The Portland daily press., 1879-09-24


The following entries were made:
Fanny Jordan, sofa pillow.
M. E. Jordan, cotton stockings.
Mrs Alonzo B. Larrabee, child's dress and skirt.
Rose E. Mitchell, edgings.
Sarah S. Larrabee, point lace.
Edna e. Libby, towel sham.
Florence NJ Perry, worsted shawl.
Mrs. John L. Milliken, worsted tidy.
Mrs Eben Pickett, needle work, beautifully done.
Mrs; X: A. Waterhouse tidy
Emily f. Dyer, embroidered flannel skirt.
Mrs. Ruth A. Waterhouse, "a lady of 72) exhibits
thread tides.
Mrs VIM. H. Mitchell, worstcd tides.
Lizzie E. Scammon, tidy.
Toilet set by sick man, Mr. Isaac S. Burnham.
Emma Hamilton feather wreath.
Mrs. Sarah Larrabee brackets.
Mrs. G. H. H. Merrill sri pillow and sheet,
Mrs. NJ F. Willard. brackets.
Mrs. Col. Parker, ottomans.
Mrs. G. Robinson, flannel skirt.
Mrs. r. S. Larrabee, worsted tidy.
Mrs. Martha Waterhouse, knit tidy.
Lizzie c. Pullen, sofa pillow.
Mrs L. F. Purvis wax flowers.
Emily f. Dyer, needle work.
A drawer made by MIR; Turner, aged rs.
Minnie Hamilton, parlor set.
Lizzie M. Willard, tidy.
Mrs. G. A. Hutchinson worsted wreath.
Mrs. S. w. Fletcher, needle work.
Maggie Minott worsted work.
Mrs. G. w. Doughty, pillow shams.
Annie Hanson, pillow shams.
Annie b. Chaplin worsted balloon.
Mrs. E. NJ Perry, birch bark toilet set
Mrs. Silas Skillen, wall pocket
Lutte Roach, worsted flowers.
Mrs. Addie H. Dyer, pillow slips.
Mrs. E. F. hurry, needle work.
Susie M. Brewer, worsted work.
Mrs. j. A. Libby, feather wreath.
Annie NJ. Watson, worsted tidy, very unique
pattern.
Mrs. F. A. Skillen cornucopias.
Mrs. Granville McKenney, toilet set and worsted
mats.
Mrs. E. A. S. Libby, tidy.
Mrs. j. F. Chaplin, photograph frame.
Lizzie NJ. Waterhouse, toilet stand.
Mrs. Lucy Adams, tidy
Millie Wing, magnificent sofa pillow.
Alice M. Jordan, needle work.
Mrs. W. B. Nutter, lace tidy.
Mrs. G. w. Carter, tidy.
Edna E. Libby, card case
Mrs. johnson Libby, sheet, pillow and spread.
j. F. Ceaplin, brackets.
Mrs. Ira Moulton, wall basket.
Mrs. S. w. Fletcher, chid's dress.
Mrs. L. NJ. Libby, Is yards flannel.
Mrs. f. M. Berry, rag carpet.
Mrs. Howard Scammon landscape.
Ida E. Perry, e years old notices.
Mrs. A. Libby, moss wreath
Mrs. j. A. Milliken, wrought Masonic emblems.
Mrs. Ira Mouton, apples, pickles and var ious
VIM. F. Rolfe, o varieties of apples.
G. W. Hutchinson, grapes.
Stephen Scammon, grapes.
Granville McKenney, 35 varieties apples.
E. S. Leighton / plates apples.
Mrs. Charles T. Tricky, canned fruit and apples
VIM. A. Moses, 20 varieties apples.
Wesley Sawyer, canned fruit.
FOWLS.
Charles p Trickey pair white Leghorns pair
Plymouth Rocks.
G. f. Jordan, brown Leghorns.
Herbert Mouton Pekin ducks, Rouen ducks and
a pair native ducks.
Hiram Libby, 5 Hong Kong geese, Pekin and
Rouen ducks.
David c. Plummer, white Leghorns and Niger
Silky.
Mr.. John L. Libby exhibited very fine col
lection of insects.
J. w. Minot and Col. G. w. Parker exhib-
tied cut flowers.
j. Frank Bond of Knightville made fine
exhibition of harnesses of his own make.
L. D. Ward of Cape Elizabeth exhibited a
new clothes rack.
In house plants, fig tree in full bloom was
entered by Mrs VIM. Jones, and other plants
by Mrs. James Skillings, Lizzie Croker, Mrs.
w. w. Hobbs, and Mrs. M. d. True.
No premiums were reported yesterday, but
the committees in the various classes were
hard at work and will report at an early hour
today.
For the trot today but one entry had been
made up to noon yesterday-J. A. Libby, b
Cherub, for the sweepstakes.
The Wheeler & Wilson is the only sewing
machine on exhibition.
The only moving machine entered is the
"Light Draft Mower" manufactured in this
city.
The Scarboro Band will be in attendance
both days of the fair.
The association may well congratulate itself
on the success of the fair, every arrangement
being made that could be suggested and the
whole moving like clock work. There were
no speeches made at the opening, but the farm
ers settled down to the work of making the
fair success.
The programme today is as follows:
ga. determination of horses, colts and
stations.
$50 a. initial OF strength with horses.
10 a. m.-Plowing with horses. y
1870 a. m.-Parade of family horses (town
teams.) 90
II a. m--Exhibtion OF working horses (town
teams.)
2. p. m.-Trotting horses.
First race, open to all horses that have never
trotted better than three minutes, owned and
kept within the limits of the society at least
six months previous to contes ting for purses,
$25-S12, IS, IS.
Sweepstakes $50 p. m.-For all horses own
ed and kept within the limits of the society
six months previous to trotting, $40, $40, SIS,
$40.