The Portland daily press., 1879-09-18
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Returning TO the grand stand Tor shelter
from the rain, it was found that the speech
making chad boon delayed to await the ex-
pected arrival of Senator Blaine. About noon
that much engaged gentleman not appearing,
the President, B. f. Hamilton of Biddeford,
introduced the Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, who
with Governor Garcelon, Ex-Gov. Perham,
Hon. Daniel f. Davis and Wildes P. Walker
were among the distinguished visitors.
SENATOR HAMLIN's SPEECH.
The Senator said he owned some bank
stock that paid him three per cent, and a farm
of ten acres that paid him ten per cent. He
loved farming and had spoiled good farm by
dabbling in politics. He was glad to meet the
farmers and agriculturists of Maine to consult
on the best means to utilize and develop the
wealth and resources of Maine which should
be par excellence the greatest manufacturing
State in the Union, because of its agricultural
abilities and strength and because that agricul-
ture is the best stimulus and foundation to its
manufacturing fame among states and nations
Multiply your manufactures, keep your boys
at home, keep the markets for supplying the
largely increased army of operatives in your
own hands As farming state you must
develop that strength as the only means to
success. Let your State motto guide you
farmers of Maine to excellence and leadership
and let us work for the good of our State,
our farms and our farmers.
Mr.. Hamilton then introduced the Hon.
Daniel F. Davis, who said:
I am glad of the opportunity to say one
word for one minute, all the time that L have
left before l am compelled to leave you to
catch a train, 1 have listened with the same
interest with which you have listened to what
would have been grand old speech had not
the honorable Senator interrupted himself to
make place for me. He would have filled my
minute of time better than myself and L wish
for your sakes that he had done so. We have
met together to consider the duties of our
lives to ourselves and to each other, to the soil
and to the people of our beloved State. We
have just gone through period OF some
fifteen years in which we have all known good
times and in which we have all known bad
times years in which 80 per cent of all our
business men and firms have failed OR closed
their business, years in which the record OF our
bankrupt courts show not over 3 per cent OF
our farmer population in Maiue to be on the
list of Maine bankrupts; with this cheering
fact to dwell on may not the farmers OF Maine
safely and confidently say we will develop the
industries by developing the resources OF our
State. We will keep our Maine boys to make
Maine farmers till cur State be filled with our
own sons, and those sons rich and influential
men,
After the conclusion of Mr.. Davis remarks
the President adjourned the meeting to $50 p.
M, and announced the postponement of the
days races.
Visiting the pens and stalls in the interval of
mental foods we looked with pleasure at the
fine array of ''beeves and goats.' Among 9th
ers we may mention that Col Mattocks of
Portland shows his Riverside farm stock, his
imported Berkshire hogs and Cotswold sheep
and lambs, also imported; also took first
prize to each pen, while the only other first
prize pen was bred by him at Riverside. His
Riverside poultry entered for exhibition only,
there being no awards, presented clean and
fine appearance, and his fine Jersey stock ex-
cited general admiration.
By $50 p M. the grand stand was closely
packed to listen to the speakers of the after
noon, Gov. Garcelon and ex-Gov. Sidney Per-
ham. Both gentlemen made excellent re-
marks, and were listened to with marked in
terest.
Mr.. Hamilton announced farmers meeting
for the evening at the tent and called for a
full attendance; attributed to the weather and
to ''Old Prob the necessary postponement of
the afternoons programme till tomorrow, and
declared the meeting open for discussion.
10Y. UdICtlOu lflCll CdllCu VIC dttOlipiOii VI
the assembly to the sources Of the exports of
our country from a tabulated statement cut
from the public print, showing 25,000,000 only
of manufactured as against 400,G00,000 of agri-
cultural products.
While Ex-Governor Perham was speaking
Governor Garcelon was called from the stand
to attend man in the rear of the stand who
was in q fit.
Exhibitors are responding literally to the
suggestion published in yesterdays PRESS, and
have contributed their exhibits to the Maine
General Hospital.
Premiums Awarded.
Stallion Sportsman-1st premium L.. d. NJ
Sweat Portland, SO; I'd do, y. ii. Grant, Augusta,
Sc.
MAINE HERD JERSEYS.
Bulls years DID, Mrs. Jonah Jordan, New
Gloucester, list, $12 years old B. f. Briggs, Au-
burn LIST, 8; year old, s. H. Smell, East Winthrop
Bull calves-s H. snel LIST, SO.
Cows-B. F. Briggs, lst,S1o G. Blanchard & Bro.
Cumberland Centre, I'd, 6.
Heifers-3 years Old. 5. H. Smell 81; years old"
b. F. Briggs, 3; same, 3.
Heifer Calyes-B. F. Briggs, 81; s. ii. Smell, j.
Herds-B. F. Briggs, $50; S. II. Smell, 10.
OXFORD DOWNS
grade Downs, and 1 grade buck lamb The
committee in their report say: Gas they are
not entered on the book, we cannot award
them what they are worthy of, but would adj
wise our farmers to take particular notice of
this grade of sheep and note their good quail
ties both for wool and mutton"
SHEEP.
Long wooded sheep-John Dawson, Lincoln Cen
tre-Leicester buck LIST prem, So: 3 buck lambs,
LIST prem, 10; 3 ewes, years old, 10; 5 ewes,
W. s. 1ilton, Togus-2 Cotswold buck lambs I'd
prem, So; 3 Cotswold eve lambs, I'd prem, D; 3.
ewes year old % pEem 10 o+swoa buc dos
SMITH LIST prem, S12 Cotswold buck lambs, list
prem, 10; 4 Cotswold ewes, years old, LIST prem,
w. F. Kidder New Gloucester Cotswold
eve lambs, LIST prem, SO.
South Downstairs. f. Libby, Portland-l buck,
years old, I'd prem, SO; ewes, 2 years old, "a
n. T. Boutelle, waterville-1 buck (Amran) 2
years old, LIST prem, So ! buck Corporal Davis
8 ewes years old, LIST prem, Is; ewes, year
old, LIST prem, Is; eve lambs, 1st prem TO-
STATIONS.
years old and under 5 years-NIaine Jefferson
black stallion, LIST PREM Gen. Withers. chestnut
do. I'd prem; Phaeton Knox, 3D. prem.
SWINE.
Large breeds-To c. P. Mattocks, LIST premium
for best boar of any age.
TO c. P. Mattocks, 1st premium for best sow of.
any age.
10 j. Winslow Jones, list premium for best litter
pigs not less than months old.
TO J. Winslow Jones, LIST premium for best litter
of sucking pigs.
Small breeds-1st premium to Prince Haskell
of South Turner for best boar of any age, SOW of
any age, litter of pigs three months old and litter
of sucking pigs.
ACCIDENT ON LAKE SEBAGO.
A Narrow Escape from Great Loss of