Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-16
Great Time Expected Sept.
q at Trotting Park.
Citizens Considering Making
Day a Haf-Ho|Iday.
Big Call for Honor Certificates.
Have You Bcught7

Every day gives birth to new inter-
est in the coming show at the Driving
park. People who at first were indis-
posed to warm up to it's importance,
now that the management has shown
it's capacity to meet adverse conditions
rather than a hindrance, are now get
ting aboard the "band wagon" and do
L ing their part to make the coming event
a memorable one and such a one as
will firmly establish the Annual County
fair fixture for years to come.
/ Another feature that has given
"class" to the movement is the person.
mel Of the County Fair Association, it
being composed of some of the best
known citizens of Augusta, Gardiner,
Hallowell and Winthrop: men whose
names stand for success in every I'M
dertaking in which they have figured.
Not a single one has entered upon the
work with a selfish motive; quite the
| reverse, indeed, for not one of them
can be mentioned but has sacrificed
much time and more or less expense
| (of which no accounting will ever be
| made) to the end that the multitudes
which are sure to gather at the old
lTrott1ng park next Wednesday will go
away to proclaim to the few who may
not have been able to attend, that the
County Fair Association was the first
| to discover, if not the magnetic pole
| at the apex of the earth, then the mys-
| tic pole of successful enterprise.
An important matter that comes up
to the management a number of times
each day in the form of interrogatives
is the matter of half holiday. This
is a delicate question and consequent
ly one that should be given immediate
attention. 1t is always advisable to
milk the kicking COW first lest the dread
of the inevitable session with the
beast render the entire period spent in
| milking IN unpleasant one.
The matter stands thus
| Ninety per cent of those employed
in the different manufactures, publish
ing houses, mills, stores and Offices are
anxious to attend our great fair; in
fact, the event is largely their event;
it was promoted largely for their enter
tainment and convenience.
| Why, bless your soul, Mr. Proprie-
tor can jump into his touring car at
an early hour in the morning and visit
the Brockton fair in the late afternoon
We expect the proprietor to attend be-
cause it is his duty to support a move
ment that will furnish inexpensive rec
| reatiOn to those who so faithfully
serve him.
| We have no doubt that there are
cases, however, where it would be near
the zone of impossibility for certain
large establishments to close even for
a half day on account of the large pat
ronage coming from distant points to
do their shopping and who would be
sOrely disappointed, not to say incensed,
| should they find the doors closed where
| they had formed their minds to make
| purchases. Let our position appear
plain to all: 1t is not our mission to
say to any business man: "This you
| should do or "that should be done
Each proprietor is sufficiently familiar
| with conditions pertaining to his par
ticular line of business to render
him wiser judge than any disinterest-
ed person could presume to be-.
Here is as far as we care to go. If
you were to close would the sacrifice
be greater than the pleasure you would
take in knowing that you had given a
| lew uoGiS VI real pleasure W lIle IOTCe
which you know and believe to have la
bored tirelessly for your interests?
In answering yourself upon this
question remember that a favor grant
ed without a sacrifice is no favor at all;
it is the sacrifice that makes it q favor.
| If you loan your saw you have sacri-
feed something because when it is re-
turned Ohe last two the writer loaned
twere never returned) it will be duller
than when loaned If you loan another
persons saw, why you have sacrificed
| nothing and consequently have extend
ed no favor to any one. If you close
because you have no business you have
sacrificed nothing; if you have brisk
business and close the deed is heroic;
| you have extended a favor to some
one at some loss to yourself.
Whatever arrangements are to be
made, if any, in reference to closing,
| should be attended to at once in order
that time may be had to publish notice
| in advance.
In any case the biggest fair in the
history of the city will take place on
schedule time, Wednesday, Sept %,
| weather permitting, and otherwise, the
| first fair day.
Be sure and possess an Honor certifi-
cate; they will prove a souvenir that
you will proudly cherish.
| COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION.
/
Funeral of Late Mrs. e. e. Freeman.
= 114D Ia