The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-27
PART OF
"RUBES" AT
THE FAIR
Things Happen to Some in
the Official LimeIight--In-
cidentS Of Biggest Day.

Yesterday was the banner day of the
Essex County Fair, which is being
held at Olympic Park. 1t was esti-
mated by those at the gate that 5000
terday was called Governors Day"
Neither Governor stokes nor Guberna-
torial Candidates Fort or Katzenbach
were able to put in an appearance.
The former was kept busy at the State
House, Mr.. Fort was at Pennington,
and the Democratic nominee was IN
able to get away from the Mt. Holly
Fair. However. there were many nota-
bles present from both parties.
Mayor Jacob Haussling and Sheriff
Frank H. Sommer sat in boxes which
adjoined each other and amused them
selves by picking winners in the trot-
ting races. The Mayor excelled the
sheriff in this, much to the delight of
his colleagues. Politics were eliminated
and the talk vas mostly about the
fair.
Others on hand were Comptroller J..
Henry Bachelor, County Counsel
Elvin w. Crane, former Mayor William
H. F. Fielder, Chief Engineer Morris
r.. Sherrerd, former Police Commits
sioner George A. Scheller. Chief of
Prosecutors Detectives Fred. Weimer,
DR.. Charles f. Kraemer, candidate for
county clerk on the Democratic ticket;
Clerk of the Second Criminal Court
Thomas Pearson, James M. Reilly, Sec
rotary of the Board of Trade; Police
Sergeant John Bodies, Alderman
Michael M Mullen. School Commits
sioners J. e. Smith, Frank Crissey,
George w. Courier: Elmer Day, Demo-
cratic candidate for alderman of the
Second Ward; Joseph Papscoe. candi-
date for school commissioners on the
Democratic ticket in the Third Ward;
Lathrop Anderson, Philip Krimke.
A number of the sheriff's and prose-
cutor's men enjoyed the sights, while
sleuths from Captain CAROLS office
were on the lookout for p~ickpockets.
To date no suspects have been dlS-
covered on the fair grounds.
The various events were enjoyed by
the immense throng, and the midway
and shows did a lucrative business.
The wheels of fortune, which were re-
moved several days ago at the request
of the head of a Newark detective
agency, for fear the sheriff's men
would get busy, were again in sight
ready for use, but none of the promo
tiers opened up for business.
The various exhibits attracted a
great deal of attention, and the ma
jority were enthusiastic in their praise
for the work of the committee. h
weather was all that could be wished.
Throughout the day a number of cler-
gymens visited the grounds.
Several events not on the program
were enjoyed by various groups near
the different amusement places. Mr..
Sherrerd, who supervises the city's
grading, etc. made an attempt TO
demonstrate to several of his party
that he had an eagle eye. as well as
excellent control of a baseball. The
party passed a place where a negro was
ducking his head up and down in a
hole, and a barker was shouting,
N"Every time you hit the niger you
git a good cigar"
Here is where we smoke, gentle
men, remarked Engineer Sherrerd as
he dropped a nickel and picked up three
balls. Bangl Bang! Bang! In quick
succession the balls hit the canvas,
but not the negro's head.
Give me three more; I'm Just warm
ing up" said Sierrerd.
Once more it was a case of high, low
and away too high. The engineer showed
that III was a good sport and invested
once again, but this time his arm
went back on him-at least that was
the excuse-and he walked away.
AT another booth former Police COM
missioner Scheller was doing his best
to roll a ball into a place marked
"l,000," which meant a handsome prize,
according to the operator. IF you
manage to perform the feat" said he
man in charge, "In present you with
a gold watch The former president
of the Police Board succeeded, after
spending about So, and received his
prize. 1t was a watch, all right, yes, a
watch"
Alderman Mullen, with a group of
Fourth Warders as his guests, re-
marked that none but a horse wearing
union-made h~orseshoes could qualify
or win out. The fighting membe of
Common Council happened to tell the
truth, and Immediately he applied at
the gate for the privilege of pitching a
tent as a fortune teller, but was turned
down.
Various other officials amused the
crowd by qualifying as lemons When
Andy Wolf, the heavyweight oyster
man of the Hill, stepped on a weigh
ing machine. Let me guess your
weight, SIR" said the operator When
Wolf passed. your on replied the
Newarker, and in q minute he jumped
on the scale, and almost instantly the
weight went up and it hasn't come
down yet. The weighing machine was
put out of commission and it didn't
cost ANDY a cent.
Several friends of Elmer Day, who,
II elected, will hold the record as far
as weight goes in Common Council,
managed to ring one in on the candi-
date. Say, alderman, let me nave a
dollar; 1 want to bet that Luke Nc
Gluke will beat out Tom Pepper in the
next race" said one of Mr.. Days
friends. The genial candidate placed
confidence in his friend, n without
gazing at his program to ascertain If
the horses mentioned were in the race
pulled out his roll and handed over a
" instead of a single.
Following this the man who sought
the loan handed Day a slip OF paper.
Take this as a receipt" he said. Day
looked at the paper and was aston
ished when he read the following: