The Portland daily press., 1889-09-11
BUXTON AND HOLLIS FAIR.
A Good Opening Day-some Notable
Exhibits.

BAR MILLS, September 10-The Buxton
and Hollis fair opened with good first day
attendance. The grounds have been greatly
improved since last year, a hall and new
sheds having been built, the track rolled and
otherwise improved, and telephone put in.
to the hall. making it easily accessible to the
outside world.
In the park department, the exhibits were
very fine. at the head of the list OF cattle,
stands the herd from Maple Grove Farm. en-
tered by Mark P. Emery, Esq. Mr.. Emery's
herd consists of two year-Gid Holstein bull
which has a girth Of feet, and three Hol-
stein heiters. a Jersey and Guernsey cow,
and two of the queer looking roam COWS that
G. S. ID. Nichols of Buxton has six fine
Jersey cows in three pens. Ralph Kay OF
Buxton exhibited 13 Jerseys, mostly heifers
and calves. w. c. Webster of Portland also
sends herd of Holstein- Frieslans and a
two-year.old Dutch bull, that is the centre Of
attraction on that side of the enclosure.
In the horse department, Mr.. Webster has
a fOur-year-o black stallion that has never
been educated for speed, but which is bound
to take good position whenever he is
trained: Mr.: Webster also, has two full:
blooded Shetland ponies which are well
= DR.. F. A. Southwick has stallion, older
than Mr. Webster's, but no less worth look
ing at.
S. L. Smith exhibits fine Holstein stock.
mails, c. w. McKenney's five yoke and G. E.
Harmon's steers being particularly notice
able.
o. 81. Burnham has pen of good looking
Southdown sheep. Mr.. Burnham also has a
coop of Plymouth Rock fowl. In the hall
able. Ralph Kay has two tables covered
with all kinds Of squashes, pumpkins, beets,
cucumbers, and turnips, the whole making a
welcome showing for poor year.
Mr.. Burnham d son also cover nearly. the
whole OF q table with IS varieties Of potatoes.
peppers, tomatos, as big as mans head,
and many apples, peas. plums and grapes.
Ihe ladies have q large share In the
exhibition, Mrs. p. G. Carle has silk quilt,
Mrs. Marilla Bradbury, tides ard splashers,
Rebecca Usher a banner, Miss Estelle G.
Dearing a hand painted PLAGUE, G.. E.
Bradbury has two handsome oil paintings,
Miss Jennie Moulton quilt and Miss
Louise G. Moult0n a sofa pillow.
The dairy products and domestic manu-
factures. exhibits were small in number but
very we'll made consisting of butter, jellies,
honey and bread of various kinds.
The trotting events Of the day, were the
seeciety,s purse Of $50 open to the horses
gentlemen's driving race. There were
A and JACK Shepard. a Jack Shepard % proved ri
the fastest horse. There were. seven start
ers. in the second race including, A. J.
Daisy and George Milliken's Tricky. The
first heat resulted in victory for Daisy.
Time 3.06.
Frank P. Fox of Cornish acted as starter
with Mahlon Jordan of Saccarappa, and
Captain Emerson of Buxton as judges. DR..
Southwick kept the time.
Premiums in cattle, sheep, swine and
poultry classes were awarded today as
follows:
NEAT CATTLE.
r. +. Partridge, 1st, Guernsey COW.
c. s. d. Nichols, End grade Jersey COW; End
year Jersey heifer; End Jersey calves; 2nd
yearling Jersey calf.
COW; 1st Devon cow; End Devon cow.
Ralph Kay, 1st grade Jersey cows; 1st, 3
year Jersey heifer; 1st, grade Jersey heifer; 1st
nj. T: Emery, 1st, Hereford bulls.
sl,a crank Emery. End, mo, Hereford bull.
Sllas Elder, 1st, Jersey bull.
". c. Weston, 1st Hoistein bull; End Holstein
S. L. Smith, 1st, grade Holstein bull.
MATCHED AND WORKING OXEN.
James B: Berry, 1st, working oxen.
Martin v. Jose, lSt, matched oxen.
SHEEP AND SWINE.
J. Q. H. Burnham, 1st, sheep.
J. o. III. Burnham, 1st, buck lamb.
Sumner Hodsdon, 1st, pig.
POULTRY.
J. o. II. Burnham, 1st, Plymouth Rock hens
and chicks.
M: v. Jose, D. Brahmas, 1st; Plymouth Rock
chicks I'd.
FAT CATTLE.
S. w. Scribner, 1st; George Milliken, I'd.
COWS, HEIFERs AND CALVES.
M. P. Emery, 1st, Hereford heifer; 1st, Jersey
cow; 1st, three Guernseys; I'd Swiss; 1st, two
year Holstein.
Eli Wood, 1st, Durham heifer.
Cyrus Palmer, beef calf, 1st.
E. Tarbox. 1st, three-year heifer.
Edwin Turner, 1st one heifer and one COW;
John Milliken, I'd, two.year heifer.
w. G. Webster, Hols. cow. 1st; 1 three year
beef, I'd; two-year beef, I'd; one-year beef, 1st
and I'd; l calf, 1st
Silas Ellen, 1 two-year beef, 1st.
HERDS.
C.S. Nichols, 1st, Jerseys; Ralph Kay, I'd, Jer-
seys.
NJ. p. Emery, 1st, Holstens.