Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-08-08
Opens with Finest Show
City Has Ever Held.
Grand Parade in Morning Wit.
messed by Immense Crowd.
The Midway "the Best r"..6rand
Ball, Thursday Evening.

Bath, Me, Aug. 7.-(SpeciaD. Clear
skies accompanied by an unusually hot
/ wave, We're gratefully welcomed by
! Bath people when they awoke. this
morning. for it prophesied success for
, the opening day of the big carnival
| the biggest thing of it's kind Bath has
| attempted since the big ter-centennial,
six years ago. Thousands of people
came to the city by every possible
means of conveyance. Extra ears had
to be added to all the trains, while the
trolley cars ran in doubles and trip
let's and the steamboat lines had to
put all their spare boats in service.
The show was a hummer, today. and
this is only the beginning, for it has
two more days to run. The list Maine
Regiment is holding it's annual en-
campment here in honor of the event,
Willie the 3rd Maine Regimentai Assoc
citation held it's annual gathering with
SedgMick Post, No. 4, G. a. Il. a mon
ster parade was the feature of the
morning. while a big circus with Gus
tom&ry concert and side show is a
part of the Midway features on the city
field at the corner of North and Lin
cor streets.
The big parade left the Midway
grounds. at 10 o'clock. with Alderman
Ernest A. Allan as chief marshal. lie
was followed by Major George Ru-
ker and Ernest b Heald. a platoon of
police. followed by the National Home
Band. after which came the members
Of I'D Jypoippnt in 1ltnn1l-
biles. followed by several 6undre ed
meri hers of the LIST and 3rd Regiments,
Maine l.. r.. *. of r. with Col. W. L.
Kicker leading the division. Other or
CARNATIONS were: T. w. Hyde Camp
Sons OF Veterans, knights of the Col
den Eagle Chief Charles +. Parks of
the Bath fire department, with his as
sistamts, and several pieces of fire APP
paratus, also the chiefs and members
Of Sasanoa Tribe of Red Men, with
float representing the smoking of the
pipe of peace between the Colonists
and the Indians.
Other features were floats from the
Winter Street Congregational Sunday
school, Beacon Street Methodist Sun
day school, Peoples Baptist Sunday
school. Boothbay Camp of Western
boys who are camping cut on Thorne
island in the kennehee river, a few
miles above Bath. also several cara
vans from the circus, headed by Miss
Susan Ballou as the lien tanner. the
African beast being none other than
"Switzer." the intelligent st. Bernard
owned by her esteemed father, eX-
Sheriff John w. Ballou In the process
sion We're two carriages belonging to
Capt. Albert Thompson of West Wool
wich, enc being gig owned by his
years old. the other being a jumper
grandfather the late GouiG Hathorne,
and which is estimated to be about rs
buggy owned by his uncle, J. w. Hath
orne and which is believed to be more
than 90 years old. Another feature was
a buggy ITO years old, drawn by
horse SO years old. one hundred Boy
Scouts brought up in the rear of the
procession.
Band concerts in various parts of the
city have added to the interesting fea-
lures of the day, but everybody has
headed for the show grounds, where
they have paraded up and down the
Midway, jolled with the fakirs and fl
nally patronzed the big circus. There
is mixture of local talent with the
professional people and everybody has
declared it to be the one best big show
of its kind held in the State. 1t is Civ
en- under the auspices of the Bath Mer-
chants Association and will continue
through Saturday night.
A hall was given, tonight, at Music
hall, attended by an immense crowd.