The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-10-14
The Fair is Over.

q pleased the people, although it may moi
= have been up to the usual standard in
: monetary returns for the association.
: Tuesday was ''children's day." and ii
S was thoroughly enjoyed by the young
S sters. The grounds and grand stand
n were theirs and they used both to the
, utmost extent. The grand stand, filled
+ with children, resembled the parrot house
t in a geological garden, so far as the
e chattering was concerned The young
E sters appreciated every number on the
: programme and heartily applauded all
events, even to the racing, giving the
/ winning horses great ovation regardless
/ of the fact that scarcely one child in the
entire bunch knew one horse from
f another. The weather was very threaten
ing-it rained toward evening so that
the ballon could not go up-and the cash
admissions were not up to the standard
7 of first days. The children, as well as
the adults present, were disappointed at
not seeing the balloon ascension. 1t is a
! fact that no matter what attractions
| may be omitted it would be very unpop-
ular to leave out the balloon. But Miss
Law went up in her flying machine and
, the way she circled around the grounds
I was entertaining to ali.
The weather was not much better on
Wednesday, 1t did not rain but it was
!, very cloudy and damp. This made the
. track heavy but the racing was good.
. Miss Law gave her demonstration of high
/, air flying and the balloon went up. 1t
sailed slowly towards the northwest and
suddenly disappeared from sight. This
was owing to the mist which soon en-
yeloped it. When the pistol was fired to
give the signal for the men to drop with
their parachutes there was nothing in
| sight, but in few seconds the men APP
peared out of the clouds and the effect
was somewhat startling. They made a
safe landing.
Thursday morning started cloudy and
damp, but the crowd began to get in
early. Toward noon the clouds broke
and the day turned out to be pleasant.
The grand stand was packed and the
programme of races and vaudeville at
fractions was carried out without "a
break.
Friday was more than an ordinary
''last day" the attendance being above
the average for former years.
The displays in the various depart
ments were fine, although not well filled
in some classes. The poultry depart
ment was more than ordinarily attract
i've and drew large crowds of interested
spectators. Norris q. Temple succeeded
the late Sheriff Fenton as superinten-
dent of this division, and he is entitled
to praise for the manner in which he
conducted the display. Among the many
birds that were exhibited was a bronze
turkey shown by James Black, of near
Jobstown. The last time this bird was
weighed he tipped the scales at Al lbs,
but he has not been weighed for couple |
of months, so his heft at this date is not
exactly known. From the looks of him |
he has not lost much.
On the midway the always welcome |
merry-go-round was absent, to the dis |
appointment of many children. There |
was one on the way but it broke down. |
There were many other features on the |
midway which could easily have been |
dispensed with and some of them were
compelled to go out of business Sheriff |
Jordan went around on Wednesday and |
closed the ''Hootchee Couchee'' show on |
complaint of some citizen who felt that |
the exhibition given inside the tent was
not calculated to improve the morals of |
those who witnessed the performance.
The sheriff also paid attention to some
OF the booths that were conducting
games of chance and those which ap-
peared to be going beyond the limit of
honesty were closed, but there were some
in operation ON Thursday that might |
easily have been dispensed with. One
OF the baldest games was where there
were several rows of numbers, some
black and some red. The man conduct
ing the booth offered great inducements
to players and in one instance a man,
after spending about so cents, took down
SIS. The way in which the game was
played was for some one to draw a num-
Der from box. If it was red the player
got the money, if it was black the owner
of the game took the cash. 1t was APP
parent to all that there were very many
more black numbers than there were red.
Thursday was politicians day and
there was good representation of all
parties present. One of the most promi-
nent figures on the ground was former
Senator James Smith, who was paying
a visit to the fair for the first time in a
number ofyears. He wore a silk hat
and was easily distinguished. Former
Sheriff Shinn piloted Mr.. Smith about |
the grounds and took him to box in
the grand stand, where he was greeted |
by large circle of admirers. Former
Sheriff Baird went to the box to paw his |
respects to Senator Smith, and that was
enough to start the rumor that deal |
was on between the representatives of
the opposite parties.
Great disappointment was felt because |
of the inability of former Governor |
Stokes to be present. Mr.. Stokes went |
to bed on Monday with a heavy cold |
and hoped to get here but at ten o'clock |
Thursday morning his secretary tele- |
phoned that Mr.. Stokes was still in bed. |
Governor Fielder arrived in Mount |
Holly about IL o'clock, and with a few
selected guests was entertained at the
residence of former Judge Wills. Fol-
lowing this the party proceeded to the i
| fair grounds, where the candidate shook
hands with number of people, some of
whom will vote for him and many of
whom will not. The reception given
Fielder was not one of great enthusiasm
and beyond the few who were on the
lookout for him his presence was not
noticed by the multitude. The county
Democratic committee had made plans
to have Fielder well received, and in
each township requests had been sent
out to have representatives brought to
the grounds to give the appearance of
great reception.
Candidate CoIhv arrival about tbroo