Ellsworth American., 1912-10-02
UP RIVER FAIR.
cruL IN THE RING WITH GOOD
ATTENDANCE.
.aRfcULruRAL DISPLAY BELOW AVER
AGE FINE BASEBALL - GOOD
HoRsEPuLLING-THEP PRE-
MUM LIST.

,r,herst fair was just little slow this
,sar in getting things into line, but after
!, cot started, things we're set humming
and kept going to whirlwind finish.
n didn't rain the first day, but the sky
,rss overcast, the ssline storm was due.
and there was hesitation about starting;
the result was q first-day attendance
which was not up to the average.
The backward season alone was respon-
.ible for the exhibits Of vegetables and
fruit being so far below the average, but
in spite OF this drawback the displays
were fairly good, and attracted no little
attention. and much favorable comment.
conspicuous on the west side OF the hall
was the individual display Of Arvill Jor-
dan. of waltham. Had half dozen more
other enterprising farmers made the effort
Mr.. Jordan did, the management would
have been Obliged to build an annex, or
slse have turned exhibitors away. He re-
ceiyed many compliments, in which his
wife Joined, for many of the articles were
Of her handiwork. Mr.. Jordan also was
high line in the horse, cattle, sheep and
swine departments.
The veteran c. NJ. Smith was, as usual,
in charge OF the hall.
Forrest Silsby had charge OF the ticket
selling, and John Johnston was superin-
tendent of the grounds.
HoRsE-PuLLIsa.
The horse pulling contests were the best
ever seen on the grounds, and created no
end Of interest and excitement.
In the singe- horse contest Fred Mace, OF
Aurora, took first prize, his animal haul
ing s,14I pounds. Leo Jordan took second
money, his horse hauling 2,42o pounds.
Mr.. Mace also one the two horse contest,
his pair hauling 4,413 pounds, while the
pair belonging to Herman Jordan, of
waltham, pulled 3,s0s pounds. The
judges were w. l.. Mace, Of Aurora, Clad
Dunham and Adeibert Fletcher, OF
Amherst.
pretty exhibition pull was given by
Sam Siisby, son of II. T. Silsby, OF Aurora,
who brought out his pair Of steers, which
he himself had broken and trained
Their pulling so pleased the lookers-on
that they set up great shout, which the
steers didn't quite understand or appreci-
ate, and it became clear that while they'd
do anything on earth for their bright
young owner, they weren't so we'll dis
posed towards the crowd; nevertheless
the crowd voted unanimously that Sam
and his steers were all right.
The dining hall was well patronized
throughout. IL was in charge of j. G..
Dunham and William orcutt, and their
able corps OF assistants were Mrs. J. @.
Dunham, Mrs. Clara Nickerson, Mrs.
Emma Summer, Mrs. Nina Rodick, Mrs. L..
Giles, Mrs. Millie Orcutt, Lewis Rankin,
viii Watts, Mrs. Lincoln Silsby, Mrs.
Ella Silsby, Mrs. May Roberts and Mrs.
Annie DeBeck.
BASE BALL.
Tuesdays game OF baseball was between
Amherst and Aurora, the former winning,
2 to 8. Amherst's battery was Kennis-
ton, CT Watts, p. Umpire, Snow, of Blue
hill.
On Wednesday East Eddington tackled
Amherst, and 1t was a game for biood-one
OF the best games ever seen in Amherst.
The ninth inning closed with the score 2
to- and the excitement ran high. In the
tenth Amherst failed to score, and their
opponents got one score, winning the
game.
In this game Brooks and II. Wiley were
the battery for Amherst; Whitcomb and
Willett for East Eddington, and Mills, Of
Aurora, NJ. Z. I. student, umpired.
A group Of thirteen trained dogs and a
vaudeville show by Frank Ii. and Dora X.
Reynolds and their little son Teddy R.,
added much to the entertainment both
days.
The ubiquitous merry-go-round, hitting
the nigger's head (or trying toy and the
ring-throwing table were the other attrac-
tions.
There was dancing in the hall both
evenings, Monaghan's orchestra, OF Els
worth, furnishing the music. Wednes-
day evenings attendance was a record
breaker, almost 100 tickets being sold.
The Ellsworth band furnished accepta-
bic music both days.
THE BABY SHOW.
The baby show was all right as far as it
went, but there were only three entries,
and everybody knows that within radius
OF ten miles of Amherst's fair grounds
there are dozens of handsome babies two
years old and under.
Mrs. Walter Dunham's baby boy, of Ma
riaville, got the first prize, and Mrs. LAZY
Hanscom's baby girl got the second. Ezra
Williams, of Great Pond, Major Leod, of
Bangor. and William Cross, OF Mariaville,
were the judges.
PREMIUM LIST.
LIVESTOCK.
judges = E. f. SWEET, Newport; A. S.
Young, Otis; C. s. Richardson, Bar Har-