Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-10-16

ihyrc were no truttiug horses entered
yet there were a good number of good
going horse, present. Among them the
well known mare OF David ] Alien, and
the pacing horse OF Josiah Ntrnum OF
P"nobscoI. which made the best time on
the ground. MIR. Alonxo St"ver exhibited
a iiu" animal, also Mr. Alfred e. O>guod
mare which did some good ,tcppin.
The club very much need a better track
for trotting. the one they NOW Use being
Too narrow aud uneven, 50 that 1t 1. dill
cnlt Tor two horses Ia exhibit their speed
together. We hope 10 see this difficulty
removed before another Fair.
pE,wING OF HORSES
One pair entered Nv y. r. S,oyer. also
on" pair entered BY Hiram Wilton. Both
pairs I'D good hauling, aud showed good
t"AuinS aud training. Those of MIR
hilton showed some remarkably good
drawln. for horses OF their sir, aud Ia
them We award the tlr-t premium.
Committee on stations. trotting and
drawing horses. j. T. ilnck!ey, A. {.
Peters, Daniel Proctor.
gEroET o. JUDGES o. Cattle.
+ r. Obrr hal thr largest herd Oh
exhibition, consisting OF eleven heal
Alonzo >,oyer ihr best herd 81 Nv
head,
Daniel Proctor. best cows
James l. SANDER, best GALLOWAY COW
VIM Emcrton second best cows
james l.. Saunders, cow. grade Dur
ham. first premium on Durham COW.
Deborah Dunbar. cow grade Hereford,
first premium on Hereford COW.
Nathan F. Slower, cow. grade Dutch.
premium first on Dutch COW
Nm. Nc.cott, one yr. old heller. grade
Durham, first premium on heifers; James
J.. saunders, | Galloway do yr. ola. first
premium on Galloway. | Durham do | yr.
Old slrting feet . inches, first premium
on Durham helers.
Lew Franks. > yearling heircr,, best
matched pair on the ground
Prank Gushing, | yearling bull. grad,.
Durham. first premium on Durham bulls
john Irindie. yearling bull do second
premium; Daniel r. Trcworgy, yearlin.
bull do third premium.
On calves hJward +. Chase pr. >tocr
calves feet +! inches. first premium OH
steer calves; Freeman Grinilc. pr. steer
caves second do; ID. +. Trewurgy, hcitrr
cali. hr.t premium on hcifcr calf
Matched working oNen-J. /. WnckIcy
hr,t premium; l.. l.. tu>hin. second do;
Thomas Leach. third do: best pr. matched
yr. oldS Edward iIiuckley Frank Cu,h-
Ing second best, do; matched ". Odds
y I. Peters, first premiHm; :. y. O>good
second do; w. Bpw,i,'u. third do. on
matched 3 W. oid-, j K. t.rindle. first
premium; l.. Franks, second do: l.. Frank.
steers done some good auiiu. on the
drag. On Year old steers. !. Harper,
first premium; II. Dunbar. second d. Oh
tearlng steers ID. j. Alien. first premium
"a matched steers gir ny feet 3 !ucllr.
y l.. Saunders, SECOND lp. INT ; irct !
inches.
Drawing Of oxeu--J T. IIincklcy. first
premium. the load drawn by the,;. oxen
Was judged to weigh tons by competent
judges; J.. l.. Cushing second do. these
cattle hauled three tons and one-half:.
Thomas Leach, third do on drawing.
there was eleven pairs OF oxen tested on
the drag. they all proved themselves to be
superior cattle.
Mares with colts by their side-flrst
premium on mare aud colt, Freeman
Mcintire, the name OF this mares colt is
Maud Muller: Jane, Il. Long second do;
Joseph >tOver, third do on colts on 3 vr.
old>, ID. !. Allen, frs premium; j. l..
saunders second do; on yr. olds L. G.
Mitchell. first premium ON Shoe Fly: E.
Hale second do; John Grindie, third do:
on yr. olds. Calvin Osgood. first premium
there was sixteen colts on exhibition
ON SHEEP.
James l.. Saunders, first premium; Il.
Z. Dnrgan. second do; on bucks, L.. Franks
hrst premium, Frank Gushing. second do.
on POULTRY
First premium to j. l.. Saunders on
hens; Daniel Proctor first premium on
turkeys and Third on hens; Mrs. Mary
Durgan, second premium on turkeys and
second on hens.
We would mention here that Joseph
Grindle of PenobscOt. exhibited fine
grade Jersey bull , yrs. old.
ON VEGETABLES
Ruta baga turnips, first premium TO II
G. Durgan; second do Nathaniel Bowden.
on English turnips, n. Bowden first pre-
MUM; on citron first pr. 10 j. L. Saunders.
second 20 TO r. Gushing; on cabbage first
pr. 70 r. Cushing; on California citron.
llfst pr. - L. :. Dber. second do to l.. p
Hlnchleyi on tomatoes. first premium
Calvin Osgood. second do. J. l.. Saunders:
pumpkins first pr. X. q. Durgan. second
\. Bowdeni squashes. first pr. X. G. Dur
gan second L. p. Hinckley on cucumbers
nrst pr. >. l.. Saunders; on blood beets.
hrst pr. }. Harper. second n. +. Slower:
on Mansie Wertzlc beets. some new ones
on exhibition, but the committee over look
ed the name OF the owner: on POTATOES
Orono potatoes, first pr w. $. Hincklcy
second Daniel Proctor. third l.. Z. Cush- |
ing Early Rose, first pr. A. Franks. sec
ond \. Il. Slower; Garnet Chittam. first pr.
y. i. Slower. second l.. Z. Hinckley: ON |
Exeeisior potatoes. first pr. n. L. Slower,
second >. +. Ober; on corn. S. +. Ober |
first pr. n. Bowden second; Calvin o.. |
good, nrst pr. on sweet corn; on oats, S.
Ober, hrst pr; on peas +. Cushing.
nrst pr; }. l.. Saunders first pr on pink
eyed beans. Mr.. Saunders exhibited 10
different kinds of beans; on butter. Mrs.
a. Slower. first pr. Mrs. A. Franks sec
ond do.
On fruit, apples first premium T..
saunders. second do d J. Allen. third do
r. lreworgy; cranberries, first pr. :.
!. Ober, second do N. Bowden.
On sewing machine, one on exhibition
,alied the American, which took the first
On rag carpets. first pr. Mrs. d. j. Allen,
econd do Mrs. Emma Allen home manu-
actnre cloth, first pr. Mrs. II. w. Snow
~ quilts, first pr. Mrs. Mary II. CLAY.
econd do Mrs. Mary A. Macomber; on
'ed spreads. first pr. Mrs. s. Douglass,
econd do Mrs. II. Proctor.
On rugs. first premium Mrs. d. j. Allen,
liss =. Hinckley second do, Mrs. N. Hale
nird 40; on braided rugs, first pr. Mrs.
!. Hale; button rugs, first pr. Mrs. L. r.
linckley, second do Mrs. R. w. Snow.