The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-09-07
TH.. NEW ENGLAND FAIB.
The Governor General of Canada
TO be present today.

To-day the Sixth Annual Exhibition of the
New England Fair opens in this CITY. Allday
yesterday, by every kind Of conveyance, from
railroad train to country wagon, stock, and
goods of every description, were brought to the
Fair Grounds and the Halls. CITY Hall and
fluents Hall resounded all day with the
steady tramp, tramp of parties making entries
and arranging articles ON the tables which had
been already entered, and workmen were busy
putting on the last finishing touches. The
number of entries up to tonight is some 1900 at
the Grounds alone. A full list of these, as also
OF those made at the Hall, will be found in our
paper this morning.
at the Grounds, show booths of all kinds
are awaiting like huge spiders the army OF
flies in the shape of the curious multitude
whom they expect to draw into their webs;
while horses are being trOtted around fol- exer-
else, and the immense wooden village of stalls
is filled with occupants in the shape of stock
of every description. The display of agricultu-
raj implements will be very large, probably
as large if not larger than at any former exhi-
bition of the New England Society. The
Western Union Telegraph Company, by Mr..
w. K. Starr of the Merchants Exchange, will
tomorrow have an Office at the Secretary's,
Mr.. Boardman's, at the Grounds, connecting
with all parts of the country, for the use of city
business and newspaper reports. Mr. Brown
of the International Company also has one in
the Reporters room, attached to the Judges
stand.
Excellent arrangements have been made for
transportation to the Grounds. The Portland
Railroad Company issue the following sched-
ule of trips for the week:
Cars on Middle street will not run below
Pearl street after IL o'clock p. NJ After
that time will run up Pearl street to City Hall,
and leave there every IL minutes until IL p. M
Congress street cars will run every 10 min
utes until II Z. NJ, and will connect with
coaches at Vaughan street for the Fair grounds
until P. NJ. Fare to the Grounds % cents.
Westbrook line. An extra car will leave at
IL P. M. gtt ss.ao le .a.d. -'tr
Z DR.. Loring, the President of the New Eng
land Society, arrived in this city last evening,
and is stopping at the Falmouth Hotel. A
dispatch was received by Col. Needham, Sec
rotary of the New England Society, yesterday
afternoon, that the Governor General of Cana
da, Sir John Young, would arrive in this city
this morning by the boat from ST. John, and
take up his quarters at the Falmouth Ho-
tel. He will be visited at 2 P. NJ by the Off
GERS of the New England and Maine State So
cieties and the Mayor and City Government,
and escorted to the Fair Grounds He will
remain in the city till "Wednesday. ''''s r.
The following programme has been arranged
for the Farmers Meetings in the Supreme
Court Room, City Building, at P. N. each
evening: Tuesday night, Prof. Fernald Of the
Maine Agricultural College win lecture on
Education for Farmers" to be followed by
discussion of the subject by those present.
Wednesday evening, DR.. S. III. Tewksbury of
this city, on Diseases of Animals;'' discus
sion to follow. Thursday evening DR.. Loring
was to have lectured on "Insects injurious to
Vegetation" but as he will deliver the Ad-
dress on Friday evening in place of Governor
Chamberlain, he will probably delegate some
other gentleman in his place. ~