Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-18


ing rain and enjoys itself to the lim-
| il just the same.
We will qualify that by saying.
With the exception of the fakirs."
| Down here-or over there, or however
| they say il at Topsham-spirits sink
when the weather frcwns. The Mid
way has grown and grown until, from
| the main road near the Administra-
ton building. three streets are thick
| Is bordered by the ingenuity of this
| cunning fraternity.
Things haven't been bright for them.
| They have found damp sleeping in
! their tents and no roofs to shelter
| them in the town OF Topsham Mon
| ely hasn't rolled in the way they had
hoped: in fact. Friday was about the
| first day you could navigate the three
| thoroughfares. without boat. To-day
they were so crowded and the money
so evenly divided THAT no one receiv-
ed the share to which he believed
himself entitled Thus situation de-
Velopcd which the police mentioned
With alarm, tonight. Under the ban
tering throughout the Midway there
We're snarls and the authorities read
its menace with memories of the riots
of several years ago, when much the
| same conditions prevailed. The fakirs
| have now been virtually Jailed to-
gpther for nearly n week. All the lit
tie quarrels of the year have grown
To threatening proportions and several
of the participants have declared their
| intention of getting someone else. q
throughout the afternoon crooked
games and questionable exhibitions
kept the police on the jump But
every show or game had its outposts
and these people have, heretofore. sig
nified desire to keep within the let
ter of the rules. they now seem de-
fermined TO break even" by any
means.
The police would not have known
of these games, had they been less ae-
tive and earnest in the performance
of their duties. They, however, have
thir instructions to stop every at
tempt of shady nature and, up to a
late hour tonight. they had succeed
ed to q very ereditahle degree. Their
forces are well posted to break up any
trouble and they, while nervous, an
tieipate no serious outbreak.
The Midway.
One of the most extensive Mdways
in many years has held firm through
out tho diseourasins rains. All the old
favorites are here and many new ones.
Among tho lunch tents, ring games.
Shooting galleries. souvenir stands and
fortune telling booths are the Kan
CARGO horse Mamie" a girl who drops
| oil ,,.,1.. -
spring holding a chair in which she
sits. five wonderful beings in mu-
seurn covered by q tent of creifs size,
a Moulin Rouge a merry a-round,
an ocean wave" wheel, champion
wrestling girls and men, Indian Mum
my" dancing baby dolls comedy
company, Leona La Mere. the 19-Near-
old Girl who weighs so, Tango dance,
AND scores of others just as sensational.
Free Features.
AS features provided by the manage
mcnt q frst-class vaudeville held the
stage in front OF the grandstand and
Che St Jean Band OF Brunswick fur
rished music. hmcns the vaudeville
acts are a clever magician. who makes
use ~ aypnotism ard a daredevil jug
gler ard aerial performer.
Many visited the new poultry shed,
Friday. and expressed admiration Of
the scientific arrangement. Here. IN a
substantial, yet light and airy build
ing are 500 or more new cages-and
nearly everyone filled, the exhibits
ranging from a common everyday Ply
mouth Rock to gaudy A. NJ. Herst
pheasant.
Farm machinery is displayed in all
the latest styles and there is al ieast
one tent of automobiles.
Picnic Parties.