Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-02
TO BE GREAT
DAY IN SOUTH
PLAINFIELD

South P~lainield, July 2:-When
1t comes to patriotism Piscataway
township has the call. There will
be two big celebrations on Monday
next, n here and another at New
Market, three miles away. The RI
valry between the two towns in sup
plying attractive features has caused
the to lose sleep during the
past two weeks, thinking how to go
one better on the other. The pro-
gram at New Market consists Of a
number of athletic sports, such as
running and walking matches, pig
races, sack races, fat mans race, ca
nue. and tub races on New Market
pond and a ~pie-eating contest in
which a dozen husky farmers boys
have entered. The winner of this
contest Is to be rewarded with a
five dollar gold piece, which is con-
sidered much money out Piscataway
way. Clark Rogers will have his
trained pig in the parade and will
demonstrate to a waiting world that
a hog Is good for Nmething besides
sausage and grunts. John kinney
is patiently awaiting the advent of
Tune Mellick, the Pluckamin fat
man, with whom he will contest
speed in a 200-yard dash. kinney
started to train some weeks ago and
reduced his weight from 800 to 292,
and then fearing that he would soon
oitclass himself If he kept on train
ing, he quit it and now he Is in the
900 class again. 1t is estimated that
at least $3.50 will be spent for
prizes to be awarded in the several
events.
The committee In charge of the
celebration here has made extensive
preparations to give the people of
Piscataway the greatest time they
have ever had. Farmers have sent
invitations to their city boarders to
come out and spend the day, and
not since the time when this place
was called New Brooklyn and the
Lehigh Valley railroad ran Its first
train through the town, has there
been such preparations for any
event The affair will start prompt
ly at s o'clock in the morning,
when Patrick Kane, mounted on a
black horse, will give an exhibition
of Paul Revere's ride by galloptng to
New Market and spreading the news
OF the celebration and extending an
invitation to the people of that town
to attend. Then he will hurry to
Stelton and, after spreading the
alarm there, will return by way of
Oak Tree. He is a good rider and
he says his horse Is the fastest In
the township. He is due back In
South Plainfield at 6 o'clock, where
he will report to a committee that
he has fulfilled his duty. Then there
| will be the booming of cannon and a
members of a Hungarian society
| which has ordered special uniforms
for the occasion. r
Everybody In Piscataway likes to
dance and for that reason there will
be dancing from 10 o'clock in the
morning until that hour at night.
Baseball games, broad and high
jumping contests and foot races are
the principal features Of the cele-
bration here. The Paul Revere ride
feature was suggested at a meeting
of the arrangement committee on
Tuesday night. and after thinking
over 1t for twenty-four hours b
committee adopted it as a good g
Billy Hamilton, the village "smithy,'
told the NEWS correspondent yes
terday That when it comes to
ideas, the people o. South Plainieid
Is as full OF them as an egg Is OF
meat"
Charley Thornton, proprietor OF
the American House. has had h
building decorated with hags and
bunting and Charley, who, by
way, is an Engiishman. has con-
ceived the idea of having a number
of men dressed in knickerbockers
and wearing wigs, reproduce the
signing of the Declaration OF INDIE
pendence. He has secured a copy OF
the immortal document. and VIII af-
fix blank sheets to the original, and
every man, and child will be
asked TO sign the declaration and
pay one cent, which will go to the
fund for defraying the expenses OF
the celebration. The Lehigh Valley
railroad has been asked to stop a
number of trains here ON Monday
next tn do not stop ordinarily, and
text that do not stop ordinarily, and
Bound Brook and Metuchen are ex-
peeted and 1t is for their accomo-
dalton that the Lehigh Valley Off
Gals have agreed to depart from the
regular schedule and stop the trains.