19th century Pottersville — Fair time 1893

Extra musicians were being lined up for the annual Pottersville Fair.

“Arthur Wilson and Burt Duel left (Glens Falls) yesterday for Pottersville, where they will assist the Chester Cornet Band during the fair this week,” The Morning Star reported on Sept. 23, 1893.

“B.F. Scoville of Hadley, who is sojourning at the Chester House, Chestertown, for a week has been engaged to lead the Mozart Military Band at the Pottersville Fair,” The Morning Star reported on Sept. 27.

The fair opened “auspiciously,” The Morning Star reported.

“The attendance and entries were much larger than ever before on a Tuesday. About every foot of ground is occupied with a booth, show or some other attraction. In the races, about 50 horses are named.”

The annual fair, indeed, was a success, drawing more than 4,000 people on its closing day, The Morning Star reported on Oct. 4, 1893.

“The fair held at Pottersville last week was the most successful of any in the history of the society.”

In other 19th century Pottersville news collected from historic newspapers of the region:

• “Henry Brown is going to Long Lake as soon as the roads are clear,” the Pottersville correspondent report in The Morning Star on April 7, 1894. “Will Murphy is going to move here the first of June.”
• “William Barber’s sawmill is now running on full time,” the Pottersville correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Jan. 19, 1895.
• “A party of young people from this place enjoyed a straw ride last night. They spent a very pleasant evening at the residence of James Kelso,” the Pottersville correspondent reported in The Morning Star on Feb. 2, 1895.
• “Miss Eudora Higley has been engaged to teach the school on the Gore. She is attending the teachers’ institute at Lake George this week and will open school April 8,” the Pottersville correspondent reported in The Morning Star on April 5, 1895.
• “H. J. Hicks is making extensive repairs on the property lately purchased of the Torsley estate. Ross Taylor has taken the job of raising the house,” the Pottersville correspondent reported in The Morning Star on May 11, 1895.
• “E. L. Harrington, optician, of Chester, was in town Wednesday fitting eyeglasses for those in need,” the Pottersville correspondent reported in The Morning Star on June 1, 1895.
• “Frank Morey has recently put a soda fountain in his store, which is appreciated these warm days,” the Pottersville correspondent reported in The Morning Star on June 8, 1895.
• “A good many went to Pottersville last night to attend the play ‘Border Land’ by the drama club of this place,” the Bartonville correspondent reported in The Morning Star on June 12, 1895.