The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-12
Jay Town Fair,

The jay Fair was held at the Town House
Oct 10th; it being one of the finest days of the
season, large numbers were present. The dis
play of fruit was very fine, scarcely excelled by
the county fairs in quantity, and certainly bet
ter than that in quality. Jay excels all other
towns in the size, flavor and beauty of its APP
Piles. Its granite soil seems peculiarly adapted
to the growth and perfection of certain vare
ties of apples SOD ..rPza
The principal contributors of apples were as
follows: w. w. Rodburd, varieties; Town
Farm, z; Ohas. Vaughn, 8, very fine; Gustavus
Pease, u; Daniel Fuller, 5; E. G. Adams, g.;
S. V. Merritt 10; Isaac PuIington, 8; VIM.
Richardson, 3; Samuel Darling 3; A. f. Par
ker, 4; Nahum and Capt. EnOs Phinney, II;
Hon. Joshua Lake, 8. The collection of grapes
was unusually large for a town show, and
contained very fine specimens of nearly all the
varieties which can be successfully cultivated
in this climate. Capt jeremiah Pease pre-
sented varieties, Hon. Joshua Lake, vare
ties. John Powers, d. D. s.. of Wilton, pre-
sented 8 varieties,viz: Seeding Delaware, Isabel
la, Hartford Prolific, Concord, Clinton, North
ern Muscatine and Seeding. L. B. Thompson
also presented eight varieties, including Rog-
er's Hybrid and other varieties already men
toned. y
Quite quantity of vegetables were exhibited,
comprising many large specimens There
were two specimens of cucumbers exhibited by
A. S Thompson, measuring more than two
feet in length and of about three inches in di-
ameter. They are stated to be crisp, tender fine
favored and well adapted to table use as pick
les. The large amount of corn exhibited at
tested the interest of the Jay farmers in the
cultivation of that cereal and was also convinc
ing evidence of their success in its culture.
Fine lots of cheese were exhibited by Mrs. r.
p. Thompson and Mrs. +. Hunting. Butter
exhibited by Mrs Daniel Fuller, Mrs. E.
L. Williams and Miss Ida j. Noyes. That of
Miss Noyes was as good evidence of her skill
and genius as would have been any rare piece
of fancy work. Specimens of cookery by Mrs.
j. Lewis, with caricatures of Horace Greeley
and the inscription, what Horace Greeley
knows about Mrs. j. Lewis cooking" The
good old matron, Mrs. Lewis, about noon dis
tributed her pie and cake to those whom she
deemed good Republicans" although some of
Horace's admirers were noticed among the con-
sumers. Rugs, quilts and fancy work were
present in abundance. Many other articles de-
serving of mention must be omitted, and we
close our account of the fair with mentioning
the presence of Give owl'' confined in a cage,
and who looked ''wondrous wise" upon the as
sembled multitude. .,,,,
An address was delivered by the Rev. Mr.
johnson of Jay, and very able, sensible, prac-
teal talk it was. 1t showed that he was a
close observer of agricultural operations and
TINT this qualified him for giving sensible adj
vice to farmers. Following the address was
what was termed ''poem" entitled EVERY
one has grist for to grind" being an original
production (Which no one would doubt) of
Mrs. Alden of Livermore. a. F. II.