The Portland daily press., 1873-06-17
Maine General Hospital Fair.
SIXTH DAY,

Yesterday intense heat drove great numbers
of people into Fluent and City Halls, seeking
shade, soda water and ice creams. The attend
ance from out of town was good, and nearly
every one in the CITY visited the halls during
some portion of the day. Between the hour OF
one and three Fluent Hall was crowded py
business men in search of lunches.
The tables presented very pleasing appear
ance Yesterday morning, the stock OF rancy ar
ticles having been replenished, ana the ueooia-
tions frightened up.
The Dover Stamping company OF Boston
have generously forwarded to the Hospital
Fair several handsome and valuable articles of
their own manufacture accompanied by the
following neat little note:
Boston June II, 1873
Messrs A. N. Noyes & Son:
Gentlemen: Everything in Maine interests
Maine man We are one, and insa modest
way, would cast our mite into every good cause
A Hospital Fair" is suggestive of suffer
ing.-helef is the needed antidote. Triiies
from each make an aggregate that performs
wonders. Our trife-we send today TO your
name-to he placed "where il will do the most
good" Thank you for the hint.
RespL Yours,
DONkh SIAhflN6 w.
To-day the Pine Street Church furnishes the
tables A nice salmon donated by Messrs'
Cline & Atwood of this city will be served up.
Any quantity of splendid butter, fresh from
the country, will be on hand. All who attend
may rest assured that the lunches will be cap
ital
The charmen of the several religious socie-
ties are each requested to supply four walters
for the tables tom orrow without fail
All articles purchased at the household tables
by people living in the city win be delivered at
their residences without extra charge.
The rafles, as usual, caused considerable ex-
ctement. They resulted as follows: No. 81,
fern stand. ticket 4, Lieut.. Folger; No. 16,
ebony and walnut chair. ticket 3, J. Hogan of
st. john, n. B.; No. g. silver ice set, ticket so,
Mrs. j. G. Curtis, Lewiston; No. 20, clock at
j. Ambrose Merril's, ticket 100, Mrs. j. G.
Curtis, Lewiston; No. IL, easy chair from G. A.
Whitney & Co., ticket 81, G. NJ. Cram, Mechan-
ic Falls; No 43, prize doll AID wardrobe, ticket
1l9, Miss Lizzie Marrett; No. 80, 1.-TWO prizes)
easy chair from South Berwick, ticket 107,
Charles 7. Varney. foot rest, ticket 76, Mrs. A.
X. p. Barton; No. "a 1.-TWO prizes) fruit dish,
ticket =, Mrs. W. p. Chase sofa pillow, ticket
32 Mrs. C. L. Jose.
The glass blowers prize was drawn by ticket
S676, holder unknown.
DIR. Hunt leads for the surgical instruments,
Dr. Burr for the easy chair. and Mr.. o. S. Fogg
for the Knight Templar's sword.
On Thursday evening concert in aid of the
Hospital will be given in Augusta by the Cho-
raj Society.
On Friday evening concert will be given in
Hallowell, by the young ladies' singing class,
assisted by the Hallowell Cornet Band.
Some excitement was caused in the hall last
evening by the bursting of the boiler used for
vaporizing perfumes al the soda water stand
In the confusion consequent upon it an elegant
flower vase was broken and jar of cologne
emptied into the tank containing the gold fish,
nearly killing them.
About $40 day are taken at the picture gal
lery The receipts at Fluent Hall yesterday
were about $3.50.