The Portland daily press., 1862-10-21
Fair at BridgtOn.

give very adequate iiOtioH vi tiie tAHuitiou
OF Agricultural and other products at this fair;
nor perhaps will your readers care to have
too many details.
The general impression on looking over the
hall is very favorable. There are not so many
articles on exhibition, as in some former years,
but all seem to be very excellent in quality de-
partment
The fruit, as might be expected this year, is
very full of fine apples, with good show of
pears and grapes, and very few peaches, ,rath-
er pale to be sure, as il they found the climate
too cool for them. Not being one of the fruit
Committee, | cannot affirm that they did not
taste well. But in our climate it may be pref
ty safe to say that peach culture will not pay
for the trouble.
Pears on the other hand, if the right varie-
ties are selected, will come to very high per-
fection in this county, doing well both on the
ounce stock and the pear stock with proper
attention.
might give the names of exhibitors,-but
will only say that the three premiums were
awarded to J. p. Perley of Brdgton, S. f. Per-
ley of Naples, and Mr.. Fessenden OF Bridglon.
In the department OF fruit as in others, l
find that but few specimens are sent from re-
mote parts of the country. Town fairs learn,
are diminishing the interest in the county ex-
hibitions, and of course, the amount brought
in.
From Portland, Messrs. Kendall & Whit
ney, sent the largest amount,-a fine assort-
ment of agricultural merchandise from their
warehouse.
The ladies have the usual amount of fancy
and useful articles
The department of furniture and carriages,
is represented by few articles, of good quail
ity.
That Of painting and drawing, is very well
filled with products of ladies of Bridgton, al
most exclusively, and speaks well Tor the taste
of the citizens in this respect. The reports by
various committees were made on the after
noon of Thursday, most of them only in part;
the fall reports to be furnished hereafter to the
Secretary. The report of the Committee on
ptiltin-s &C., coming within my reach, l for
ward it herewith
Report Of the Committee on Paintings, Cray
Your Committee are happy to recognize,
among the contributions to this exhibition so
many evidences of taste for the fine arts, and
such proofs of executive skill in this depart
ment. 1t is by no means sign of degeneracy
that the daughters and wives of farmers and
other citizens can produce in the original, or
III copy, fine painting, or pencil sketch, as
| izat t.fl l. III
bedqulit. The lady whose taste and skill can
produce good picture will manage the house.
hold with no less efficiency, and can quite as
readily judge what will make home attractive
and beautiful, as if she had always been en-
crossed in the operations of the kitchen and
dairy. Let our daughters then be encouraged
in thus cultivating taste for things beautiful
and things useful, at the same time; fully as
sured that the two are in perfect harmony, and
should not be wholly separated.
The work in hair and flowers, shells and
cones, does not come within our province, for
examinations; but they all alike come within
the department of the beautiful, and are all
products of taste. And while we cannot adj
wise that much time be devoted to these works
of fancy, in ordinary circumstances, there is
no good reason why delicate tastes and skill
ful fingers should not be somewhat employed
thereon. Especially let not our enterprsing
farmers begrudge to their daughters the time
and space required to cultivate a plat of flow
ers and rear few choice shrubs, for the adorn-
ment of their homes. We trust the day is past
in which it shall be regarded waste of gar
den ground to cultivate few shrubs and flow
ers, because. iorsooth, bushel of potatoes or
peck OF beans might otherwise grow thereon
In awarding the premiums for articles con-
tributed, your committee are at loss to de-
termine whether the first premium for oil
paintings should be awarded to the landscape
No 240, exhibited by Mrs. B. c. Stone, and
said to have been painted by Mrs. Gibbs, or to
the heads of mother and child, No. 167, paint
ed by Miss NJ. +. Potter The styles of the
two are so different as to admit of no direct
comparison. We therefore award to each of
them first premium of 50.
The second premium of 81 is awarded to
the small landscape in set No. 1877, by Mrs. f.
Potter.
The premium of 81 for best set, taken as a
whole, is awarded to the four landscapes in
No. 295, by Mrs. n. Osgood.
The premium of 81 for best Crayon Sketch,
is awarded to Mrs. DR.. j. P. Welt, for the copy
of Youth" which we regard as quite above
the ordinary execution in pictures of this kind.
For secoud best Crayon the premium of 81
is awarded to No. 231, by Mrs. Hattie E. Fos-
ter.
Mr.. Albert Gould receives the award of 81
for Photographs, the only exhibition of the
kind, and entitled to much credit as the work
of only an amateur artist.
For two specimens in water colors, exhibit
ed by Mrs G. w. Cobb, OF Windham, the Com
mittee recommend gratuity of 81.
All which is respectfully submitted by
EDWARD p. WESTON
GEORGE WARREN, Committee.
ZENAS THOMPSON,
The outside matters, such as plowing, draw
ing and trotting, had not the pleasure of no.
tcing SO particularly; bit learned that the
feats of strength and skill in this department,
were very eredltable to the steers engaged
Yours truly, LooKER-oN.