The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-10-12
Agricultural Fair, Trout, Fish Commits

sioners, sc.
Last Tuesday the farmers of Staudish aud
Gorham teld their annual Fair in the hall OF
the Pavilion and on the ground on the P &
o. Railroad Co. There have been the past
summer many large parties here, but this out
numbered any one of them. There were be-
tween three and four thousand people here on
the occasion, and happier company of NOR
tails, have never met There was very little
of the rowdy element in the great crowd, and
a better behaved company is seldom seen any
where.
L have attended hundreds of agricultural
fairs in this and other States, but have never
seen exhibited ON such occasions finer apples
and pears, larger or sounder corn, bigger cab
bages, beets and turnips, more beautiful or
sweeter butter, and more splendid potatoes, if
that affective may be applied to these valuable
tubers. confess was much disappointed;
for did not expect to witness such grand
exhibition of such articles; although L had
reason to exp ct good show. say it without
the fear of contradiction, that no fair in our
country ever exhibited finer articles. and for
the very good reason they don't grow any
where. They were the best of their kind and
mother earth never produced better. And all
this shows good and skilful cultivation. Thanks
to the farmers of Sandish aud Gorham for
| such good work. Aud thousand thanks to
their good wives for making such sweet and
| golden butter, and spinning such good stock
| ing yarn as were exhibited on this OCCASION
There were many fancy articles in the hall, but
the useful always attracts my attention the
| most
The show of working oxen was very fine and
there were some good cows and young cattle
in the pens, and also some good poultry.
The strength of the oxen was put to the test
practice which l do not approve. I hate to
see these good creatures put to such severe
tests when no good results from it, But many
farmers cherish that kind of pride and love tc
see their oxen haul heavier loads than theil
neighbors' oxen can. There was one pair O
oxen that hauled upon dray, on level sandy
ground, over fifty hundred pounds of rocks, and
the cattle were not large. 1t was a tremendous
exercise of muscular power. 1 witnessed thai
exhibition of strength, but L don't care to SET
it again. On the whole this fair was a grea
success and all were highly gratifed with tn,
exhibition.
|
estlng one. l believe we have an official calet
Fish Commissioner, and he appoints warden
in different sections of the State to proven
the wantOn destruction of certain kinds of fish
And | understand there is one appointed t.
take care that the trout that sport in the pur
| waters of Sebago Lake shall not be killed-yes
butchered, at this season of the year. Blu
does that warden discharge faithfully the du
ties of his office? That's the question an
told upon reliable authority That many of thes
noble trout are now being stabbed and butch
ed in Songo river, and at other points on thi
noble lake. 1t was so last Autumn to my cer
tain knowledge, and it is so this season. I
there no power in the land that can stay tn
hand of the spearman, unified to destroy Ties
valuable fish? If there is hope it will be pu
in force forthwith. 1t is shame that thes
trout are thus killed in the spawning season
for be it known to anglers as we'll as to other
that the waters that contain such fish are few
and far between.
They are now Familiarity called 'landlocke
salmon" but don't believe such doctrine.-
They are a separate and distinct specie b
themselves as much as the red spotted trout
pickerel or any other fish. So much for thai
1 do hope the Fish Commissioner will see to
that Sebago trout shall be protected in tn
spawning season. They are too valuable a fis
and afford too much sport to the true angler I
be thus stabbed and butchered in defiance {
the law. Mr.. Commissioner, will you attend t
this business Immediately, before it is too late
Lake Sebago, Oct. H. 1871