The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-27

The demand for space at the Hall exhibition
has been so great for the last few days as to
warrant the belief that before Saturday night
of the present week all the room in the City
Hall and the apartments contiguous will have
been engaged. And here let us remark, in
passing, that we understand that arrangements
are being made with the Natural History So.
ciety to open their beautiful room 10 the public
in connection with the Fair
Mr.. John NJ Fluent, the proprietor of
Fluents Hall, waited on the Trustees yester-
day morning, and very generously offered the
gratuitous use of his hall, Opposite City Hall)
together with the ante-rooms belonging to it,,
and all the unoccupied rooms, if needed, on
the second floor. In this he has shown a no.
BILE public spirit. which will, we trust, be emu
lated by our citizens; and he has by SO doing
added facilities that are almost magnificent
The hall is 60 by 80 feet, very high, lighted on
three sides, and elegantly trescoed, and, next
to City Hall, it is the most beautiful one in the
State. All these rooms will be open to the
people without any increase in the price of ad-
mission. AS sample of the manner in which
applications are coming in, we select few
facturer writes that he shall require large
space for the display of goods of his manufac-
ture. The Portland Glass Company have Sc
cured one entire table for their contribution,
and Messrs. Lowell & Senter will use a like
space for the exhibition of jewelry, plate, nau-
tical Instruments, watches, sc. A Portland
dealer has applied for hundred feet of wall
surface for clocks. G.. P. Kimball has signified
his Intention to use double the space he occu-
pied last year with carriages Shepherd & Co.
will occupy from forty to sixty feet OF table
with fancy goods; and the carpet dealers are
trying to secure large space fer goods in their
line. In the way of musical instruments the
room at first intended for this department has
been found too small, and another apartment
will be assigned to it. Of smaller entries, the
variety and number are almost endless.
The entries for the ground are increasing
rapidly. The Horse Book shows that some of
the most celebrated horses will be in the en-
closure, some of which excite the envy Of
horsemen. Col Lang has entered Gen. Knox.
Mr.. Chenery, of Belmont, Mass, is to bring
ten fine horses, in addition to his entry of
sixty-one head of bloo1ed neat stock.
In cattle and sheep we append few entries
additional to those already published
promiscuously from the books without inten-
ton of discriminating in any ones favor
John F. Anderson, South Windham, Al head
blood stock; John Brooks, Princeton, Mass
16 head; George B. Weaver, Newport, R. l., 4
do; Charles Shaw, Dexter, a Burleigh &
Shores, Fairfield, 10 do; Almon III. Brown, E.
Wilton, 6 do; Jerome Holden, Westmoreland,
VT, Is entries of sheep; Warren Percival,
Vassalboro, II head short horns; Nathan
Dane, Jr., Kennebunk, 10 head cattle; George
w. Hammond, Cumberland Mills, neat stock,
sheep and fowl; VIM. Eames, Worcester,
Mass, 10 Devons; Daniel F. Appleton, Ips-
witch, Mass, head choice cattle; w. Fl. Coch-
rane, Compton, P. O., q short horns and y
bucks, sheep and lambs, of the Cotswold, Ok
ford Down and Hampshire Down breeds. Sew
eral bucks of the English Leicester breed,
which are celebrated for remarkable length
and silky fneness of wool, will also be on the
ground. An importation of English cattle is
now due from Europe, and will be entered by
Kentucky breeders.
Eleven days remain before the Fair opens.
If the entries continue to be made with equal
rapidity up to that time the Fair will exceed.
it is thought, anything that has preceded it.
That there is deep interest in it is apparent
from what We have written; and if the wealth.
or should be favorable there will be the LARGEST
crowd of visitors to- our city that ever was
known.
Col. Necdham, the Secretary of the New
England Society was in town yesterday, and
received instructions to extend invitations to