The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-10
s...v. Lake Fair and Ca,,l, sh.,,,

The 18th annual exhibition of the Gorham
| and Standish Farmers Club occurred at the
! Pavilion and the neighboring fields, Sebago
Lake station, p. q o. r. r., Tuesday and We'd
nesday of this week, Oct. 8th and 9th The ex-
hbtion occupied but one day wednesday, ow-
ing to the heavy rain of Tuesday The clear
sky and fine bracing air of Wednesday called
out large gathering-over 1000 being present
on the grounds. The display in the hall was
very fine. The show of apples demonstrated
Maine true to her motto, 81 lead" ID. I. Da-
Wis of Gorham, had fine lot. A. Parker of
Standish, splendid baldwins; Harvey Wescott,
Standish, pound-sweetings very large; Warren
Shaw, Standish, pumpkin sweets; L. johnson,
Gorham, Davidson none-such, golden ball large;
j. Libby, E. Rand, H. Wilson and H. Fogg
had fine display; w. B. Gibbs, garden rosy,
very fine; A. Libby, Gorham, splendid porters
Some very fine peaches were exhibited by G.
NJ. Rich Of Gorham. M. Moulton, Gorham
and DIR. Colby, Standish, exhibited some excel
lent looking pears. The display of grapes
though not extensive was excellent Among
the best we noticed some from G.. Mayberry,
Standish; Mrs. A. Weeks, Standish, four va
rieties; Mrs Peter Libby, Standish, some fine
Concord, also splendid clusters of strawberry
grapes N. G. Wilson, box honey j. Higgins,
"Lost Nation wheat" Mrs. M. A. Clements,
Standish, fine lot of ounces. The corn all
looked finely. E. Wescott, Standsh, showed
fine trace; VIM. Shaw, Standish, exhibited
trace of ten rowed, which yielded 70 bushels to
the acre. The display of beets, squashes,
pumpkins, Sc, was excellent and were all ex-
ceedingly large, many of the beets weighing 10
and II pounds. In the department of butter
and cheese good display was made. The fol-
lowing ladies exhibited the products of their
diaries Mrs. Waterhouse, E. Moulton, A. p.
X. Libby, Gray, Wescott, j. Libby, A. j. Otis,
Miss NJ. A. Mayberry. ..l -t
Mrs. Osgood Bradbury, Standish, exhibited
loaf of bread with the following description
of its make:
''No sour milk, no saleratus, no milk empt-
ings in the composition, but yeast made from
grape leaves, flour and Sebago water; it has no
taste, no flavor, but gives the flavor of pure
wheat"
In the rug department, we noticed some fine
patterns marked severally, Mrs. A. Moody, Mrs.
A j. Otis, Mrs. j. w. Knight. Mrs. Martha
johnson exhibited very handsome lap robe.
Some homemade cloth by Mrs. Paul Knight
and Mrs. A. Libby evinced skill. Mrs A. Lib
by exhibited some neat table covers
Cloudman, Plummer & Co. exhibited speci-
mems of their manufactured wood pulp
The sewing machine interest was represented
by Howe's improved, from the agency of Plum
mer & Wilder, 173 Middle street, Portland
A needle breech-loadng gun, made by Eu-
gene S. Whitney, Standish, but 10 years of age,
manifested high degree of skill in one 50
young.
Mrs. G. A. Tapley and Mrs d. johnson ex-
hibited pictures. Mrs. Osgood Bradbury seve-
raj fancy articles Miss A. S. Davis peanut
plant; Fred Pattric, several finely executed pic
lures; Mrs J. P. Moulton, Sebago Lake, a Gu
rious plant, she called "Name me if you CAM
embroidered fiannels from Mrs. L. Mouton;
Mrs. Webster, Standish, lot of old-fashioned
curiosities, including 6 silk wedding stockings.
being IL entries of working oxen The pulling
match, as usual, drew crowd; 1900 weight of
stone on drag gave the cattle a fair chance to
exhibit strength G. Libbyof Gorham and M.
Thorn, Standish, were the successful compet
tors.
A running match of boys and young men
was divided into three classes: LIST, those be-
tween 10 and 10 years of age; I'd, between 15 |
and 20; Sd, oyers20. e. Quint, A. Flood and c. |
Shaw, respectively, won in the several classes |
The receipts amounted to S125. Altogether |
the show was success, and the farmers of |
Gorham and Standish may well congratulate |
themselves on so fine an exhibition. The Off |
GERS of the society are President, E. Moulton;
Vice President, j. N. Libby; Treasurer, M.
Whitney; Secretary, r. Whitney; Executive
Committee, E. Moulton, r. Whitney, M. 7.
Files, E. Wescott, j. B. Shaw. s
PLEASANT EvENT.-The nuptials of Mr..
L. A. Kingman of Brooklyn, N. Y, and Miss
Annie L., daughter of o. NJ. Nash ESQ.,, were