The Portland daily press., 1880-09-18

Yesterday the skies smiled on the County
Fair and all the features that had been post
poned from day to day owing to the bad wealth.
be borne in mind that to-day will be children's
day at the fair, and only small admission fee
will be charged them.
CITY BUILDING.
There was good attendance at the City
Hall yesterday, both afternoon and evening.
Chandler's Band delighted the evening visi-
tors, who wandered to and fro, as we'll as space
would permit, examining the handsome ex-
hibits.
In the first fruit department Milton Dyer has
81 varieties of apples, S. r. Sweetsir S8 and
Ira Winn 81. W. L. Poole displays plate of
grapes, Alfred Woodpan one of plums, T. H.
Weston and Frank D. True pears. II. p.
Storer places in the hall three plates of plums
of the Golden Drop, Green Gage and Lombard
varieties, and fourteen plates superior pears
simply for exhibition. e. N. Perry, Cape
Elizabeth, shows some enormous Shaddocks,
ana T. S. McClannin, of Brunswick, some
handsome "Wealthy" apples originated by P.
M. Gideon, of Minnesota, very hardy, prolific
and annual fruit bearing.
In Reception Hall the Davis sewing ma
chimes are constantly surrounded by crowd of
ladies observing their many advantages. Mrs.
John. L. Shaw, Mrs. S. A. Frost, j. H. Morse
Miss Nellie Clifford and E. T. Farley have a
show case filled with fancy sofa pillows. Mrs.
j. f. Stubs, Miss L. R. Stanley, Mrs. W. W.
Mitchell, Mrs. L. Parker and Mrs. T. M. God
In axzbi al u
robes Nellie A. Adams has pretty tidy and
Mrs r. A. Waterhouse, rs years old, netted
tidy, and Mrs J. J. Wingate shows some fine
needle work. There are cushions and mats
worked by little girls at the age of seven
eight and ten years; a pair OF stockings knit
by Miss Annie Hurd, IS years old pen draw
ing of the Lords Prayer by E. a. Whitney,
and numberless small articles.
The following additional premiums have
been awarded
VEGETABLES.
j. Kingdom, j. B. Browns gardener, best
E. G. Brion, second best ................. 500
Robert Ingalls, Early Rose potatoes, I'd prem
Same, Snow Flake potatoes, LIST.
j. j. Frye, best display beans, LIST.
A. Milliken, ~ bushei S. X. onions, LIST.
Same, peck red onions, LIST.
Same, trace corn, I'd.
Same, lot dwarf celery, 1st
r. A. Allen, traces corn Sd.
S. R. Sweetsir, 6 Turban squashes, 1st
j. b. Curtis, sugar beets, 1st
Same, 3 squashes, LIST.
H. j. Chisholm, basket Early Rose potatoes,
A. F. johnson, 1 trace corn, LIST.
Howard Corning, one squash, I'd
BUTTER, CHEESE AND DAIRY IMPLEMENTS.
Mrs. W. W. Hatch best ball butter. 49,. 500
A. F. Tracy, second '' " 60 800
E. johnson, best domestic cheese ............ 600
+. Thayer, Z" 400
D. A. Fogg best sage cheese ...... .... 500
e. Thayer, second 800
Geo. Blanchard & Bro best display dairy ap-
paratus. ..............-.. 5OO
HARDWARE.
Emery, Waterhouse g. Co., display of hard
ware, LIST prem.
BREAD AND TABLE LUxURIEs.
Irving Blake, bakers goods, list.
Miss j. Thornton, best loaf white bread. 200
Miss L. l.. Tirrell, best loaf brown bread LIST.
Mrs. S. A. Ulmer, best sponge cake. 200
Same, best ornamental cake, 1st.. 200
Same, best pound cake -. ............... loo
Same, best fruit cake. ................. 100
Same, best jelly cake. ..:.............. 100
Miss Kate higgins, best loaf Graham bread loo
CANNED GOODS.
j. W. Jones, best display canned goods, 1st
PRINTING AND BINDING.
Dresser, Mcclellan & Co., exhibition publica-
cations LIST.
MUSICAL, SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, &c.
W. NJ. Furbush g. Son, cabinet organs, LIST.
Same, square piano, LIST.
Same, grand piano, 1st
Same, upright piano. LIST.
The following entries were made yesterday
additional to those already published:
A. f. Winslow, West Falmouth, yoke feet oxen
grade bull 2 years old, grade 4 years old,
Southdown buck year old, 3 Southdown ewes
Geo. Wilson, West Gloucester, mare with foal.
Eli Stone, East Windham, yoke of feet inch
oxen.
Isaac r. Jordan, East Windham, yoke of steers
Geo. W. Carter, Scarboro, yoke of oxen z feet 8
inches, yoke of six year old oxen twins.
Q. C. johnson, Harrison, yoke of six year old oxen
w. Warren ]Scal boro, town team
Charles Roberts. Saccarappa, yoke of oxen z feet
3 inches.
S. S. Drew, Bowery Beach, yoke of five year old
oxen.
b. Kimball, Scarboro, yoke years old oxen.
O. G. johnson, Harrison, yoke year old oxen.
c. G. Robinson, Portland, mare with foal.
At the Park.
The attendance at the Park yesterday morn
ing was very good, and the weather all that
could be desired. At Agricultural Hall the
display was very fine.
Kendall & Whitney made quite extensive
additions to their list of articles over the dis