Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-18
1000 TO 5000
PEOPLE Attend the Worlds Fair
at Windsor.
Gwen P. and Doris Win First Money
in Their Glasses.
The Big Crowd Thoroughly Enjoys the
Days Program.

iaD.-"Did you ever see ANYTHING like
IL Never saw such crowd at Wind
sor in my life" These and a hundred
similar expressions were heard almost
constantly, this morning. as the people
surged through the gates, and got their
first glimpse of the crowd already upon
the grounds. And it is no wonder that
people exclaimed as they did, for the
crowd was a spectacle not often wit
messed outside Of the big fairs. at Ban
gor and Lewiston.
Windsor always draws big crowd
on the second day. but today was a
record breaker. People who have been
going to the fair for years say they
never saw anything like it. Why. there
We're 5000 people on the grounds before
O'Clock in the morning. and at noon
1t was almost impossible to get around
at all, over along the Midway
The rush began in the early hours of
the morning. and until afternoon the
roads centering on Windsor from all
directions We're congested with an end
less procession, There was every kind
of q thing that runs on four wheels,
from the hayrack to the latest creation
Of the carriage builders art bike"
wheels. and ali.
And mixed in with this assorted out
I'll were the star attractions of the day
the neat stock. But it was only the
early corners who saw this part of the
parade. 1t was a feature in itself,
however. There We're cows and steers
by the score. and all We're washed
clean for the occasion. and as they
wendell their way over the lines with
visions of blue ribbons dancing before
them, their less fortunate kind in adj
joining pastures, looked on in mild
eyed envy.
Who were there? Why everybody.
Every farmer for miles around, who
could take a day off, hitched the old
horse into q two-seated wagon, and
took mother and the children to the
fair And son too. hitched up the
colt to the new buggy. and with his
bright particular star on the seat be
side him. drove off with feeling that
he had rather be where he was than be
President.
And the people from the cities. too.
were there by the hundreds. Every
city on the kennebec, from Gardiner
to Waterville. was represented, and
one could not turn around without see
ine someone from home. For one item.
the Waterville & Wiscasset Railroad
brought down over 200 people from
Winslow.
Everybody was talking about the
crowd. which was proof enough that it
was something unusual even for Wind
sor the place of big crowds and estf-
mates ran all the way from 5000 to 5000
It is probable that the latter figures ar"
about right Anyway. it was record
breaker.
It was expected that Governor Hill
would be present, today. but at the last
moment the management received
word that owing to an unexpected call
from out of the State, the Chief EXecu-
tive could not he present.
one of the crowded places today was
the exhibition hall. OF course all the
ladies went there the first thing 10 see
the fancy work. and it was next 70
irDossibIe TO get inside the door.
And then there was another place
which was badly congested with hu-
mainly. and that was the Midway.
This interesting locality was fairy
scinti,Iating with activity and the
fakirs were as clipper as flies that
have been brought back to life by the
warm sunshine after the chill OF an au-
tumn night .
,rba marrv-go-round was lit from
tho first loot of its whistle in the
,,orninr until the engineer dumped his
FIRE for the night and was crowded an
iov one crowd could not wait for the
~ horses before tntN
njled on and there was confusion all
the time. Meanwhile the proprietor a9
ra Gathered in the nickles, smiled d
er,iIe of serene contentment, ana WINS
lied softly to himself few bars OF that
GOOD old pennyroyal air: what snail
the Harvest BE
IT was the same all along the avenue.
r,ver1, falSir had all he wanted to do
70 gather in the coin and Keep MS spec-
ie,tv moving The cane man, the MT
the molle" the fruit merchants ana an
Everybody was busy
The forenoon was devoted TO the 1uus-
! ing of the different classes OF cattle
Tho large number of. cattle on lhe
Ground. and the fine quality OF the m
dividuals was the source OF general
cor,nent. and speaks a volume Oh
prs,ise for the skill or the idIilie Vi
! This section as cattle breeders. 1t was
| the unanimous verdict of all present
| ,bat the cattle exhibit at WINDSOR eN-
ceeied anything heretofore shown IN
| tic state. outside of the two state
fairs. -
The attractions of the afternoon was
the races. and long before the time TOT
! he horses to be called. the grand stano
was hacked to the limit. The olympia
Rand of Augusta, was stationed at 'ie
stand. and rendered some good MUSIC
between the heats
During the afternoon Prof. Nero gave
an exhibition of what he could do IN
| The way of horse training. He had
9TH him a horse that had been. in the
morning. perfectly wild. never having
had n harness on or been under any
/ ,.er.s4iint whatever. In the Afternoon
the professor could make the animal &c
Fn,1out anything. and follow him about