Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-10-09
AMHERST FAIR.
ruERE WERE THREE DAYS OF TT
THIS YEAR.
u.YI, EXHIBITS NOT As LARGE AS
usrJAL-INTEREsTING BALL GAMES
-THH BABY Show.

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There were three days Of the Amherst
tair this year. The rain Of Monday and
.he threatening weather with occasional
showers tuesday caused the officers Of the
AR association to postpone the regular
opening OF the fair until Wednesday and
- carry it through until Thursday.
But Tuesday found goodly number Of
.or,v corners on hand, and they were
bound to have fair and they had it. The
hand was on hand, the orchestra was on
hand and the food was on hand for the
meals al tie hall. The crowd was good
n.tnred. and made the best Of the
,vesther. There was a dance In the even
ing. a ball game in the afternoon, and
something doing AL day. 90 that while
of,cially there was no fair on Tuesday, in
reality the fair was in full swing.
The postponement, however, resulted in
the division Of the usual last day attend
ance over two days. Wednesdays attend
ance was the largest Of the three days, but
thursdays attendance was smaller than
usual for the last day.
THE xxH1Bffs.
The exhibits ct the hall were not %
large as in previous years. The lateness
Of the season contributed TO the shorten
ing of the fruit and vegetable exhibits,
but does not satisfactorily account for the
small showing Of fancy work. 1t cannot
be that the ready fingers Of the up-river
women have lost their cunningl Perhaps
they have been too busy during the past
summer entertaining visitors. Whatever
the cause, the usual fine showing Of fancy
work was greatly missed. The articles
shown, however, were up to the usual
high standard Of this department at the
Amherst fair.
c. D. Smith was In his familiar place -
superintendent OF the hall, and the ex-
hibits were arranged with the usual care,
and exhibitors were accorded courteous
and fair treatment. Mr.. Smith and A. D.
Archer, as for several years past. divided
honors as the largest exhibitors. MIR.
Smith had the largest exhibit Of fruit;
Mr.. Archer the second largest. MIR.
Archer had the largest exhibit Of vege-
tables; Mr.. Smith the second largest.
The only curiosities in the vegetable
lines were two cucumbers grown in bot
ties by Lincoln Silsby.
There was good showing Of livestock,
all the stalls being filled.
ATTRACTIONS,
The principal attraction outside of the
regular exhibits was the show put on by
the Browns. There was some wonderful
bicycle riding, and other good acts. The
diving dog Dewey performed twice daily,
and became a popular favorite. In the
upper hall, Lindall, Of Bar Harbor, ran
rowing picture show. Lynch's band Of
Ellsworth, furnished music during the
day.
BALL GAMES.
There were three ball games. On Tues
day and Wednesday, Amherst and Clifton
met, Amherst winning both games, the
first by score Of q 81, the second by
score OF 9 to-.
Thursdays game was between Edding-
ton and Amherst, and was one OF the
most exciting ever played on the grounds,
though the end was somewhat disappoint-
ing. There is an intense rivalry between
these two teams. . heritage from many
game in past years.
Some OF the now staid business and pro-
tessional men OF Amherst who had taken
part in games with Eddington in years
long past, got so excited that they could
hardly be restrained from jumping upon
the diamond and taking hand in the
game. They gave vent to their feelings and
by ''rooting", however, and
the game was the noisest ever played at
Amherst. Lucius Sumner, who led the root
ing for Amherst, hasn't spoken above
whisper since.
The sedste DR.. Patten, whose home ad-
joins the ball ground, watched the game
from the window as long as he could
stand it, and then suddenly got into the
thick Of it on the diamond. Some say he
did not stop to leave the house by the
door, but came out the window. Every
one was so intent on the game, however,
that no one can swear to this.
Even the ladies got excited, and one
who had personal interest in the game,
was forcibly restrained from rushing into
the diamond when the excitement became
greatest.
And the game itself was one to play on
oil the sympathies of an Amherst crowd
Eddington started of with three runs in
the first inning, and piled five more on top
OF this in the second. Eight to nothing,
and Amherst the nothingi 1t needed all
the loyalty and faith OF the Amherst
hooters to keep up lusty cheer, but they
oid, and it soon had effect.
Amherst picked up one run in the
fourth inning, and three in the sixth.
Eddington sought to stem the tide Of de-
ieat by changing pitchers, but the new
man in the box was touched up for five
runs in the seventh inning, and the score
was s-s in favor Of Amherst. Each scored
TWO runs in the eighth inning, and the
score stood II to 10. In the first half OF
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