Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-09-21
BY 1ElEaRA
MAINE DISPATCHES.
THE MAINE STATE FAIR.
Thirty Thousand People on the Fair
Grounds-Thursday's Reccips II.
TINA ed at ss000-Prem ums
Awarded-ElectiOn of
Officers.
Lewiston, Sept q

Eighty-nine carloads of people were brought
into Lewiston by the Maine Central and
Grand Trunk railroads Thursday. Every
car was full to overlooking. When the
morning train from Bath was ready to leave
Brunswick. it had such heavy load that
the locomotive couldn't pull il out of the sta
ton. An excursion of 900 people came from
the Knox & Lincoln. The regular noon train
brought another thousand. The excursion
train from Bangor and way brought good
thousand. ne regular train brought eight
carloads more. Seven hundred people tame
from Pennington. Every train from Port
land and the West was loaded.
All these arrivals, with the people already
here and the thousands who came in teams
made the largest crowd that Lewiston ever
contained The number of people on the
park Thursday afternoon is estimated at -.
900 to 30, 600. They blocked into City Hall
so thickly that they scarcely could move
about.
The cash receipts of the Fair today are
enormous. Treasurer Osg0Od estimates
Thursdays receipts at $1,000 This sum adj
ded to the first two days receipts, make the
receipts for three days, slG,jl5.35. There is
one day more. The receipts for the whole
four days last year, which was then the big
gest year on record, Sl5, $50 10.
The Coburn Cadets from the State College,
who are spending week in camp on the
grounds, are giving fine exhibition drills.
C. z. Mattocks delighted the crowds by
exhibitions of trained colley dogs. The
Bates Manufacturing Co. have in Agricul-
tural Hall a loom and other machinery show
ing the process OF cotton manufacture. There
are one thousand people tenting on the
grounds. There was an ideal farmers camp
meeting last night; they took tea by electric
light. Nearly one hundred towns are repres-
ented in the encampment. The show of
cattle, especially in thoroughbreds, is ample
and fine, demonstrating the progress in stock
raising.
The following premiums were awarded at
the State Fair;
For stations for general use-GIedarm
owned by c. p. Drake, first; Dec. Franklin.
second; Young Ray, third.
Gen. Tillstun's special purses for colts of
COnstellaton-llenry Dow of Pittsfield,
first; Vas-alboro Day first for four years old {;
c. II. Nelson's Gelding first for three wears
old.
Gentlemen's Driving horses-First, Alphin,
owned by DIR. W. b. Swasey of Cornish; sec
ond, Gladston, owned by G.. r. Lancaster OF
Newport; third, Little Dealer, owned by J.
f. Winans of Waterviie
Grade OF Holsteins-D. II. Allen of Hal
lowell, first.
Grade of Jerseys-Richard johnson of
Turner, first.
Grade of Durhams, cows and heifers-
Messrs. Keene of Putsfeld, first; two wears
old, c. b. & A. c. True of Litchfield.
Calves A. Sawtelle of Oakland
Cows-W. W. Blnadug of New Sharon
Grades of heiters and cows, two wears old
c. ii. Hilton of Arson.
Heifers and calves-A. Atkinson of South
N.orridgewalk.
White Chester swine and boars-Dr. A.
Garcelon of Lewiston, first
South down sheep, lot of six-B. F. Briggs
of Auburn; lot of three, A. G. Thurlow OF
West Gloucester.
Bucks-G +. Fogg of Greene
Shorpshire-Amos Hatch of jackson.
Oxford dOwns-C. A. Bracket of Gorham.
South Downs-N. Il. Boutele of Water
vile.
Cotswold bucks-C 2. Mattocks of Port.
land
Brood mares-First, C. II. Nelson OF
Watervile; second, B. NJ. Gretchen; third
c. A. Msr,ton of Skowhegan.
Brood mares with foal-First, George h
Pierce of Auburn
Foals of lss3-First, Geo B. Pierce OF
Auburn.
Fillies one year old-Fred w Jones of
Auburn; two years old, B. F. Briggs of Au-
burr.
The $50 class. purse of 5000, was won BY
Geo. o. in three straigb: heats: Sunrise see.
ond. Best time, Sli
ne 80 class. purse S2uU, was won by
Aroostook Boy in three straight heats Jack
Spratt. second; Grey Dan, third Grey Nose,
fourth Best time. 2.3lA.
The State Pathological Society met this
evening, and after an informal talk voted 70
adjourn the election of officers to the winter
meeting.
Al the annual meeting of the State Agri-
cultural Society the following officers were
elected:
President-Rufus Prince of Turner.
Seeretary-A. L. Dennison of Portland
Tressurer-Ii. 5. Osgood of Augusta
Trustees Alonzo Libby of Saccarappa ; G.
A. Emerson of Iiteafield; S. G. Gerard of
Levsnt; \. S. Allen of Dennisville
The gate money today was the largest ever
taken in any fair. Fully 10000 attended the
tro,ting by electric light Wednesday. II
gave unqualified satisfaction.
Schooner Abandoned.
LEWIS, Del, Sept. 20
Schooner VIM. F. Green, at Delaware
breakwster for Orient, l.. l.. reports that on