The Republican journal., 1886-10-14
The Stockton Fair.

it was fully up to either of them, in quality of
goods displayed, and it cannot be denied that
the quantity was grand surprise to ALL The
town hall was well filled with vegetables fruit
and poultry of il very superior quality. Among
the exhibits We're some fine sweet potatoes and
peanuts raised here i'll town. Edwin Partridge
had the largest display of vegetables. but many
Others are entitled to great credit. The cage of
turtle and fanta doves shown by Mr.. Huntoon
were very handsome. A bronze turkey exhibit
ed by Levi Griffin had laid 1913 eggs this year,
and some white Chinese geese shown by Chas.
DeyerauX were handsome novelty. 1t will
be impossible to more than glance at what APP
peared in either hall. The upper or Grange
hall was picture in itself. Butter, jellies,
pickles. ETC.. were first to be seen we enter
ed, with line of quilts, rugs and various
kinds of ncedlcwork hanging above the tables
and extending five times the length of the hall.
Two long side tables were given to home talent,
mostly ladies work. The centre table was
covered with foreign and ancient works, and
one or two inventions. among which was an
automatic fish catcher, and above this hung a
beautiful hall lantern made by Mr.. Frank
Bradford, who spends his summers at Fort
Point This table contained a large steam
boat made by Capt. Melvin Colcord, and sew
tldl OiHtI uOllC pGOlutllOuS IlldU cOulu not
find room on the side tables. All of the mer-
chants made fine displays and none more beau
tiful than that of Miss Ann Thompson. A
beautiful collection of stuffed birds, animals
and fish shown by Capt. Warren Griffin adorn-
ed the rear end of the hail. The potted plants
at the left and right of the stage We're fine,
Mrs. j. NJ. AmeS having the largest display.
large night-blooming cereuS adorned the CEN
ire of the stage, the flower having opened in
the night was all day slowly closing. Oil paint
ngs and crayon work by home artists covered
the entire west end of the hall and astonished
every one by the talent displayed. Many of
these paintings, among which We're some by
the late Geo. Bates and by Lizzie Dow, Ora
Partridge and Nellie Roberts, would receive
special comment if space would permit. But
we can only glance at such things rs most at
tracted the attention of your correspondent.
Capt. Everett Staples made quite display of
japanese and Chinese work that he had gather
ed in various voyages, and many others pre-
sentcd nearly as great variety. Minerals
from various parts of the United States We're
displayed on the center table by various persons.
N. Mcdonald showed twenty-five pieces of
japanese work of various designs and ma
terial>. I. F. Shute exhibited a sacred horn
from Africa used to keep sacred records in. A
rug hung over this table lately knit by aunt
Polly Dickey when she was ninety-tiye years
Old. Mrs. I. p. Shute exhibited an air plant,
or resurrection plant. that has lived in her fam
dead stick but it was closed up at night and
opened i'll the forenoon and keeps this up every
day It, roots We're in water, but the plant will
live without water. No earth is allowed to
touch it. sear>port, Prospect and Bucksport
people had articles on exhibition in both halls
but | think only small percentage of the
show was from out of town. \ large ard
handsome dol exhibited by EVE Co>tigan at
tracted much admiration. A geography class
in school had on exhibition some fine map
drawing, and the specimens of writing by the
primary scholars drew out much praise. The
hooked rugs by Mrs. Edith Fletcher. done in
her siNty-nintl year, deserved the high praise
they received.
The live stock exhibits had some surprising
features. i two year old colt of Eugene
RlanchardS, weight $50. was beautiful animal.
+. 6. Clifford exhibited fine three wears Old
Guli, not particularly large, but very handsome
ly built. The two steer calves six months Old
among the poor farm stock would DO credit to
any cattle show. They had no appearance of
over-feeding, rushing and blowing up for show
purposes. but We're extremely large, finely
developed and active. As the poor farm is of
public interest. especially to the stockton tax
payers, will mention each animal, and Mr..
L0throp Is entitled to great credit for his man
agement The four year old oxen We're in
excellent condition and well trained. and the
fact that they at the trial of strength We're not
outdone proves this. The DRAG was loaded
these cattle pulled it up grade several feet.
solomon Ellis put on his five year od> and
which were thought to have done the best, but
the extra year ON the age was not more than
made good | believe Mr.. Ellis did the best
pulling for the day. When Mr.. Lothrop went
on the poor farm he found there but two old
cows. The! are still there. and two more with
them and four calves and the oxen, making ten
head, all OF Which We're on exhibition in a
group The cows are average animals and in
good condition and the two Young calves are
ordinary animals but will probably show their
keeping when taken up from the pasture. He
had also on exhibition fine OK cart made this
summer that is worthy Of special notice.
dld not see 50 much as one sheep on exhibition.
In the stock exhibition, with one exception.
all cows We're shown for their looks only. but
Mr.. Benson staples. though showing good
COW TO look at. also had written and attested
account Of her yield in the year ending oct. l,
lSSG. He has been careful each day for year
to Keep run OF her product and this gives il a
value, as Mr.. ;. is Il man whose yeracity no one
thinks of questioning. The statement is as
follows This cow, Belle, aged five has welded
9l35 pounds of milk or $500 quarts. and was
dry from Apr 1st TO May ). She has averaged
for the whole year nine quarts per day She
yields pound of butter from a little less than
seven quarts of milk. The most of the milk
was sold Cat five cents per qt.) but had all the
milk been kept for butter She would have pro-
worth of milk. and the yield of butter. butter
milk and skinned milk would nave been of
about the same value. The valdc of the calf
and the dressing produced We're not taken into
account. The hand>Ome>t butter exhibited for
the day was by Mrs. c. 5. Randell from Il
Jersey cow. 10 show a cow tor exactly what
she Is. a statement of what she has done for
the past year and a specimen of her butter is
the only fair test. Merely showing COW for
looks is no test at all. Her gcntlencss and
how she milks make a large part of her value
and ought to appear with her other exhibits
Mr. Staples showed none of the butter of his
cow and think no one was invited to test her
by milking her. Let us have our cattle shown
for what they are actually worth hereafter and
not merely for what they look like No trial
OF strength OF speed was made on any horse.
Every one was Shy of even a scrub race.
although men ready to brag on their horses
We're not wanting. 1t is true we have no
good ground to race over, but it was the same
Tor each horse and as fair for all, even if it is
poor to drive on against time. We need some
thing for trotting park in this village. The
Gilmore field on the old McGilvery lot if
properly laid out would furnish good park,
with room for fair buildings and stock pens in
the centre. and it is possible the Grange may
be enterprising enough to make some effort in
this direction within a few yeas. This fair
has been great financial success and has put
the Grange on solid basis.
The immense strides made in the last few
years III agriculture have fully proved the value
of the Oranges to bring out the actual worth of
old Maine. The Grange has proven that we
are full match for any farming region on
what our soil will produce, and all the great
west gains by an easy soil to cultivate and non
use Of dressing is paid for with us by the high
er prices we get Oh all we produce. The truth is
III the west they know more about handling their
kind of soil than we have ever known about
ours, and nearly all machinery is adapted to
their soil and i'll adapted to ours. 1t is useless
to think that farming tools of the west will do
well enough for New England clay and rocky
soil. We want tools suited to our soil and must
have them a good substitute for suIky pillow
was on exhibition here but it had no attach
ment by which rock could be SHARED without
turning the whole team. The pillow. though
good for clover soil, is worthless for half the
soil of Maine, and the same is true of all other
implements exhibited. The Maine Changers
should give more inventive energy, discussion
and encouragement to this great defect in the
farm implements of Maine, and for the balance
of New England, as for that.
The base ball game between the Stocktons
and Bucksports bid fair for an excellent game
but the Bucksports led, II to 7, in seventh in
nlng when dispute arose about the decision
OF the umpire Ga Bucksport boy), and several
OF the Stockton boys threw up and this stopped
the game. The mistake was in not taking an
umpire from Searsport or Prospect so that no
room for jealousy could have been possible
1t is necessary to state that all the committees
on prizes at the fair We're not present neither
were a sufficient number of substitutes pro-
vided, and many exhibitors We're disappointed
III not getting the ribbons they deserved. Some
exhibitors did not get in until after ten A. NJ
and the places in the hall where their goods