Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-10-08
THE UP-RIyER FAIR.
rvE TENTH ANNUAL ExHIBI-
TIoN A SUCCESS.
.,,rooxg AND BASEBALL - EXCEL
LENT EXHIBITS THE GRAND
BAf.I,--PREMfuMs

nf flN NEEthNAo Af@8N~N
.oc,etv was held at Amherst Tuesday and
wednesday, sept. 30 and Oct. /. The
u,.ther, to say the least, was very much
an, o, place al the Amhers, fair, for
although little rain fell, II was damp both
DAYS, which made vast difference in the
attendance.
Tse fair this year wac q rsecrd-bresker,
no, a. to large crowds, although tho sec
ena Gays attendance was large, but az TO
.vsnts. The bailon .scensiors could not
have possibly been made more success
fully or prettliy. The ball games were
srci.inE, and we're the more interesting
from tho fact that most OF the players
ware known to the people. The drama
Given by local talent OF Amhers, Just
a4took the cake.
The exhibits 10 all the departments
were ine. Those In the hail were as good
81 al sny fair In the county. There were
NO, as many exhibits ip The agricultural
aspsrtments as 10 previous years, bot
what was lost In quantity vas more than
made up In quality; the quality In all sx.
hihiis was far above the average.
Particularly noticcseis wsre the sxhie-
tts OF J. y. Gregg. q. r. Archer and c. NJ.
saith. The latter, who is always large
exhibitor, showed seventeen vsriSsies Of
POTATOES, twenty of peas and thirty-one
OF sppie=.
The exhibits In the lsdics' aspaEim onts,
q, aowurs, painsiags and fancy work ali
deserved much praise. Tho flowers
showed unusual good taste, both Ia the
variety and arrangement.
The paintings ~srs numerous aud
showed taste and skill on the part OF tle
artists. The fancy work was also fine, aid
included many exceptionally pretty piece
So much was shown Ia this depsstms II
that il almost "tied" the genial doctor G
ind a chance TO show II all Ia tie limited
ballroom
Tho mid ssy wss the real article FHsi
there vas Lyaeh's hsgd. OF Eiiswof'h
Fails. whose music was gay teroas boot
the two days. Then there we're the
.s;ricking machine, tbs cane stand, the
peanut stand, several games, E@as Il Q
snake eater who "eats 'sm aisys''
and samuis the moss from whose head
there seldom came a SMOKE.
Ths Art event Of Tuesday Was the
baseball game. ws.n Amherst and Aurora
crossed bats In Richardson's nsld. The
homo team won. The game was elosu
from start TO aassh, however. and thu
result VAS ever in doubt. The score waa
u to Il, aud tbs winning run was made
IN the niath inning.
Late la thr afternoon came tue balloon
ascension. The day was an Ideal one tor
this event, there esing very little wlad.
The ASCENSION was made BY one OF Ihs
Nalcott Co., seronsuis.
TIE balloon weat up several Thousand
feet, aud went into q cloud aud out of
sight !asr before tue parachute was let go.
The asrousut landed In q pasture not Tar
from tho fair ground.
An event which added no, a little TO the
fair wss the vsudcviir. ''odf Music
ByUqsst," whlca sss giycn ct tue tos n
hslI on fu.sdss eysaiag t,y local ,sisa.,.
An. Quni sod all tue blossoms fsir"
Nyfe Boys entertaining tn = Succession
pss@alng song. and dances.
la spite OF this damp weather, tie
crowd on the second day Was fully A.
large as Amherst has ever entertained.
The events we're. the baseball game, Ed
the pulling OF horses Ia the ring. which
attracted mach attention.
The baseball game Was won by Aurora,
Is % 5. Bat the game WAS not as one
sided ss the score would indicate, and v as
not without some exciting plays.
The ballon ascension OF she second day
was better, u possible, than that OF the
hssl. The osilou went straight up and
into the lo~-hsnging clouds, and the
aeronsui, too, went out OF sight a. II the
heavens bad swallowed him, aud II
seemed several MINUTES before be appeared
again, descending with the parachute.
lie landed very near the spot where he
landed on Tuesday.
the fair closed with the usual grand
agricultural bail In the evening at the
town hall. This was the largest AFFAIR OF
the kind ever held Ia the town. The
crowd was 80 large in the dance hail that
the iioor had to be braeed up underneath
Tor safety. Aonaghan's orchestra, of
Ellsworth, furnished music. A chicken
supper was served in the lower bali at
midnight, by the good cooks of Amherst.
PREMIUM LIsT.
Place OF residence, when not otherwise
mentioned Is Amherst.
GARDEN PRODUCE DEPARTMENT.
z Silsby, Aurora, Boston marrow
squash, l. Arehison Johnson, table beets,
i parsnips, 2; table carrots, /; cabbage, J..
A ID Archer, harbiehead squash, /; Hub
bard squash, j; Golden Hubbard. /; kaxon
squash, l. FRANK Giles, Boston marrow
squash, 2. JF Emery, Great Pond, rats-
bsga turntps, 1; crook neck squash, 4;
mangei oeets, 2. Samuel Giles, Great
Pond, ruts- baga turnips, 2; eitron, 2; field
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