The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1863-10-02
The Agricultural Fair.


This week has been favorable ono on ac-
count Of the weather, being all that tho
friends of the show could desire, and on
Monday the exhibitors had brought in such
share Of articles and the products of their
husbandry as will be more apparent hcreai-
ter. At 4 o'clock we visited the grounds in
Saco, after the principal entertainment of
the day was over. so we cannot speak OF all
that transpired. We noticed some fine Ayr
shire cattle belonging to Nathan Dane, Jr.,
which deserve to DO made mention of; also
some Cotswold sheep belonging to III. Jordan.
The buck was beauty. There was a lot of
Chester County pigs owned by John Den
nett, which particularly attracted the attcn-
ton of friends Milliken and Hanscom who
were with us. They endorsed them highly,
and US they have had superior advantages to
become acquainted with shote, we presume
their recommendation is perfect There
were several Jokes Of oxen which Captain
Doughty would certainly pronounce able
bodied, but none that especially attracted
our attention. In regard to tho usual num-
Der of entries, this part of the exhibition was
failure.
Returning to the hall the Committee of
Arrangements generously presented us with
ten tickets for ourself and Office hands, for
which they required tho SUN of one dollar,
and which we cheerrully paid. Before UNI
dertaking any thing like report of the ar
ticlcs, we would say that we were unfortu-
nate in each of the three times we were in
the hall, rs tho room containing the butter.
cheese, bread, honey, &c was closed. Fur
thermorc, we had no means OF ascertain!ng
which articles upon the tables were manu-
featured in the county or what were taken
from the stores, therefore we make no men.
ton Of them. Commencing in the entry we
noticed quite number of plows with the
North Berwick stamp. 1t occurred to us
that these plows were all very heavy, but we
suppose they were all breaking up plows.-I
In this room was sleigh bottom of well fit
ted workmanship, and cultivator which is
a new thing, and which we heard several
farmers approve. In the front room there
.wero traces OF corn, three or four bushels oil
potatoes, and some fine squashcs, seven of
which grew on one vine. A nice stock OF
the tobacco plant (cigar lcaf), exhibited by
Mr.. Murch, attracted attention. Mr.. NJ. in
forms us that he raises his own tobacco, and
finds no difficulty in doing so, always having
tho best article, and saving great cost, cspc
cially when the weed commands such high
price as now ruling.
The exhibition of fruit, although small,
was creditahlo. The varieties of apples by
j. B. Ncally were many and good; also,
grapes from John H. Barker, f. j. Good
win, I. Clark and j. S. Murch. The varie-
ties Of grapes which were the most prevalent
were the Isabella, Hartford Prolific, Concord
and Delaware, the Hartford Prolific being
far superior to the Isabella, but those ac-
quainted with tho different kinds tell us that
the Delaware is the best. Joseph Frost,
Leonard Andrews and j. NJ Goodwin had
also large variety Of apples. On the stand
was Hawcs' Patent Clothes Dryer, sold by
Ii. Adams OF this city, who has the patent
for this county. Ii is simple of construc-
ton and durable, and as we endorse all i'm
proyements we vcnturcd to order one on the
spot. A quilt Of 1898 pieces attracted at
tention-also one cut from the frames Of
secesh woman in North Carolina, and sent
home by one OF our soldiers, exhibited a vast
amount Of work and was really beauty
There was rare specimen Of antiquity in
tho shape of chair brought in by Rev. Mr..
Nichols, which bore this placard "Thc first
chair brought into Portsmouth, n. III. 1t
was brought over from England by John
Mason, the FIRST settler of Portsmouth, about
the year 1927, a native of Hampshire Eng.
land, who gave tho name to the State. Tho
material Of the chair is species of maple
not known in this country. 1t is now more
than,236 years old" The specimens OF Au-
gustus Libby, apothccary, and OF B, X.
Ross, boot and shoe dealer, and others, OF
their stock in trade, were we'll. The box
from the Pcpporell Mills cont lining samples
of cotton from tho raw material up to tho
manufactured cloth, was closely examined.
Charles Hardy detained one OF his Top Flat
Grinding Frames which was built for one of
tho Lewiston Mills. We shall, when con-
venlent, speak at some length of Mr.. Har-
dy's inventions and patents, since they are
products OF home industry and talents. Tho
exhibit of photographs from tho establish
ments Of Mcssrs. McKenney and Hall were
good.
Here we must close our hasty and running
rcport of those articles which attracted most
attention, and wait for the reports of the
different committees. Why no more interest
ia taken in these agricultural shows, VIC do
not pretend to say. We defer any remarks
about the horse trot yesterday until future
time.
Twby this expenditure OF moro blood
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