Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-10-15
Miscellaneous.


The annual town fair Of the Bluehill
Farmers Club, occurred Sept. 30. To say
perhaps conflict with the catechism Of our
early dars, but 10 say 1t was the best show
taken all in all We have ever had is simple
truth; and for this We are under great OBJ
legations to our North Sedgwick friends.
Their town team which numbered seventeen
pairs Of oxen and steers, made grand ap
pearance they were all nice stock, hand
some and well trained Those North Sedg-
wick farmers evidently take great pride in
their vocation and their wives are help
mates indeed f. r. and G. Vi. Allen exhb-
tied eighteen different varieties Of apples, all
of which were beauties We are also indebt-
ed to John A. Green Of South Surry, who
brought one pair bronze turkeys;the gobber
weighed 3s lbs He also brought three young
ones, and some handsome Plymouth Rock
chickens; some very handsome apples and
very nice sheaf OF wheat, Mrs. |. A.
Green, exhibited a coa;rollable hive Of Ital-
ian bees, with honey. Mrs. Green is a ve:y
intelligent lady. and so familiar was she with
her bees that they seemed to share in her in
telligence She took great delight in explain.
ing the workings Of the hive, and the wa,
to tske care Of the bees. and We hope at our
next fair to see her and more of our South
Surry neiS Shbors. Before giving the report
OF the committees We cannot refrain from
making the suggestion that in the future,
every effort should be made 10 get all our
farmers interested in the matter. They will
find that they will be stimulated 10 raise
more, and better crops, and hsndsomer and
better stock. Let all take the lively inter-
est that few take and our fairs would be
greatly improved. Yet our farmers that
contributed to this fair are deserving Of great
credit for the very handsome show they
made. To single out or make special men
ton might not do, as they were all very
good but We will say, initiate the example
Of A. \. Osgood. Alfred {. Osgood, Aug
Peters, James T. Crindle, James l.. Saun-
ders and few others, in being interested in
this matter and you will make wonderful
improvement. Nor will we forge, the la
dies depari ment. Tteii display was eel
lent. The painting of Pc e.,' Point, and also
the piece by Mrs. Sarah Mcdowell, we're
marvels Of beauty. 1t is not our VOCATION
to speak of the fancy work, or to 81 ige ou,
this or that one, lest We might be accused
of Partially, but We will say thai to our
eyes they were all excellent. We append
the reports of the various committees, and
would especially commend the report Of the
committee on fruit as model they berg
very young men will account for the closing
paragraph of this report.
Town teams-BluehIll, 80 pairs. North
Sedgwick, II pairs.
Matched oxen-Chares Curtis, George
Morse, Frank Wood, Aug. n. Oseood,
Israel Webber, John Thurston, David Thurs
ton, James L. Saunders, Dean Dority, Geo.
Pert, William Horton, Otis Gray. Joseph S.
Slower, Z. S. Haskell, John H. Carter, Win
field s. Staples. All the above named cat
tie were so closely matched that the COM
mitiee were undecided as to who among
them should have the first premium.
Fat cattle-lst prem, Frank Wood I'd,
Israel Webber Sd, Simeon Leach.
Drawing of oxen-Andy Leach, years
old, weight Of cattle 244O lbs., drew 1874
los. George A. Morse, cattle. years old.
weight 2545. drew 1898 lbs. Simeon Leach,
cattle, years old, weight 1855, drew 1898
lbs. George A. Pert. cattle, years old,
weight 1890, drew 1850 lbs; Aug C. Pei
ers, cattle, 5 years old, weight 3495, drew
626l lbs. Alfred C. Osgood, cattle, years,
weight 1855, drew Gill lbs. James L.
Saunders. cattle, years old, weight 5000.
drew Sill lbs.
Steers. years old and under-3 yrs. old,
Geo. Osgood, LIST prem, Joseph s. Slower,
I'd. 2 yrs. old, 6. Haskell, LIST prem. Year
lings, H. NJ. Freeman, LIST prem, David
Allen I'd. Calves, John Thurston, 1st prem.
Mich cows-Jerseys, Alfred C. Osgood,
lst prem, full blooded, S. X. Hinckley, I'd
grade. H. A. Freeman, Sd grade. Natives,
Frank Dodge. 1st prem, A. C. Peters, I'd,
r. S. Osgood, Sd. Henry Morse fine
Hereford. Warren C. Clay, F. c. Giddings
and others exhibited fine stock. The ex-
hibit in this department was fully up to