Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-01-23
The Carnival.
A Flatterins Success in all Ways.

A Flatterins Success in all Ways.
The baseball carnival is thing of the
past, but will live in the memory of
those who attended for sometime to
come. The opera house was crowded to
its utmost capacity for the three highs
and the last two the excitement was in-
tense. The fair opened promptly at ?
o'clock Thursday afternoon when a
splendid array of fancy goods was
shown and before the close of the first
night these were nearly all disposed of,
From . to supper was served consist
ing of clans and oysters cooked in vari-
Gus, styles, cold meats, salads, ETC., and
was one OF the best suppers ever served
in the hall. In fact the cafe was one of
the important features of the carnival.
Promptly at 5 each evening the yaude-
vile performance began with two selec-
tons by the orchestra followed by the
soprano soloist Miss Barker. This young
lady is possessed of a clear, powerful So
prano voice of good range and her sing
ing was at once 50 pleasing and so good
as to make her the favorite with the
audience at each performance, Miss
Moran, the elocutionist, who was present
for the first night has a very pleasing
appearance coupled with a fine knowl-
edge of what suits her best and de
lightfully entertained the audience dur
ing her part of the programme. Prof.
Mercer the conjurer occupied place on
the programme and gave good act but
the repetition OF this act got trife
tiresome to his audience before the close
of the three nights. His was certainly a
good one night act but '.enough is as
good as feast" Frank O. French of
st. Johnsbury occupied a place on the
bill for Friday night, Mr.. French is
tavorite with Island Pond people having
appeared here before and this time he
was better than ever, He certainly is
on the top round as monnlogue artist.
Possessing a quiet, unassuming manner
he does his work well and is favorite
wherever he appears. The Tug of War
contests were the most exciting features
of the carnival and worked the audience
into perfect frenzy of excitement. The
preliminary contests were between teams
coached by E. II. Price and Jas. Ram
and Mr.. Rann's team won on Thursday
and Saturday nights, The great con-
test was between the East Charleston
and Island Pond teams. The East
Charleston boys won on Thursday night |
by about 7 of an inch. Friday night
the pull was won by the Island Pond
team but owing to the pistol missing
fire for "time's up" it was declared no
contest. Saturday night the Charles
tons were determined to do or die and
are still living winning, by one inch.
The excitement was intense and every
body was looking for trouble which was
happily averted and now when it is all
over whatever unpleasantness may have
arisen by reason of the!keen disappoint-
uent of the losers and friends and the
Joy of the victors and their friends,
should be dropped. Four, strong, able
bodied men on each side contested for
supremacy and the stronger won. There
let us leave it. A contest was also pulled
off Saturday night between Phil st. Cyr
of Island Pond and Geo. Hinton of
Charleston. This was easily won by the
Island Pond "Buck-o," Mr.. Hinton be-
ing out of condition. Dancing was in
dulged in the first two evenings for
about one hour. Saturday evening the
remaining fancy goods were auctioned
off and as many of the guessing and vot-
ing contests were disposed of as time
would allow. Mr. David Bourbeau Sc
cured the chair given as door prize.
Miss Evelyn Kimball secured the foun-
tain pen and Frank Kane the beautiful
pastel picture. Tom Burns grabbed the
most nuts and received IA box of cigars
while +. w. Stolte won a barrel of -four
in the guessing the length of pole con-
test The remaining articles will be
drawn Friday night of this week in
Woodmans hall. The baseball associ-
alton, as a result of the carnival, will
realize some $3.50 and we may expect
good team the coming season and good
sport. The hall decorations were i'm
mense and showed lot of work. One
of the attractions was the moxie and
candy booth and vast the source Of con,