The Portland daily press., 1880-09-30
WEST CUMBERLAND FAIR.
A MOST ATTRACTIVE AND INTEREST.
ING EXHIBITION.
Premiums and Races.

Premiums and Races.
| The twelfth annual exhibition of the Cum.
| berand Farmers Club opened at their grounds
at West Cumberland yesterday. The notice
OF the postponement was omitted by mistake
from the PRESS of yesterday, but the post
| ponement seemed to have no effect on the
size of the gathering Fully 1900 persons were
present and more orderly gathering we have
never had the pleasure of seeing. Not one per-
son under the influence of liquor was to be seen
throughout the entire day. The weather was
hne, gentle breeze tempering the heat of
the sun to comfortable degree A descrip-
ton of the grounds is unnecessary here but in
regard to the hall we find it the opposite At
the left-on entering were long tables devoted
to fruit and vegetables, all loaded to their ut.
most capacity. In the center were stands for
the household manufactures, flowers, plants
and fancy articles, and the right was filled
| up largely with agricultural and darying i'm
plements. Every available space was occu-
| pied by exhibitors and one found it difficult to
move through the crowd without meeting
with plow or tipping over a plate of fruit.
The walls and pillars were prettily decorated
with evergreen and flowers, and contrasted
| pretty with the traces of yellow corn and fancy
| articles beneath them. Besides the exhibits
mentioned below the exhibits of Geo. Blanch-
ard & Bros are worthy Of special mention
Every description of dairying and farming
implements was arranged on the right of the
| hah and surrounded by a group of farmers
| examining them with covetous glances
| With their laroe stock of fat, sleek cattle and
their immense variety of farming implements,
| Messrs Blanchard could make good sized
| fair of their own and one that would be worth
| going some distance to see The scroll work
of Messrs Elmer and Oscar Rideout and Mr..
Wallace Houston was also very finely executed.
Mr.. F. G. Blanchard Of Kingsley, Kan, con-
tributed specimens of amber sugar cane, sor-
| ghum, German millett, Egyptian millett, and
an Indian Lariat.
The following are the officers of the Club
and they are to be congratulated ON the sue
cess of their management. The Society is
nearly free from debt, the same amounting to
only $500:
President-C Charles A. Merrill
Vice Presidents-E. g. Prince, Alfred
Hicks, D. G. Loring
Treasurer-N. M. Shaw.
Secretary-M. " Pearson.
Executive Committee-W. L. Prince, o. A.
Mountfort, A. F. Winslow, Samuel Skillings,
S. L. Clough :
Superintendent of Hall. S. Stanwood,
North Yarmouth.
Assistant OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1. S. Stan
wood, North Yarmouth.
Committee of Arrangements Charles A.
Merrill, Mrs. Charles A. Merrill, William L.
Prince, Mrs. William L. Prince, Cumberland;
A. F. Winslow, Mrs. A. f. Winslow, l.. S.
Washburn, Mrs. L. F. Washburn, Falmouth;
Samuel Skillin, Miss Hattie Skillin, I. S. STAN
wood, North Yarmouth.
At noon one of the clubs famous dinners
was served to its guests, in the hall above the
exhibition room. Four long tables capable of
/ accommodating $50 persons at one sitting,
were loaded with everything to tempt the APP
petite, and the feast equalled if not excelled
any of former years.
The following entries were made yesterday:
TOWN TEAMS
Cumberland town team, 10 yoke entered by VIM
L. Prnce Falmouth town team, 10 Jokes, entered
by Robert Leighton.
WORKING OXEN.
John Hulit, yoke; Moses Thomas / yoke
years old Richerd Mountfort, yoke a years DID,
yoke, 6 years old; n NJ Shaw, 1 yoke. 5 Years
old; G. L Hall l yoke, years old; Joseph Had
lock, yoke, D years Old X. b. Morrison, l yoke,
years old; Chas. II. Morrill,, 1 yoke, s years old
G. w. Winslow, yoke, 4 years old; L. W. Holt, /
yoke, years old; John Barstow L yoke years
DRAFT OXEN.
A. F. Winslow, yoke; Sewall P. Leighton, l
yoke, years; Granville Hall, yoke, feet inch
Eli Stone, yoke. feet inches; Chas. H. Morrill,
l yoke, feet inches; VIM. L. Prince, yoke Z
feet inches; L. W. Bolton, yoke; elias. Wyman
yoke, feet.
BULLS
T, w hul1s n
old Geo. Blanchard & Bro, Jersey bulls polo"
Az years old, "Coronus" 8 years old "Beppo" 2
old Eli Stone. Hereford Bull, 2 years old W. W.
Harris, Ayrshire bull, years old, and two bull
calves.
Willie F. Winston, pair yearlngs Benz strout,
| pair yearlings; Joseph Hicks, pair 8 years old
Robert s Leighton H. pair years old H. Wilson,
j. b. Mountfort, pair steers
FAT CATTLE.
Alexander Farris, yoke; Joseph Blanchard l
yoke.
SHEEP AND SWINE.
Albert Drinkwater, / buck and ewes; A. f,
lMnsl9w, yearling buck, ! lamb and ewes.
boar earl of Hillsmere,' Berkshire sow s1Sallie
E.'s Favorite,' Berkshire sow f.Fancy'' Berkshire
ssw Linden Lass; H. Eaton, IA sheep.
sTALLIoNs.
A. G. Thurlow, Independent Boy, years old
Hall Leighton, Falmouth Boy, years old.
MARES AND COLiS.
Moses Haskell colt, years ola Whitman Les
lie, colt, year old; Joseph r. Prince, mare and
colt; Moses Leighton, colt, years old; George
years Old G. e. Crosby colt ' years. r Old c su
Cobb, roam colt, years old; +. .. Woodbury., 1
colt, years old; J. j. Gilbert, cot years old.
FOWLS.
by, Buff Cochin chicks; Bella Blacs, Partridge
Cochin chicks; Irving II. Hamilton pair rabbits;
Alvin Frank, trio of fowl Frank c. johnson, tur-
fas fnl.iA min = <
Leghorns; Waiter Merrill, trio Plymouth Rock
hens; John W. Dana, trio Light Brahmas, trio
Plymouth Rocks, trio Pekn Ducks entered for best
collection.
BUTTER AND CHEESE.
Mrs. John Hulit, 2 cheese Mrs Eli Russell. /
box butter; Mrs. n. L. Wilson, box butter; Moses
w. w; Leighton . boxes butter, Miss A. Morrill,,
JOSIAH Morrill, ] box butter; Mrs. Levi Morrill,, /
box butter; Mrs. Albert Sweetsr, / box butter;
Moses w. Leighton, boxes butter.
GRAIN AND VEGETABLES
+. A. Clough, citron melons, mangel wurtzel
beets; j. Shaw, traces of corn. bushel potatoes:
Charles B Porter. u squashes; W. G. Dunn, trace
bushel beans; Alfred Hicks, onions carro,s trace
corn; Sewall P Leighton, potatoes, beets; W. W. |
Libby, trace corn; John s. Barstow, 3 traces corn;
Charles R. Loring. trace corn; e. Hodsdon, bushei
wheat; Henry Leighton, squashes potatoes beets;
Silas Russell, trace CORN A. H. Farris trace corn,
Kohl Rabis; Charlie Prince, bushel beans; George !
Abbott, potatoes Frank Greeley, beans; John HUI |
H. trace corn; D. + Hullt, trace corn for special
premium; Charlie Frank. beans; Horatio Herrick, |
trace corn for special premium Leonard Leighton,
trace corn; A s. Whitney, trace corn beets onions;
N. b. Wilson, onions, turnips, beets sweet corn,
trace corn; W. l.. Prince, corn; Albert Ride
out, trace corn; Charlie Mountfort 6 melons, Eli |
RUSSELL trace corn G. A. Merrill, cucumbers; D.
g. Loring, trace corn, peas, trace onions pump |
kins; II. Eaton, " bushel wheat. " bushei beans,
Neal Shaw, traces corn, 2 traces sweet corn. Z |
Seymour Hut, onions; james Whitney, lotatoes;
Fred Whitney, traces corn for special premium; |
Waiter Morrill,, trace corn, trace pop corn; Percy H.
ees; A. f. Winsow, IL beets, squashes; Willie +.
Wnslow, trace pop corn; E. S. Prince 6 squashes;
ril trace corn; y. s. Themes, trace western corn.
stocks western corn trace Indian corn, varieties
squashes; John u. Themes, trace Indian corn for |
special premium; Lewis Hunt trace corn: H. w
Hadloek. onions; Wilbur Jones, sweet corn; Her. |
man wilson trace corn; Capt. Sweetsir, 8 stocks |