The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-07-21
INDIANs' HELD HIGH CARNIVAL.
Iroquois Tribe of Red Men Had Grand
Day at Caledonia Park.

/ Last Saturday the Indians held earni-
val at Caledonia park-not the ancient
brand of Indian. who used to don his war
paint and seek the scalps of the pale
faces, but the modernized product, whose
watchwords are freedom, charity, friend
| ship. The occasion was the annual out
| ing of the Iroquois TRIBE of the order of
Red Men
A large crowd went down on a special
train just after noon, and this was fur
ther augmented by number who went
by the electric road, in all making a
gathering of something over 800 people.
The Great Spirit seemed to smile upon
the Barre braves, for the weather was
all that could be desired there was an
abundance OF various kinds OF warm
weather refreshments, served by large
committee, who spared no pains in at.
tending to the wants of the crowd, and
thus the Barre Red Men added another
to their already long record OF successful
picrfcs.
The games and sports were carried out
very efficiently under the direction of
Alex. Ross, assisted by A. Mcdonald and
George Cooper. Following the usual GUS
tom adopted at these picnics among the
children, not only the prize winners were
rewarded, but every boy and girl upon
the ground got prize. much to the
delight OF the youngsters, OF whom
large number were present.
The pavilion being pleasantly cool,
dancing was frequently enjoyed, the mu-
sic being supplied by the Montpelier
Military band orchestra, which played
some fine Scottish selections in their
usual mastery fashion. A baseball
game was played between teams cap
tanned by Robert Wright and William
Walker, the latters team winning out
to 2 The batteries for the winners
were Tom Mcdonald and Angus Melon
aid, and for the losers, Bob Wright and
A. Mcdonald, while the umpires job was
held down by Billy Russell.
The ball game was somewhat marred
by an unfortunate mishap, which oc-
CURED in the second inning, when ball,
which glanced off the bat, hit Angus
Mcdonald, who was catching, a very Sc
we're blow over the left eye, putting him
out of commission and necessitating his
leaving the grounds to get treatment for
the injury George Booth took the dis
abled catcher's place and materially as
sisted the team in winning the game.
As a wind-up to the days sport, a
football game between the fat and the |
lean braves was arranged. Robert /
Wright was in command of the fat |
squad and the only Peter Brown had |
charge of the lean aggregation. A great !
battle took place. What the lean men /
lacked in weight, they made up in en- |
ergy, and the fats had all they could /
do to hold their own. Some near goals |
were kicked, but none actually, and the
arrival of the special train brought the
game to a premature close with the I
score standing 0 to 0.
The following comprised the commit
tee, to whom much credit is due for the
success of the outing; |, Rothnie, G.
Cooper, A. Mcdonald A. Young, c. Scott,
8. Brand. T. Mcdonald, J. Forest, I.
Innes, w. Morgan, A. Ross and Ira
Wright.
Girls race-Annie Taylor, Kathleen
Marr Emma Fowlie.
Boys race-George Ironside, Douglass
5auld, Charles Watt.
Shoe race, for men-Alex. Reid, Alex.
lawson, J. B. Cassellni.
Ladies' race-Mrs. William Innes. Mrs.
Tom Mcdonald, Mrs. James Mcdonald.
Ladies' place kick-Nliss Gibson, Mrs.
Jeffrey, Mrs. Wilson.