Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-07-08
FOURTH OF JULY.
s,c CROWD AT ELLswoRTH
CELEBRATION.
...rrprsrING EVENTS OF THE DAY.
DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS SPOILED
BY DENSE FOG.


r,sxorth's Fourth of July celebration
...v big crowd, and in spite OF disap-
.;n,mepts and unavoidable delays which
40 always attendant upon affairs Of this
lid the crowd seemed satisfied. 1t is
..t;msted that there were 5000 people on
Main street at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon.
u seemed as il everybody was here with
his family, and friends met friends they
had not seen for years.
There was plenty OF music to liyen up
The day, with the Machias and Ellsworth
r,l,s bands and the Milford fife and drum
.orns The bands gave concerts at
intervals during the day and furnished
excellent music.
THE PARADE.
The parade started about $40. City
Marshal Brann and Special Policeman
Elmer l.. Kingman rode at the head OF the
line. John B. Redman, Curtis X. Foster
and Henry E. Davis were marshals; Per-
cval Cushman and Ludike Hall, aids. The
Ellsworth Falls band, Milford fife and
drum corps, the uniform rank company OF
Donsaua lodge, X. Of p, OF Ellsworth, and
a few mounted men followed in the order
named.
Then came the carnival feature OF the
parade. The "Merry Widows" filled a
blackboard driven by Pearl B. Day, and it
was merry crowd indeed. 1.-THE Newly
WEEDS" followed, Charles Peters being the
groom and F. c. Burrill the bride. 1t was
certainly an attractive couple. Fred E.
Cooke and Charles Card as "John Bull''
and s.Uncle SAM rode in state. The
mske-ups were excellent.
An old fashioned stage coach filled with
way-back passengers was next in line.
Clifton Woodward was the star passenger.
Owing to Misunderstanding as to the
place and time Of starting the parade,
several features which had been arranged
for the carnival display we're not in line.
The "Old Lady that Lived in Shoe, and
ssThe Lion Tanner" were among these.
The shoe got in line toward the end OF the
parade, and the lions cage also, but the
tenants were missing.
Following the carnival display came the
Machias band. There were but = few in
the trades parade. o. w. Tapley, insur-
ance, and c. 8. Johnston, contractor, had
teams in line.
The Ellsworth fire department brought
up the rear, with two hose wagons, the
hook and ladder truck and Ticonic engine
in line.
The people OF Ellsworth did not deco
rate very literally, and few houses OF
places of business made any display ex-
cept for flags and window decorations.
c. L. Morsng's store was Q notable ekcep-
ton. The committee awarded first prize
for decoration to John 0. whitney, whose
house on the Falls road was decorated,
and second prize to c. L. Morapg.
MINOR spoRrs.
The committee ON minor sports had .
busy day, and Rev. P. A. A. Killam, its
chairman, was one Of the busiest men in
Ellsworth. Several Of the events on the
program did not I'LL. The results Of the
minor sports were as follows:
Potato race Ralph Kief, first; Willie
Stuart, second; Everett Royal, Earle
Clark
Spoon and egg race-Charles Dresser,
first Ballou Phillips, second; Teddy Hal
pin and Lawrence Bresnahan.
Hundred yard dash-Guy Albee, OF
Machias, first; Willis Dunn, second. Time
Ii - seconds.
Bows bicycle race-Harold e. Moore.
first; Ralph Kief, second; Harry Fits,
Frank Chamberlain.
Slow bicycle race-Harold E. Moore,
first; Harry Fits, second; Ralph Kief,
Frank Chamberlain.
Sack race-Joseph Willett, first; Everett
Royal, second; Archie Stuart, Reuel Whit
comb.
Two hundred-twentyya dash-Mar-
tin Jellison, first; Arthur Jordan, second
Will Foster, third.
Five dollars in small change mixed up
in bag of bran gave dozen boys a
scramble for the coins which amused the
crowd.
THE LOG RACE.
The log race furnished one of the most
interesting and exciting events of the
day There were six entries, and the
men were started off in two sets of three
each. The logs were started near the
loot Of the dam, and the finish was at the
Main street bridge. There are two short
stretches OF quick water, and eddies and
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