The Portland daily press., 1868-10-07

Mr. Hersey, and in his display OF mowers anu
sbrpbs exhibits a nong other things very fine
specimen of the "Pampos Grass" Capt Coyle
is also ON hand and just above his contribu-
ton may be seen what is styled on the card a
"Wardian Case" glass case filled with plants,
from F. H. Thompson. A very attractive fea-
ture in this room is beautiful collection of
gladiolas from George Craft, Brookline, Mass.
The champion squash, girt7 feet inches,
weight 255 pounds, belonging to Elder Dun
ham of Bryant's Pond, excites as much atten-
ton as the Belgian giant would. j. q. Wes-
ton and Capt. Coye display some handsome
grapes; J. B. Brown, 16 varieties of apples; L.
C. Hersey displays some very fine fruit, and
Miss Jones exhibits her usual magnificent clus-
ter of grapes.
Owing to the fact that great many very
fine specimens of fruits and flowers are enter
ed with card containing no name of the ex-
hibito" but simply number, it is impossible
to make any special mention. We are sorry
for this as it necessarily makes our Horticul-
tural report appear meagre, and does not do
justice to the luscious display Also, with the
exception Of the gardiner of Mr. Hersey, we
found no person in attendance, on the part Of
exhibitors in this department, to point out no.
ticable attractions.
THE PICTURE GALLERY.
There is no doubt that the Picture Gallery
will prove one of the greatest attractions Of
the Fair. SC much care has been bestowed by
the committee to have the choicest works Of
art that could be procured from our citizens
and other diettanti in the different towns and
cities of the State. They have secured the
large room in the second story of the building
fronting the street, and have graduated the
light so that the merits of no one picture are
obscured. Here may be found the production:
not only of our State talent but also of the
leading genius of our country. We may sim
ply mention such names as Ggnoux Inness
Shattuck, Hart, De Haas, Inman, 7. Hill, 1. G
Brown and III. B. Brown all members of the
National Academy, with Beckett, Bradbury
Miss Haley. Seavey, Cole, Goldman and many
others all well known to US at home.
We shall eHdeavor to make mention of some
of the most noticeable pictures, although
space will not permit very full description a.
there are almost a hundred paintings, without
mentioning the chromos add engravings.
The numbering commences in the further
corner, the easterly one, with -..sI
1. Wild Flowers by Bradbury of Hollis
Mr.. Bradbury has gained quite an extended
reputation for his arrangement and execution
OF Wild Flowers, but he has never before at
tempted anything on quite so large SCALE
The flowers in the foreground are extremely
well done and tastefully arranged, while the
cool, quiet pool and babblng cascade cast an
air of peaceful retirement over the picture
The lines of the rocks and perspective are
rather rough and strong but for first work Of
the size it is very creditable. -fil.e
White Mountains, by Miss Maria Beckett
is the best effort we have ever seen from hel
pencil A little less decided colorlng in the
blue of the hills would be preferable but alto
gether it is work of merit. st--I a
Harry B. Br,.wn presents eight paintings
six of them marine views and two landscapes
Mr.. Brows's reputation as a marine painter is
now SO fully established that it seems hyper
critical for one not of the brotherhood to criti-
else his works OF those he has presented we
prefer his "Grand Menan," numbered in the
catalogue, aud next his "Squally Day off Cape
Elizabeth" which was exhibited in the New
York Academy of Design. r
Nos. s and are the original india ink
sketches by F. o. G. barley, drawn for the
illustrated edition of Dickens works got out
by Ticknor and Fields. The one is the scene
where David Copperfieid and Peggoty have
the interview with Martha and the second
.itt1 Nall md fot bar in tba
ity shop. We are happy to state both are the
property of one of our citizens, Mr.. Philip H
Brown.
Mr.. Seavey contributes some ten paintings
embracing fruit, flowers and landscape. Two
very prettily executed ones are numbered 10
and GA, the last named one by the way should
be Raspberres on the Catalogue and not
Strawberries.
Miss Haley H. B Browns pupil, has two
paintings one of grapes and the other of cher
ries. The latter picture we like the best OF the
two; the straw hat in the latter is particularly
we'll executed.
There is portrait of Washington, No. 10
said to be by Copley, one of the first of Amer
lean Artists. Whether it is or not it is capt.
tally done and is the property of Mr. VIM
Wood. isi -
senutag's grand painting, one of his very
best efforts, entitled Mt Altamont. will par
ticularly attract attention. The grand old
hills clothed in verdure and softly Swallowed
by the haze in the distance, with the rlas-
sy pool in the foreground, render it one of his
most charming efforts.
We close our mention of the picture gallery
here to-day but shall continue our remarks
thereon in the future.
-at AT THE PARK.
The forenoon at the Park was devoted to the
display OF cattle, and it was an exhibition that
did infinite credit to the State. f
Among the most prominent matters of in
terest we noticed the splendid Devon stock
owned by John F. Anderson of South Wind
ham, comprising bulls, heifers, oxen and cows
One novel feature of Mr. Anderson's display
was the chime OF bells he had attached to the
necks of some of his cattle, each giving diff
ferent sound, while all made some very pleas
ant music.
Hon. w. A. P. Dillingham; exhibited yery
handsome Jersey stock, among which was a
fine looking bull. The same gentleman also
exhibited fine horse and some neat stock.
The Jersey stock was fully represented. We
observed pretty calf, six months old, owned
by N. o. Cram. Ftr...,
There was good display of the Ayrshire
stock, which looked remarkably well The ex-
hibition of swine was also good and of sheep
A ram called the Green Mountain Boy, raised
by e. Bridge, Esq, and owned by Mr. Max
ham of the WaterVille Mail, attracted
much attention. He sheared II pounds G
ounces at the annual shearing, June 6, 1866.
and sheared 20 pounds ounces, June IA, 1867.
There Were nine yoke of oxen in the stalls,
the finest we ever saw at any exhibition; large,
symmetrically formed, both for beauty and
strength, fat and looking as if their owners
knew how to care for them, they were, as they
deserved to be, much admired. Next to the
horse, the OK is to be reckonod in the category
of noble animals. We saw several fine cows
with splendid calves by their side. There
were but few swine on exhibition, but these
were very fine and show that our farmers do
not neglect to improve the breed of these ami
mails.
The show of horses was fully equal to that
OF the neat cattle. Mr.. Lang who has done so
much for the improvement in tho brood OF
horses, took the pains and trouble and incurred
the expense of bringing some forty to this fair.
They add much to the exhibition, and we have
no doubt tend to stimulate our stock breeders
to more active exertions in the improvement
in the breed of these noble animals. We saw
several breeding mares with their colts which
were very fine. From what we saw yesterday.
we judge that Maine is on the right track. In
years pastsh has been celebrated for produc-
ing fast trotting horses, and we think she is in
no danger of losing that reputation.