Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-08-22
LARGE CROWD At
FARMERS PICNIC

The succession of sho xers yesterday
morning with lowering sky which
portended a rainy day, was not suffici-
ent to chill the enthusiasm felt nv
farmers and others in behalf of the
Tri-county picnic and while it was
still raining innumerable vehicles with
DeWitt's park as their objective point
might have been seen streaming along
the roads in every direction. 1t is only
natural to infer that many families
especially those from some distance
were deferred from attending the pic
mic by the unfavorable weather. New
ertheless the throng in attendance was
as large as at any time in the past
Two thousand six hundred tickets
were sold. No charge was made for
children. Allowing for these aud 9TH
ers who gained admittance without
paying it seems safe to estimate the
number who were on the ground at
between four and five thousand.
The picnickers arrived early. Eight
two-horse carriages were at the park
before o'clock. Fortunately the rain
ceased before noon. The sky was clear
during portion of the time in the af-
ternoon and the sun shone brightly.
In most instances dinner and supper
were partaken of in the park.
The music was an enjoyable feature
Both the Mechanicsville and the Ex-
change band played in Danville during
the forenoon. The Exchange band was
organized only last fall. Yesterday
afforded the second occasion in which
it had ever played away from home
and was the second time that it had
ever marched. The band played we'll.
AS mightlbe inferred there was plenty
of music at the park. The two bands
each escorted by four members of the
Tri-county Picnic association, march
ed around the course playing alternate
ly.
Dancing went on merrily all day
long and afforded no end of pleasure
to the young people. Those younger
in years found delight on the merry
go-round, which was kept working
overtime.
The races, embracing several contests
that were new and had the charm of
novelty, seemed to be the center of at
traction and were witnessed by at least
one thousand people.
The junior bag race, in which there
were eleven contestants, was won by
Raymond zimmerman, of Riverside.
The victor in the senior bag race
was Charles Scruton, of Riverside.
There were ten contestants
One of the most exciting events
proved to be the potato race, which
was won by Harry O'Brien, gof Dan
vile, in one minute and thirty-seven
seconds. Charles Thomas, of Grov.
ania, who won in the first part, was
close second in the race, his time be-
ing one minute and thirty.eight sec
onds.
In the ladies' wheelbarrow race
there were nine contestants as follows: /:
Mrs Charles Arter. Annie Springer
Margaret Beyers, Mrs. Ella Kaufman,
Mrs William Paugh, Mrs. Sadie Suy-
der, Mrs. W. Walters, Mrs. Amos Vol.
forth and Mrs. W. l.. Kaufman. This
race was likewise very amusing, the
winner being Mrs. Charles Arter
Probably the most interesting of all
the contests was the Chinese lantern
race, which is something new in this
section. The winner was Clark Bleck-
er, of Grovauia, who ran over the
course OF one hundred yards, lighting
the lantern on the way and returning
with it in forty-four seconds. Will
liam Kindt, of Mausdale, was close
second and would probably have won
had it not occurred that he had bad
luck in lighting the matches and was
Obliged to make four attempts before
he succeeded