The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-10-12

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9 tanned. The balloon came down in Du
? rand's lot on Green street. As he came
ito earth John W. Lippincott caught thu
, man in his arms and saved him from in
jury. Those who watched the ascent will
} field glasses said the aeronaut made every
effort to cut loose, and finally appeared tc
become exhausted In the attempt.
John Adams, Burlington farmer, had
the mammoth pumpkin and watermelon.
} The former weighed 105 pounds, the latter
81 pounds.
Columbus Grange, No. So, presented a
handsome display of farm products. Its
feature was a miniature freight car filled
with potatoes
Cranberries of the Woolman variety,
being as large as shellbarks, were shown
by DR.. r. ]. Haines. of Medford. They
were of his own growing.
The handsome cup presented by Au-
gustus H. Butterworth, of Philadelphia,
to the trotter or PAGER making the fastest
heat during the four days racing, was
captured by Direct Omer, PAGER, owned
by James Bell, of Philadelphia. Time
2114
To show the widespread reputation of
the Mount Holly Fair, it may be men
toned that in the department for paint
ings and fancy work there were entries
from Massachusetts, Michigan, Washing
ton, Kentucky and other states. That's
going some.
Through the kindness of G. Clarence
Deacon. superintendent of the county in
sane asylum, thirty-eight patients from
that institution were permitted to attend
the fair on Tuesday. They were seated
in the grand stand in charge of attend
ants and enjoyed the sights.
Mrs Elizabeth Hanks, of Oneonta, N
Y, aged 81 years, was one of the Oldest
exhibitors at the fair. She presented bed
quilts, rugs, embroidery and buttonholes.
Another aged exhibitor was Mrs G. W.
Trotter, of Vincentown, 80 years old, who
showed her handiwork in some rugs.
Miss Helen Lewis. aged 10 years, daugh-
ter of Assemblyman Griffith W. Lewis, of
Burlington. entered sponge cake of her
own making at the Mount Holly Fair and
won first prize. She also took second
prize on a layer cake. The young lady
carried off prize on sponge cake last
year.
aDa,{ol attraction n, tho raoa track
Thursday, was the appearance of Surena,
the guideless wonder, who was to trot
mile In 2.16 for a purse of $500, or no
money. The mare gave splendid exhi-
bition Of her speed and training, but
failed to make good. Time, first quarter,
354; half mile, 1.OS; three quarters, 1.424;
mile. 217a Surena has record of 2.OS.
A feature that afforded amusement on
the midway was the throwing of toma-
toes at d colored man. "Smash the coon
with JUICY tomat and you get cigar,
shouted the attendant The human tar
get was very active when under fire, and
successfully lodged well directed toma-
toes that were hurled at him. Those which
did hit the mark, however, made the man
look as If he had just come from can
ming factory.
An interesting feature of the fair, on
Wednesday, was the presence of Mrs
Esther A. Gaskill. of High street, who is
SO years old. She attended the first fair
In Mount Holly, which was held in the
court house yard in 1916, when the pre-
miums offered amounted to only $175.
Robert s. Gaskill took his mother inside
the race track on the green, from which
point she viewed the racing In an auto
mobile and had good look at the thou
sands of people in the grand stand.
Miss George Elizabeth Gaskill, of Ris-
don street, Mount Holly, furnished SEN
sation on Friday afternoon by going up
In balloon with Johnny Mack. In spite
of protests from her sister Mary and sew
eral friends, the young woman made the
ascension, and says she greatly enjoyed
the trip The aeronauts sat on horizon
tai bars and occupied separate parachutes.
Miss Gaskill, who was the first to de-
scend, had no trouble cutting loose. She
came down gracefully and landed in a
nearby pear orchard without receiving
the slightest injury. A leather belt was
placed around her waist and she was fas-
tened securely to prevent any possibility
| of her falling.