Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-10-04

non. W OOlen BLANKETS: ISL premium. ~
Mrs Cyrus Roberts of Readfield; I'd, Mrs.
J. X. Yeaton, Mt. Vernon; 3D., Belle Stanley,
Mt. Vernon. Cotton 4 Wool Blankets LIST
premium, to Mrs. J. X. Ycaton ofMt. Vernon
I'd. Mrs. David Doloff Mt. Vernon; Sd, Mrs.
T. j. Savage, Mt. Vernon. Domestic Car
petng: LIST premium to Mrs. Chas. Dolloff of
Mt. Vernon; I'd, Mrs. Joseph Robinson; Sd,
Mrs. Henry Greedy. Readfeld. Drawn Rugs
LIST premium to Ida NJ. Trask of Mt. Vernon;
I'd, Miss F.. Robinson, Mt. Vernon Sd, Mrs.
John r. Yeaton, Mt. Vernon 4th, b. b.
Cram, Fayettc Braided Rugs lst prcmi-
UNI, to \. $. Lyford of Mt Vernon; I'd Mrs.
Amos Parker, Fayette; 3D.. Mrs. T. J. Saw
age, Mt. Vernon 4th, Mrs. o. +. Stevens,
Fayette. Wooden Shawls LIST premium to Mrs.
G. II. Bamford of Fayette. Patchwork quilts
LIST premium to Miss f. l.. Davis, Readfeld;
I'd, Mrs. Cyrus Roberts, Readfield; Sd, Mrs.
| A. Morrill, Rcadfeld. Quilts LIST premium,
to Mrs. \. +. Smart of Vienna I'd, Mrs. A.
X. Crane, East Winthrop; Sd, Mrs. A. +.
Wing, Fayette. Comforters: LIST premium to
Miss Nellie Kilbreth of Manchester; I'd, Mrs.
G. w. Hall, Mt. Vernon; 3D., Mrs. W. n.
Gilman, Mt. Vernon. Gratuity to Miss Sa-
rah White of L. Winthropfor knit bed spread.
Also gratuity to Miss f. A. Keith, Win
throp. Honorable mention of embroidery by
! Singers Manufacturing Co.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE on SEWING Ma
cmINEs.-lst premium, to the Davis Sewing
Machine; I'd, New Homes Sd, Singer Ma
chine.
| GARDEN VEGETABLEs.-Best display: LIST
premium, to Ralph Norcross of +. Winthrop;
I'd, Amos Wheeler, Winthrop; Sd, l.. X
Litchfeld, Winthrop. Best lot Seed Corn, $
rows LIST premium. to Francis Fuller of East
Winthrop; md, }. Edgecomb, Mt. Vernon;
Sd, r. Alden, Winthrop; 4th, Augustus
| ~. a. q. 1..t r.r,,
II rows: LIST premium, to John A. Wing, Fay
cite; I'd, J, c. Dudley, East Readfield; Sd,
Grin McGrath, Winthrop. Best lot Pop Corn
lst premium, to l.. X. Litchfeld Winthrop;
I'd, J. Edgecomb, Mt Vernon. Best bushel
Potatoes Ist premium, to l.. X. Litchfcld,
Winthrop; ID Cyrus Roberts, Readfeld.
Best display of Onions: LIST premium, to ID.
c. Robins, East Winthrop; I'd, NJ. +. Nor
cross, East Winthrop. Best display of Pump
kns LIST premium, to S. G. Fogg, of Read
field. Best display Of squashes LIST premium.
to l.. X. Litchfeld, of Winthrop. Best dis
play of garden seeds LIST premium, TO l.. X.
Litchfeld, OF Winthrop.
DAIRY PRoprCTs. Butter lst
premium, tn n. $. Sherburn, of Readfeld
ID, n. r. Pike, Winthrop; Sd, Mrs Henry
Greedy, Readfeld; 4th. l.. +. Dollof Mt
Vernon; 9Th, +. \. Pike, Winthrop. June
Butter LIST, premium, to Mrs. David Dollof,
of Mt. Vernon; I'd, Mrs A. Z. Brown.
Plain Cheese: LIST premium to Mrs. 5. Per-
ley, of Winthrop; I'd, Mrs. Smell Thurston,
Readfeld Sd, Mrs. David Dollof Mt Yer
non; 4th Mrs. 5. Perley, Winthrop; 9TH,
Mrs. Amos Parker Fayette. Green Cheese:
lst premium, to Mrs S. Perley of Winthrop;
I'd, Mrs David Dollofi, Mt. Vernon 3D., Mrs.
Henry Greeley, Readfield; 4th, Mrs Amos
Parker, Fayette 9TH, Mrs. W. Il. Watson,
Fayette.
MATCHED HoRsEs.-lst prmium, to S. G.
Fogg of Readfeld; I'd, Frank ID. Barr, East
| Winthrop.
BRrEDISG MAREs.-Horse and Colt: lst
premium to Steven Weber of Vienna; I'd,
W. b. Dunlap, Belgrade Sd, S. Jackson,
East Winthrop.
Horse TRoT.-2.40 class King Phillip,
entered by Geo. V. Davis. won the race in
three straight heats; Young Fearnaught, 2d
Napoleon, Sd. Best trotting seen on the
ground for years.
2-40 cLAss.-A. c. Rowe won in = straight
heats, Thomas NJ Weston second.
After the reading of the reports came the
ADDRESS BY Gov. GARcELON.
The Governor said he had recently visited
other parts of the countryside South and the
Dominion of Canada. He had felt on return
ing home that Maine has advantages superior
to those of any other portion of the country.
Whoever rides through the magnificent scene
~ of Maine must exclaim with the poet,
| "Breathcs there a man with soul so dead" &c.
He still farther extolled the State as place
for farming, and mentioned the kennebec
Agricultural Society as the oldest and best
in Maine. and located in the garden of the
| State. He then spoke disparagingly of the
effect of the railroad near by upon the farm
| ing interest How does the condition of the
| State compare with what it was twenty years
ago? 1t has deteriorated. We have not now
as many horses, cows, oxen, sheep, or pro-
ducts, or population as in 1860. Why is this,
and what is the remedy? These were the
questions he proposed to discuss.
Why are our young men leaving the State
| The first cause is the desire to make money.
We are educated as a people to think that
our greatest duty is to get money. Had even
heard ministers advocate in the pulpit that it
was duty to get money-honestly if it could
| be so obtained, but to get it, whether honestly
or not Crime he said had largely increased
in the State, and this he imputed very largely
to the growth of love of money. He advised
the young men of Maine to be contented and
remain at home, and go to farming instead of
entering the professions. Spoke of the fine
| farming lands of ArOostook, and what had
| been done ana Is being uone tlere IL! the way
of farming.
The second cause of the decline IF the State
is high taxation. Taxes are grinding the peo
pie of the State of Maine to starvation. 1t
is true farmers live better, dress better, and
| have more luxuries about them than twenty
years ago, but the Improvement in farming
implements ought to enable them to do this
and still be as prosperous as in 1860. But
they are not so prosperous now as then. and
high taxes are the great trouble. The East
ern States are taxed far more heavily than the
West. Throughout the State ruined farms
and deserted buildings can be seen caused by
excessive taxation Taxation is of two kinds,
direct and indirect. Direct taxation is in the
hands of our own people, and they can remedy
any wrongs in regard to that if they choose
But Indirect taxation, said the Governor is
the kind that weighs heavily upon the State
that which comes from a protective tariff
Politicians say poor people pay nothing of
this tax because it is not laid upon the neces-
sares of life, but upon the luxuries. This
he said, is not true, and instanced sugar and
molasses, and articles of iron, upon which
poor people are taxed.
This kind of taxation had been building up