Hud-
dleston of the University of Maine.
They were Il little Slow in getting
started. today The usually beforehand
| bn N nd
until 10 minutes before II this forenoon
When Mile. Lemars barker from ms
exalted position on raised Platform
told the people what great ana Won
derfu things they would see by gong
into the big tent. Besides the Cony
Island Girls CD who will appear IN nv
ing models, they have such aiiurins
attractions as the Phiippian Giant the
Human Elephant Pig, lady boxers ana
numerous other attractions when you
can afford to see. as the price has peen
reduced to this date only to the small
sum of 10 cents.
Let US take a stroll up the Midway.
First. there is the Merry-go-round. the
! delight of the little folks and some olu
ores for that matter. 1t occupies us
accustomed position on the left next
to the large eating hall. Ihen COMES
the "Coochee Coochee, only TINS year
the pretty maidens are not going uh-
der that title. as they do different
somewhat different turn this year, but
they are the same old crowd that mas
chara cterized the Midway for the last
six years.
: Then we come along to a
. place where you Get cane. genus
! get a cane: the cane you ring is the
cane you win. Step right up and try EN-
gents, they are rings for o.. Follow
along and you come to a place where
you can try your strength on various
appliances. catching the nickels. Then
YOU gaze in wonder at gorgeous post
er of a ferocious looking savage who
is in the act of devOuring an immense
snake. That is Esau. the snake eater.
She eats them alive. Esau, the snake
eater"
\Ua pocc nv ard the next thing