The Portland daily press., 1875-10-13

Fair Mt East RaIdMl

Yesterday the farmers of BALDWIN, Sebago
and part of Standish held a cat& show and
fair on the STOCK farm of Gen. c. P. Mattocks,
on the line of the P. & O. Railroad at East
Baldwin. 1t was an old fashioned cattle show,
which is the nearest approach to an od-fash-
ion muster that we have;and as to cattle shows
we venture to say that those exhibitions free to
everybody are much better than those where
the admission fee and agricultural horse trots
are the chief attraction. The attendance was
surprisingly large and the display of cattle,
particularly oxen and steers was very large and
creditable. We had no means to ascer tain the
number of oxen and steers but Baldwin's team
which passed in review numbered 33 yokes and
Sebago's 81, and there were lots of oxen not in
cluded. Grade Devons predominant in that
section, the greater part Of the oxen showing
more or less traces of that stock. 0en. Mat
tocks exhibited the only Jerseys on the
groand. j. w. Flint exhibited fine speci
men of short-horn, and A. Virgins exhibited
a Devon. Gen. Mattocks' herd embraced a
number of fine grade short-horns.
The show of horses was not large There
were few good looking colts. Among those
horses which attracted the most attention was
| the three year old Fearnaught stallion 'Dra.
goon'' of DR.. Edmund Dana of this city, which
| is unquestionably one of the finest and most
promising animals Of his age not only in Maine
but in New England. Gen. Mattocks' two
years old stallion "Guildball Morgan" won the
highest encomiums of the fellows who worship
horse-fesh Tobias Lord, ESQ.,, of Steep Falls,
exhibited or rather had his fine span of work
horses driven upon the ground as we'll as
splendid team of eight oxen. The committee
gave the first preference for farm horse to VIM.
Ward. Jr. For farm stock, the first preference
was given to Gen. Mattocks, second to john
Virgins, and the third to N. Virgins NJ.
Cannon was allowed to have the best COW and
j. M. Sauborn the next Baldwin carried off
| the honor of having the best two teams of oxen
and also of steers, and Sebago second IN BOTH
The hauling match attracted a good deal of in
| terest and the teamsters showd the crowd that
it was still possible to make the ''critters" pull
by little extra stimulant IN the way of a steel
brad. S. Yates team of Baldwin was allowed
to do the best drawing, George Chadbourne's $
second, and Levi Shaw's the third. The COM
mittee awarded the first preference for "Best
Oxen" to j. FL. Mlliken of Baldwin, second to
| w. B. Pike, the third to j. L Wentworth. The
awards for the fat cattle were given to John
| WiggiD, j. w. Flint and j. s. Chase.
The sheep department was well represented
| by the fine flock of Gen. Mattocks, CONSISTING
| of % pure blood cotswolds, a flock of Canada
sheep and another of grade cotswolds. David
Haley OF Sebago, exhibited a small flock of fine
grade sheep.
Gen. Mattocks exhibited the only poultry
and swine; but the former was so full as to at
tract the attention of the of the crowd.
The fair was held in one of Gen. Mattocks'
stables, and was very creditable affair. The
fruit department was we'll represented by speci-
mems of apples entered by j. NJ. Sanborn, N
Virgins, G. E. Flint, D. Boothby, K. j. Dixie,
and g. M. Pike, R. G. Smith of Cornish, and
E. Flint of Baldwin display ed some very good
specimens OF Maine peaches. A. A. Reed Of
Sebago showed some fine pears. E Flint also
displayed several varieties Of grapes. The ex.
hibition of vegetables was good. The speci.
mems of Indian corn were most numerous snd
were the finest we have seen for years. The
following persons exhibited corn: E. Sawyer
S. Boothby, d. 2. Crane, L. T. Sanborn. G. R.
Norton, j. Virgins and Jos. Boothby, VIM
Thorn, c. A. Mckinney, W. E. Miller. The
latter three had the award of the committee
The display of household manufactures was
very aood Those wonderful pieces of worl
called rugs were quite numerous and excellent
OF these Mrs. Mary j. Crawford exhibited two
Mrs. G. R. Norton, Miss Addie Warren, ani