The Portland daily press., 1876-11-28
THE CLOSE.
The End of iI,c Odd Fellows, Fair.

Last evening the Odd Fellows fair, which
has lasted seven days. came to an end The
goods were sold out and the hall, which for the
last week has been used by money changers"
Will this evening be transformed into a ball
room, where the odd as we'll as the even fell
lows will execute the graceful waltz. Previ-
| GUS to the opening exercises at the hall last
evening Chambers band rendered the manage
ment serenade in front of the building. This
was very thoughtful act on the part of Mr..
| chandler and his excellent band, and the mem
bers OF the Order in this city will not be slow in
remembering it. At the close of the concert
| the hall was well filled and the exercises of the
evening began at once.
| Mr.. Haseltine in behalf of the committee in
troduced Past Master Barnes and Miss Stage
OF New York to the audience. Mr.. Barnes
| spoke few words in regard to the fair, but
| soon began his humorous Rotations. He also
| sang several musical songs with Miss Stagg
| much to the amusement of the large bat rather
| noisy company. Their time was limited and
| they closed at 8 o'clock, much to the regret of
| all present. 1t is thought that this gentleman
and lady may come here later in the season and
| give public entertainment. If they do a
| large house is assured. The drawing of raf-
fies commenced promptly at s o'clock and as
usual, very large number of people turned
| away sorrowing. The names of the few fortu-
nate ones will be found below:
General table-Branson knitter, P. L. Watts;
plant stand. j. w. Hutchins; castle, F. E.
Roberts; cake box, A. G. Conwel; trunk, E.
Holmes; Spartan stove, j. W. Carney; oil
painting, Mrs. M. j. Schumacher; Crowned
Bell stove, j. Walker, Jr. fire screen, Fred G.
Buffum.
Ligonia table-Sofa pillow, L. P. Perkins;
bracket, George III. Coyle; two oil paintings
w. j.. Gardner; wax flowers, J. FL. Crowell;
ulster overcoat, G. H. LoYejoy; sofa pillow, A.
e. Veazie; wax flowers, j. I. Darling; bronze
clock, Mrs. S. freeman; work-box ottoman, G.
NJ Wildridge.
Ancient Brothers table-Steel engraving, NJ.
G. Mcfarland; hat and gloves, l. T. Wyer;
chess board, Mrs G. A. Jones; table cover,
MIS- Geo. A. Hunt; log cabin quit, j. B.
Sherman; rug j. II. Hutchins; basket of flow
ers, A. J. R'ch silk quilt, j. Johnwart; motto,
Q. j. Pennell.
Ivy Lodge table-Toilet glass; Mrs. G. H.
Chesly; motto, W. a. Foye; toilet set, f. P.
Sargent; wax flowers, r. FL. Rines; silver rus
tic basket, c. H. Fesserden
Beacon Lodge table-AfghaD, Mrs s. Nc
Donald; toilet set, c. NJ. Hum; Singer sewing
machine, George A. Jordan.
Maine Lodge table-Slver caster, S. H. Gil
key; fancy watch case, J. B. Sherman tent, A.
d. Smith; silver cake basket, no name; shell
fan, f. r. Farrington:- qullt. Miss Adie.
Drug store-Clock case Fred Maxwell; wax
flowers, W. L. Morse.
AT the close of the railing but few articles
were left, and Messrs. Bailey & Allen at once
commenced auctioneerng off the remaining
articles. OF course they did not com plete the
work of clearing the tables, but what remains
will be sold this morning.
The scales went to +. o. Turner, he having
497 votes against 453 for Mr.. Banks. Six per-
sons guessed the same weight on tie guess
cake, and it was divided between the coEtes-
tants.
The promenade concert to be given this even
ing promises to be grand affair. very large
number of tickets have already been sold.
Chandler will furnish his very best music On
the occasion.
In our notice of the ladies' in charge of the
several tables we neglected to give correct list
of the ladies at Ancient Brothers table, which
whole hall. 1t was under the superintendent
Of Mrs Addison Frye assisted by Mrs John
T. Alexander, Mrs Milton Higgins, Mrs. c. H.
Ball. Mrs. J. w. Robinson, Mrs D. W. Love-
lit and Mrs. Mountfort