Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-08-07
WET BUT JOLLY.
onion Sunday School Excursion
Yesterday a Success.

Yesterday a Success.
Contrib uted.
The people who attended the Baptist
Methodist excursion yesterday had a wet
some time Of it, but 1t was Q pretty good
natured crowd, and they took their duck
ing philosophically. There was no grumb-
ling but rather disposition to take the
weather as . prank. The excursion left
little after o'clock on the schooner
Nellie Grant, Capt. Jefferson Smith, in
tow Of the tug Little Round Top, Capt.
Holt, for Newbury Neck. The vessel was
furnished with settees from the churches,
which added much to the comfort of those
Leland was the caterer and did q rushing
business, disposing Of his ice-cream in
short order.
The trip down the river was marked by
no special incident except that we were
especially slow il getting to our destina-
ton, as we did not arrive at the Neck I'M
til nearly half-past eleven. The weather,
which was Of the 'open and shet" vari-
ETY., was very kind to us, and q few fog
showers were all that bothered while we
were ashore.
After dinner the races on the beach
proved quite an attraction.
The prize for the 100-yard dash for boys
from ten to fifteen years was won by
Joseph Willis, and he became the owner OF
q fine jackknife.
The prize for the potato race, a hatpin,
was won by Hazel Lord.
The hop-step and jump contest was an
interesting event, and brought out quite
number of entries. The prize, choice Of
any necktie in the Reliable Clothing
store, was won by Merrill Head.
The spoon and egg race developed an
unexpected difficulty. When entries were
called for OF girls over sixteen years, no
one responded. All were bashful, or were
sixteen, and the committee decided to
drop the age limit to girls from twelve to
fifteen. The prize - a souvenir spoon of
sterling silver-went to Ida Morrison, and
the BOBBY prize to Louise Allen, who car
ried OFF a china egg in triumph.
After the races quite a number Of people
followed the boys to the ball field. The
game OF foot ball was exciting and noisy.
The team captained by Merle Beckwith
won, and the prize - three dozen all-day
suckers was portioned out to the players
who took care that they didn't last all day.
The stellar event of the day was the
baseball game between the Clawhammers
and the Solid Muldoons. Killam and
Higgins were the battery for the former
team, while Rollins and Parsons did the
honors for the latter. The game was close
and exciting, and only the boat whistle,
warning all to get on board, saved the
solid Muldoons from sure defeat. Three
innings were played, and at the close the
score stood 4-3 in favor Of the Solid Null
doons, and the prize-a peck OF peanuts
was passed over to their captain, II. W.
Dunn, jr., who seemed to be we'll pleased
over the outcome. Milton Beckwith UNI
pired very efficiently, roasting" both
sides about evenly, and getting his share
OF peanuts as a reward Of merit.
1t was on the trip home that we had to
take it. The heavens wept copiously, and
the people who did not have the full pro-
lection Of the canopy got little moist.
Nobody melted, however, as nearly all the
people had been wet before, and when we
reached the dock the majority verdict was
that we had had good time in spite of
the fearful weather.
We learned after we got home that
rumors had it that we were stranded at
the mouth Of the river, that the tug had
played out, that the vessel was playing
s.teeter" on rock in front of somebody's
cottage, and host of other awful things,
which recalls the admonition that you
don't want to believe half that you see
and all that you hear. So the people that
didn't go were glad that they didn't, and
the people that did go were glad that they
did and every ody is satisfied.