Year: 1878

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FAIR OF THE LADIES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION


or THE FREE BAPTIST CHURCH IN AID OF THE


POOR.


The members of the Ladies' Benevolent Association
Of the Free Baptist Church in Twenty fifth street. be-
tween Seventh and Eighth avenues, have given fair
this week in the lecture of the church for the
purpose of raising the requisite money 10 enable
them to carry their charitable work among the
poor in their midst during the coming winter They
knew that the burden they would have to
bear was likely to be heavy. as the winter
promises to be severe. and an extra effort
was made to large returns possible. Mrs.
John C. Winch, the directress of the association;
Mrs. H. q. Elliot and Mrs. Krewolf who also
officers. assisted by their pastor. Rev Mr.. Rowcll.
and nearly all the ladies Of the Church exertcd them
selves first to large donations possible Of


miscellaneous goods to be sold at the fair and second
to large attendance possible at the fair
itself that the goods might be sold. In both these
efforts they were remarkably successful. and though
they were unprepared last evening TO say how much
they had cleared. yet II evident that the
would be a handsome one


The fair continued for four nights last night being
the last. and. unusual attraction. it
nounced that there would be grand rifle match
tween tWelNc young III ictuis prize OF
silver cake basket 'wc don't allow any gambling at
the fair said q conscientious looking old gentleman
to the reporter There are no raies nor grab bags
nor fshponds nor guess cakes. anything Of that
kind The fair is conducted on strictly religious
principles, but don't call it gambling and don
think it wrong to offer prize in contest of skill.


Accordingly. all the excitement of the fair except
ing such evoked by voting for the donec Of
next approach to the simiitude gambling) centred
on the rife match and the pent up enthusiasm Of
the people grew almost uproarious the first young
shoot No betting on the result was allowed
to be done openly, but II was privately
whispered to the reporter after the match. by
a pretty blackeyed miss, whose he dare not
write that she had won pair of gloves and pound
of caramels by judicious speculation The arm used
was paror rifle that was loaded with real powder.
and it being heavier than the argun they had prac
tised with the ladies were inclined to grnmblc. Then
they complained that their distance from the target
had been changed three times and thus they sought
to account for the scores they feared they might
make. The range finally settled upon was the length
of the lecture room, but no one measured it,


The prize was like the gallon of whiskey of which
the Western hunter said that among one man it was
not enough to 90 around Among twelve only
could be successful three teams of four competed
FIRST and the four of the victorious team took two
shots apiece to settle it between themselves.


THE RIFLE CONTEST


The first team was called Scotch though il did not
appear Why's the second was called the American, and
the third the Canadian, probably for the
In the Scotch team Miss Perry Miss Andrews.
Miss Ida Reed and Miss Eveline Reed. Miss
Perry shot first and though she was manifestly
erjng herself to keep cool in the sudden hush she
stood as still statue when taking eiIn. When she
pulled the trigger storm of applause burst forth.
for she scored bull Immediately the Scotch
team grew exultant and visions Of succession OF
bull s-eyes came to them like beautiful dreams The
visions however. transient for the only bulls
eve scored in the match the first shot Miss
Perry herself seemed little shaken by her success.
for she made only on the next shot and
on the third making % out of possible SC,
q score that was equalled only once in the match.
Miss Andrews shot next with poor though in
her practice she had shown good work. Her
was 2, 4 and @, making total of ~. Miss Ida Reed
did better though her second shot unfortunately
'outside." Her first shot scored and her third q.
making q total Of Is only 1T wouldn't have been
SO bad il hadn't made that horrd miss. she said
poufing and no one contradicted her. Miss Eveine
Reed also made miss, but secured and 4 on her
first two shots.


In the American team were Mrs. Spurgeon, Miss
Annie s. Reed, Miss Walker and Miss Ernest. Mrs.
Spurgeon was dissatisfied with her three Shots which
scored only IS. and Miss Reed still more with her
total Of IL. Miss Walker, however, scored IL, and
there was still chance of beating the Scotch n
Miss Ernest could only make 25 But she didn't,
and the Americans out OF the The
Canadians shot next. They were Miss Jennie Reed.
Miss Williamson, Miss Van Brake and Miss Van
Dorm. Miss Reed led of well with 10 strike, but
followed with two 3's, and the Scotch breathsl
made two misses and q. and success looked doubt
ful. Miss Van Brake. however. did we'll scoring ..
II and 6, and Miss Van Dorm had only to make IL.
She was confident Of that and in fact. outdid it.
scoring 10. 10 and and tying Miss Perry's score.