The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-29
sCARBoRo. AND CAPE ELIZABETH
FAIR.
First Day.

Yesterday was the first day of the Scarboro
and Cape Elizabeth Fair, but owing to the
rain but little more was done than to put in
order the hall (although even there very many
entries, it is expected, will be made today) and
il attending to the vegetable department,
which is, as usual, very full. The display of
fruits is also very fine. The following entries
had been made yesterday.
LADIES' DEPARTMENT
Sofa pillow Miss A. c. Cole; shell work and en,-
broidery Mrs. r. A. Waterhouse, aged rs: stand
cover Lizzie G. Pullen; knit edging, Edna e. Libby;
towel sham Carrie d. Strout feather wreath Myra
Congdon; flannel embroidery, Mrs. T. Meserye:
worsted shawl, Mrs. Lewis Hannaford; worsted
basket Carrie d Strout; house plants, Mrs. j. W,
+. Rolf scroll work. Willie S. Libby; thread tidy.
Myra Cong1on; watch case Lizzie Waterhouse:
knit skirt, Lizzie c. Turner; ornamented cardboard,
bark patterns, Carrie d. Strout; Jewel boat Lizzie
Waterhouse; balloon, Mary F. Whitney; toilet set.
Sadie Larrabee; oil painting, Ada C. Cole; thread
Pickett; crochet tidy, Mrs. Granville McKenney;
toilet set Mrs Lewis Hannaford; notices in frames
by Lizzie Waterhouse, twol; Mrs Mary E. Jordan
by Susan D. Willard Mrs. 7. Meserve, Mary e. Jor-
dan; Mrs. James NJ. Robinson, Sadie Larrabee, Mrs.
J. w johnson, Mrs: Charlotte A. Miles. Mrs. W. f..
Rundlett and Mrs. VIM Studley; quilts, exhibited
by Mrs. B. w. Pickett. Mrs. VIM. Studiey, Simon
johnson Layina C. Broad, Annie E. Williams and
Martha A. Williams; counterpane Hattie J. Will
ams; scrap bag, Sadie Larrabee; cut flowers, Mrs.
Frederic Hatch, Lucy A. Bragdon; stockings, Mrs
A. johnson, Mrs. L. w. Libby; mittens Mrs. L.
G. Hannaford yarn, Mrs. Silas Skillngs Mrs.
Johnson Mrs. Libby.
Specimens exhibited by c. b. Nutter, Daniel
Strout Daniel Stanford, John l.. Stanford Eddie
Chute, w. E. Keith, Ezra Scammon, Turner Knight,
Robert Libby, Geo. Hutchinson B. Scott Larrabee,
Horace E. Mills, Benz. Larrabee q. S. Seayey, W.
A. Moses, John Leavitt, Granville McKenney, W.
w. Whitney.
VEGETABLES.
Potatoes by Robert Libby, j. w. Jordan, Joseph
A. Stanford G. s. Jordan; beets, L. G. Jordan [sev-
eral varieties) Simon F. Jordon, Harry Waterhouse
j, W. Robinson, Granville McKenney, BENZ. LARA
bee. W. A. Moses; onions, L. G. Jordan, Simon F.
Jordan g. A. Congdon, (also general display of veg
etab'esl, j. W. Robinson; squashes, Lemuel Cobb,
G. A. Congdon, j. W. Robinson, Eben Seavey W. s.
Rolfe, Charles s, Jordan, BENZ. Larrabee
fowls.
Brown Leghorns exhibited by Charles E. Jordan;
geese, Hiram Libby; ducks, same; Plymouth Rock,
W. W. Whitney.
GENERAL ENTRIES.
Mr.. j. F. Bond has very fine harness and w. D.
Ames a stove on exhibition.
FRUIT
G. Seaman exhibited % varieties of apples; H.
4. Bowers do; j. L. Stanford peaches and pears;
b. W. Pickett plates of pears; Benz; Larrabee, IS
varieties of apples, one variety grown on tree rs
years old; Sumner Knight plates apples; Milton
Dyer exhibited so varieties apples the same that
took the first premium at the State Fair; E. E.
Lbby,3 varieties; stephen Seaman plates grapes;
William 7: Rolf 9 varieties apples; Granville Nc
Kenney, 25 varieties.
GENERAL ENTRIES,
Martha H, Wilson, box butter; William S. Lib
by, collection squash, Mrs. Silas Skillings cheese
Hiram Libby; A. G. Skillings, honey.
If fair to-day there will be trotting, open to
all horses raised in Scarboro or Cape Elizabeth.