The Portland daily press., 1888-09-20
ON THE FAIR GROUNDS OF MAINE.
Big Exhibits In Readiness for the
First Pleasant Day.
What May be Seen at Sanford, Gray
and Corham.

| 'HSe FiOdSdUt Odys
What May be Seen at Sanford, Gray
and Corham.
Fast-Trotrers to Compete on the Sew
eral Tracks.
Especial to the PREss.1
OAK GROVE PARK, SANFORD, Sept. 49,
Although the weather is cloudy and more or
less forbidding,y yet there has been no rain, and
the first day of the Sanford Agricultural AS
sociation's second annual fair which opened
under such unfavorable auspices this morn
ing, bids fair to turn out a success after all.
AS the president of the association remarked
to the PRESS representative in the exhibition
hall this morning. "We are bound to make it
success. even if we are obliged to continue
| it into the following week."
The uncertain state Of the weather has ma
terially affected the entries of stock, but
since 10 a. m, cattle are coming in faster.
Nineteen yoke headed by the Acton Brass
| Band. arriving from Lebanon at 1890, with
| others from Alfred, Acton, North Berwick,
Shapleigh and other adjoining towns and
villages. In the exhibitors's hall the princi-
pal exhibits are as follows:
j. b. Stiles, clothing and dress goods; Mrs.
E Holmes, hair goods and fancy articles;
Mrs Stnson, Mrs Emery and Mrs. Dono-
| van OF Alfred, fine display of fancy articles
and paintings in oil. The pottery works and
hand PANIED articles exhibited by Mrs Ir-
| wing Butler and daughter of Springvale, at
tract great deal of attention. |: A. Butler
shoes, as also do Butler, Clark and Daven-
port. G. W. Costello ofWaterboro, is here
| with bee-hives and bee-keepers' supplies and
is in himself an encyclopedia of information
| of bee culture.
s. b. Emery of Sanford, makes an exceed
| ingly fine display of house furniture, Smyrna
rugs, carpets, chamber sets, etc. In B. p.
| Hamilton's display of harnesses, horse cloth
ing, carriage trimmings, etc, is included a
remarkable fine truck harness manufactured
by him expressly for John Mccarthy of Han
over. N. Ill. The display of fruit, vegetables,
etc, is unusually fine.
Tomorrow the exhibition will begin at 10
a.m., with grand procession of stock, escorted
| by the Acton Band, to be followed by pulling
matches for oxen and steers. In the after
noon the race for purse No. will take place.
Purse No not being filled is declared off
and in its place a race for IS months old colts
and under will take place, SIS to first, $40 to
second and S. to third.
Tne snow at Gray.
Especial to the Press.l
GRAY, Sept. 19.-Despite the rainy wealth
er of the past few days which caused the
management of the Gray Park Association
to postpone the commencement of the ex-
hibition to Wednesday, everything indicates
most successful fair. Arrangements have
been going on for some little time looking to
gathering that would surpass any previous
efforts on their part, which means that our
State fair must look to its laurels before
they are surpassed by this historic town of
Gray.
Many advantages surround Gray Corner as
place TO call together a large gathering.
and the fact of its being the center of large
herds of cattle, as well as no end of superior
horse stock, always insures entertainment to
the thousands who come from Portland,
Lewiston and places intervening, Gray Cor
ner being the halfway point between the
above named cities.
For many years Gray Corner was a very
important point, being the stopping place of
an innumerable number of stage coaches,
and teams loaded with West India sugar
boxes, shook and hoop poles, which lent the
honorary title to Gray of being seaport.
But Gray, unlike many towns and villages in
Maine, has class of citizens who believe in
public improvements, and the past decade
has added greatly to the towns prosperity
The late Hon. Henry Pennell erected an in
stitute of learning which bears his name and
makes it possible for one to secure an Eng
lish or classical education, at cost within
the reach of all. A new corn shop employ
ing one hundred or more hands is kept busy
in its season, an with several minor indus
tries, coupled with the Gray Park Associa-
ton, which purchased twenty-one acres of
land in the center of the village, and erected
track to practice our Maine stock before
sending them abroad to do credit to their
native soil, make every citizen proud of the
distinction of hailing from Gray.
The officers of the association are as fol-
lows:
President-Silas Adams.
Vice Presidential L. Higgins, B. F. skillings
and @. E. Libby.
Treasurer-Geo. +. Cobb.
Directors-John II. Chase, Vinton E. Frank,
George A. Morrill, j. F. Hancock and Charles
Cole.
DEPARTMENT oFFIcERJ.
Superintendent of Grounds-Wm. P. Haskell.
Superintendent of Halls. L. Adams.
Superintendent of Dining Hall-George A. Nor
rll and j. w. Stevens.
superintendent of Horses-yames T. Hancock
:. Superntendents OF Cattle-O. L. Higgins and
superintendents of Ticket Experimentation
L. Frank and j. III. Chase
MarShal-Matthew G. Morrill,.
Below is a partial list of the entries which
will be supplemented by others that had not
arrived by reason of the threatening
weather. The entries in the fancy goods
and art departments are large and excellent,
but space will not permit their publication
Mrs: j; d; Andrews, 20 jars of preserved fruit;
Mrs A. B. Chapman. jars preserves; Mrs. E.. A.
McAlllster, II jars preserves; Mrs. Thomas Lib
b ta%bers M, Jelly Mrs John * JKngnt tum
Jelly; Mrs. Bella Latham, 2 loaves fancy cake;
Mrs Litus L. Adams, Parker House rolls, white
and brown bread; Maud Knights, 10 years old,
loaf fancy cake; Mrs. j. III. Hunt, loaf fruit cake
Miss Emma Merrill, display of dry and fancy
goods.
FRUIT DEPARTMENT.
Abel Black, varieties winter apples, l plate
tomatoes; Christopher Lowe, best specimen ap-
pies; Mrs. Frank Lowe, plate plums; John La
L. Morse. % varieties fruit dish grapes Samuel
L. Skillin, varieties apples; George kuight, 1S
0rin Whitney plate plums, plate pears; Hen
ry 7. Doughty. II varieties apples; Willis Hill,
basket apples; L; Nathan Hunt, 8 varieties ap-
plate plums; Jacob j. Sawyer, specimen apples;
g. w Doughty, varieties apples; q. Il. Dough-
plates apples, plate plums; Hiram O. Hunt, best
specimen apples; Mrs. j. ID. Andrews, 2 plates
pears; Charles G. Hall, dish pears; Noble E.
]. Pesley, IS varieties apples; l., L. Adams, "a
varieties apples, varieties ,plums, l variety
pears; Geo. roster, L dish pluinS; Mrs. JuIla
johnson, dish plums; Chas. G.. Goodng, speci-
men apples; Mrs. Lewis Morse, 1 dish plums
Lewis Morse, varieties winter apples
varieties fall apples; Peter Skillin, peck apples
j. I. Merrill varieties of apples; Orilla Foster
one-half pushed Of Porter apples james Coliey,
one plate Of pears Amos Colley, IA varieties 81
apples; Hugh Smith, special apples; Clara p
Gofi, one plate of grapes; Julia johnson, crab
spples; Warren Doughty, special apples; I. j.
Brown, variety of apples, dish of pears; Frank r.
Serant, special apples; Harry L. Libby, vare-
ties OF fall apples and and of winter apples
VIM. Shaw, varieties of apples; Mrs 4. g.
Hail. fancy dish of fruit; James Nash, special an
ples; Win ii. McConkey, fall apples; Frank
Hawkes., IA varieties of apples; plate Of plums
Chipman Bros, SO varieties of apples; A. b.
Chapman & Son, % varieties of apples 5 of fall
apples Of pears,1 plate of pears W. A. Thomp-
son. varieties of apples; G.. w. Merrill, 6 varie-
ties of apples; Mrs. Martha A. Merrill, dish of
pears; Julia Merrill, dish of plums; b. w. Merrill
8 varieties Of fan apples; W. II. Webster, .
K. g. Hall, specimen apples; Albert Carson
pumpkins; Cyrus Latham potatoes; II. NJ. Sawyer
rye; II. Z. Hunt, potatoes; Mrs. w. Chapman,
cabbages; Abel Black, potatoes, corn and pea,
beans; II. Lowe, trace corn; III. L. Morse, corn;
Thomas Qulnt, sweet corn; Frank Quint, beets;
Walter B. Frank, potatoes; Eben Haines, pota-
toes; Geo. Thompson, potatoes; Randall Morrell,
potatoes; John Young turnips, squash and pota,
toes; j. w. Humphrey, potatoes; /. I. Skillin,
LII In 1.Caw yIT.r4-