The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-10-03
THE WEATHER WAS NEARLY PERFECT.
And the Corham Fair Began In Good
Earnest Yesterday.
HALL and Stall Overlooking With
Fancy Work and Farm Products.
Providence Smiles Upon the Sanford
Fair and Pleases the Sons of York.

Nobody found any fault with the weather
at Gorham yesterday. As was predicted in
yesterdays PRESS. the rain cleared off and
the fair was all the better for it. The off
cials OF the fair walked around with smiling
faces, watching the constant stream of addi-
tions to the exhibits or to the spectators.
New entries were made in every class. Jer-
sey, Shorthorn and Holstein cattle, shaggy
colts. squealing pigs tied up in meal sacks,
tapping hens and roosters, and a thousand
and-one noiseless and lifeless articles for the
hall, arrived and were put in place during
the morning. The hall presents very fine
appearance On the second floor are pianos
and organs, exhibited by II. A. Woodward.
Samuel Thurston, Cressey & Jones, the New
England Organ Company; sewing machines
by w. III. MacCausland; dairy implements
by Kendall q Whitney and others. On this
floor also are the worsted and fancy articles,
and the works Of art, notable among which
are beautiful specimens of needle work and
embroidery by Miss Florence Little; one,
silk drawn mark bureau scarf, an embroider-
ed table scarf, and an embroidered stand
cover. Miss Marion Jordan exhibited
very fine silk quilt. On the second floor Is
also fine specimen of hornblendic granite.
SkSR g. Weeks in 9WSx VEST GopSa4y Dy and Whch Is
called satin stone. 1t is a dark. very fine
grained stone, composed OF quartz and horn
blende, presenting Srayish appearance up
on cleaving, but when poIsned becoming
face are of the grayish tint of the rough
stone, thus standing out prominently from
the face of the rock, and making 1t lnvalUa-
BILE for monuments. On the third floor are
the grange exhibits, that Of the Gorham
Grange being on the right of the hall. and
the Westcustogo Grange of North Yarmouth
on the left. Notable among the fancy arti-
cles of the Gorham exhibit are large silk
patchwork quilt, made by Miss Eta Palmer,
two oil paintings by MISS Jennie Bodge
loaf of fancy cake by Miss Carrie 4. Han
son of Gorham. A large doll also orna-
ments the table of the Gorham Grange,
which is to be guessed for. The guessing
consists in telling the dolls name, and may
be described as a little more difficult than
the task of primary school teacher on first
days. In this case however the person who
hits the correct name takes the doll. The
Gorham Grange also has a fine array Of
vegetables and fruit, both in its native state
and made into jellies. preserves, etc.
The notable display of the Wescustogo
Grange is apples, apples, and apples Of all
sizes, shapes and c0lors, covering a long
table and leading one to believe that in No.
Yarmouth at least the apple crop Is not a
failure.
In the open space under the hall is fine
collection of agricultural implements, plows,
harrows, cultivators, rakes, mowers and po-
tato planters from D. T. Kelley, Kendall &
Whitney and J. j. Frye. MIR. Frye's plows
offered one as premium for blowing
match by boys under Is years of age, which
will take place Friday If the necessary
ground can be secuted.
The poultry coops are full Of fine birds,
mostly exhibited by Howard & Henderson Of
Buxton, although w. E. Cressey of Gorham
and c. E. Jordan of Cape Elizabeth have
some fine fowl. The peculiar steel blue An
dulasian birds, the black and white Minorcas
and the tufted specimens OF various kinds at
tracted much attention.
The work OF the cattle men seemed never
done, for as fast as one batch was domiciled,
along came string OF bulls all hltched by
| their noses to an OK cart, or whole herd Of
| frisky heifers and calves, which must
be slowed away somewhere. The bull from
| the Portland Poor Farm came in yesterday
and was assigned quarters.
| The patrons OF the fair and the officers
themselves are getting convinced by the hap
| py thought of Mr.. l.. B. johnson, the super
intendent of the grounds, In providing caps,
| of the rnilrOad pattern, plainly labelled for
| all the officials Of the fair. Thus there is no
confusion Of authority and the president Is
| not mistaken for the head hostler.
The track dried off nicely'and the trotting
was very successfully carried out.
THREE MINUTE CLASS.
The three-minute class was called up first.
Five horses came out at the bell and were
sent off with little scoring for the first heat.
Graffam's bay, Judge Fox. drew the pole for
the start and kept it through the first heat.
He dropped back in the next to third and
then to last place, Bay Jim being drawn in
the third heat ON account of lameness. G.
Fl. Cooks big bay geldng, Pride, although
blind in one eye, when driven by Frank Fox,
took the pole away from the Judge in the
second heat and kept it, winning in three
The last heat was won by Pride's steadi-
ness, for Wilson's powerful black mare
MANAGED 70 " come nu 70 u the WIRE irst Z
was trotting-not a running-race she was
set back. Bay Jim was far too lame to be
out, but he went two fair heats. in spite Of
it. 1t is claimed that he and Bay Tom were
shut out in the second, but as the judges did
not show the flag from the stand, the claim
could not be sustained.
The summary: