Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-09
Joy for Children

day to the little folks.
Joy for Children
In the morning they had the grounds
practically to themselves. or course the
Midway with its shouting fakirs, its
tempting roll-la,. hoop-la and refreshments
booths to say nothing of all the winder-
full curiosities, was the center of attrac-
ton but after all these had been seen
the little army drifted over to the cattle
sheds. The oxen with their brass-tipped
horns. the pretty little bossies, the bleat-
ing sheep. the mooing cows, blanketed
to protect them from the flies, and the
monstrous big bull who lazily chewed
his eud, were objects of admiration ana,
in a few cases, of fear. Somewhat apart
from the rest of the animals the swine
had pens of their own. There wasn't
such an enormous collection of them.
but what were there were excellent speci-
mems of their kind.
Towards noontime. when each car and
each train brought an ever-increasing
load of fair-goers, the little folks son
conspicuous in the forenoon began to be
lost in the great crowd of grown-ups.
who because of the holiday and the fair
celebration. took the opportunity to make
day of It, The old Midway. without
which no fair would be complete, was
thronged all the time. The sun was warm
and bright, and a refreshing breeze swept
across the grounds. making it just that
temperature when no one is uncomfort-
able. On each and every Side the eating
stands and booths were doing a thriving
business. The motordrome near thee n
trance was crowded necessarily with
spectators who watched two young men
on high powered motorcycles circle a
dishman- shaped affair at 45-mile an
hour clip. Nearby was the merry-go-
round, and the hobbies certainly proved
to be all that the word implies with the
boys and girls. Two huge tents. one con-
tanning horse with a blue, hairless
skin. COW with a fifth quarter on her
back another COW with hide that
seems almost similar to the human skin,
and the other tent with its iron-jawed
man, its midget, its wild man. and a
specimen of an electric chair, entertained
the little folks.
Two bands. Hobbs and the famous
st. Cecilia Boys Band were located
not far from the big art building and
exhibition hall. and the breeze car
ried the strains from their instruments
| way across the grounds.
What a great collection of wonder
full birds there was in the poultry
building. The bantams, seeking to at
tract attention and to satisfy their
vanity crowed their loudest. and one
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| noise said They're trying to beat
each other Growing, l guess" Never
theless the young folks whether they
were poultry faneiers or not could not
help expressing admiration for the
spotless White Rocks, the funny lit
| tie Polish hens, the Wyandottes. the
different colored Langshaws, bristly
Partridge Cochins, and the Frizzle
hens that were surely we'll named.
What a quacking there was of geese.
The brakes and the ganders put their
heads through the cage bars and sent
! the most inspiring noises heavenward.
| Little groups gathered around the tur-
Keys cage, and tried to initiate his
! gobble. so that they might hear the
| original.
Much of the choice stock of the
| farmers of Maine was sheltered under
five long sheds with SO stalls in each
she'd Broad aisles run through the
center, and up and down these there
was a steady parade all day. First
| to one side to see the unusual Dutch
Belted cows, then to see the meek
looking Jerseys. then on to another
I shed to the Ayshires, Herefords and
Holsteins gazad and wandered the lit
/ tie folks.
The boys whose fondness for ath-
letics exceeded their love for sight
seeing gathered in front of the grand
stand at II o'clock and witnessed q
series of athletic events including g
100-yard dash. won by Small, John
son, second. Watson, third, time II
sec. a 1-2-mile boys race, won by
| Henri Bernier. Joseph Renard, sec
ond a 1-2-mile free-for- all won By
Kierstard. Murphy. second, Johnson
third; Time ala 1-2: 220-yard dash
won by Small Wiseman, second
time 26 AS; a broad jump. Watson
first, Small second, distance 20 l.
feet. potato race, won by Pidgeon
McGraw, second; time 10 min: a rela!
| ldCSI NOn ny lIlt Lew lSlOH I1l6n itdii
in % IL seconds; a hop. skip ant
jump, won by McGraw. distance, a
feet. In seven-inning game between
the Eagles and Grays, both loca
teams. the latter won by the score o
5 to 4. Things took on an interesting
hue in the seventh inning when TIL
Eagles did their best to tie the score
but failed by one tally to come up T.
necessary five runs.
The exhibition hall and the al
building was a veritable house of won
ders. On the first floor all the young
sters were delighted with the exhibit
of a larger scale. Pianos talking ma
chimes, stoves. ranges, furniture sc
up in miniature homes, automobile
glistening and shining in ali their val
nish and nickle plate. food exhibit
business college demonstrations of tn
rapid use of the typewriter, dair
products of the color and smell tina
make you wish you lived on a farm
beverages, spring water, jewelry, Jel
o, the fish in glass tanks, and Car