The Portland daily press., 1891-09-24
Many Fat and Ponderous oxen At
tend the Fair.
Pixies DeerIng Horse Saxon and Lew
iston's st. James Winners.
The People, the Pumpkins, the Crazy
Quilts and Live Stock.

big crowd.
The first sight to greet the visitors eye
yesterday morning was the grave, ponder
GUS and dignifed spectacle of the town OK
tea ms getting ready for the competition.
Twenty-six yoke Of oxen, each yoke worth
$175 or $1,000 an average, with 26 proud
farmers waving goads in the air and shout
ing "Haw Golden" Gee Buck!" "Ha'
Starl" ETC., are sight rot seen every day.
These were the town teams:
CUMBERLAND.
Charles H. Morrills two yokes Of Durhams and
George L. LeIghton's yoke Of grade Durhams.
John huiit's yoke Of Hereforus.
Silas Russelps yoke OF Durhams.
r. b. Morrison's yoke OF Durhams.
John d. Blanchards yoke OF Herefords, full
blooded.
O.W. Leightoh's yoke of Herefords and Dur
hams.
William MerrIlrs two yokes Of Durhams.
FALMOUTH.
Horace Leghton's yoke OF grade Herefords.
William w. Libby's two yokes OF grade Here
M. o. Huston's yoke of grade Herefords.
Richard Mountfort's yoke OF grade Herefords
J, L. Whitehouse's yoke of Durham and Here
fords.
Josiah Aliens yoke Of Durhams.
Nathaniel Packard. yoke Of Heref jrds.
q ID. II. Halls yoke OF grade Heref0rds.
1AhhOO1h AMI NOhtA 1Ah mOOIhs
Henry o. Hamllton's yoke of Herefords.
Roscoe q. HaskelPs yoke Of Herefords and Dur
hams.
E. T. Russell's yoke of Grade Herefords.
Nehemiah P0rter's yoke OF Heref0rds
Wln Snelps yoke Of Grade Herefords.
The first premium on town teams went to
Falmouth, second Cumberland. North Var
mouths team was not large enough to get
third.
nf hoA 4.
fine yoke of Herefords. weighing 415O. and
girting about feet, 6 inches, which went
with the Yarmouth and North Yarmouth
teams. but were bought by Mr.. VIM. Smell of
Falmouth, for S225 and put onto the Fal-
mouth team. A year or two ago such a pair
OF oxen would not have brought more than
$3.50. That year the farmers were feeling
rather discouraged on the OK question.
In thu Hall.
The DISPLAY Of fruit was very fine, among
the exhibitors being A. +. Winslow OF Fal-
mouth. who had fine lot of apples. pears
and grapes. Mr.. Wlnsl0w's display was one
Of the largest OF the fruit department. 9th
er exhibitors of fue fruit were James
Whitney of Gray. r. N. Leighton, S. f.
Pride Of Cumberland. S. Whitney of Cum.
berland. J. Hulit Of Cumberland. Bert Whit
ney Of Cumberland, Peter Peterson Of Cum
berland, F. A. Blanchard of Cumberland.
On the fruit table were some white egg
ferned gourds raised by Howard l.. Clough
and Daniel Marston, which attracted the at
tentlon OF the city people. Mrs. j. w. Shaw
of Cumberland had fine display Of canned
fruits and jellies. Mrs. f.. I. Hall Of Cum
berland and Edith Hall of North Yarmouth
also made fine contributions to this display.
The display of vegetables was not very
great, although there were some very good
exhibits.
The quilt show was not large but very gor-
geous. Most of them were Of silk, and were
exhibited by Mrs. FL. +. Leighton, West
Falmouth. Eva Black, West Cumberland,
Mrs M; Z. Graham. Falmouth.
Mrs. Q: S: Thomes. Cumberland Centre and
Mrs. w. b. Bailey of Deering.
Other quilts were exhibited by Mrs. Fred
Haskell of Cumberland, Mrs. Sarah l.. Gill
man Of North Yarmouth, Mrs. j. M. Leigh
Cumberland. and Miss j. s. Merrill of Cum
berland. who had very pretty knit quilt.
In Afghans, pretty ones are on exhibition
by Mrs. N. A. Clough Of NoIta Yarmouth.
Mrs. W; B. Bailey of Deering, Mrs. +. Ken
ney Of Deering. Miss Effis Pride Of Fal-
moath and Mrs. Ii. +. Farris of West Cum
berland.
In the flower department good DISPLAYS
are made by Mrs. NJ. w. Pearson and j. w.
Shaw. who had cut flowers. OF potted plants,
Mrs. IL, f. Hall OF Cumberland aud Mrs. A.
ID. Farris and Carrie b. Hall, made the dis
play.
The art department was not large, but 1t
was conspicuous for some very nice work.
Mrs. X, ). Th0mes had several pictures that
attacted much attention, conspicuous among
Them n larQA olu stQr 0f hOllUh0akl dana in
oil. Miss Hattie S. Merrill Of Cumberland,
had several fine landscapes and flower piec-
es. Miss l.. p. Prince Of
North Yarmouth, had a finely painted ban
er, and very beautiful crayon copy of the
well-known engraving "Pharoah's Horses"
Miss Edith Green OF Cumberland Centre,
shows some beautiful flower pieces on
plaques and glass, and one oil painting.
Miss Cora b. Huston has a painting Of little
buds and some beautiful lava work.
Some of the Premiums.
The display of cows was much ahead OF
the usual show. Mr.. Joseph Harris, who
with Messrs. Wills l.. Mountfort and N. S.
Shurtlef. has been on the committee for
cows he has ever seen on the grounds. The
grade Jerseys predominate with few
stock cows. The premiums are as follows:
On herds, first, Albert Rideout Of Cumberland; I;
y. L.,Clough Of Cumberland.
Full blood Jersey. first, +. L. Blanchard; sec
0nd, q. A. Merrill OF Cumberland.
Mich COW, first, A. RideOut; second and third
A. Il. WinslOw Of Falmouth
Stock cow, first, 5. l.. Clough; sec md, A. +.
Wlnslow
Fun blood two-year-olds, first, F. L. BIanch.
ard.
Full blood one -year-old, second, F. L. Blanch-
ard.
Full blood calf. second, f. L. Blanchard.
Grade heifer, two-years, first. Albert Rideout
second, O. II. Prince of Cumberland.
Grade heifer. one year, first, Ii. jenkins, Cum
berland; second, Goodnow Of Cumberland.
Grade heller calf, first, Albert Rideout.
The committee on vegetables was compos-
ed Of Mr.. Sweetsir Of North Yarmouth,
Sewall Whitney Of Cumberland, and ..Sewal
Haskell Of Cumberland. The premiums
were:
Trace Of yellow corn, S-row variety-1st, J. HUI
lit Of Cumberland; I'd, Q. II. Loring Of North Var
Sweet corn, Terry's hybrId-1st N. NJ. shaw OF
Cumberland; I'd, Sewal Whitney.
Early Crosby-2d, L. G.. Blanchard, Yarmouth.
snap corn-lst Edward Leighton, Gray; I'd,
Pop corn-lst, Harry s. Alden, North Var.
mouth; I'd, Geo. II. Prince, Cumberland
YellOw-eyed beans-1st. l.. Il. Leighton, Cum
berland; I'd. Edward Leighton, Gray.
fea beans-2d, Edward leighton, Gray
California beans-2d, Edward Leighton, Gray.
Yarmouth.
Welcome oats-2d, A. Il. Paris, Cumberland.
Barley-2d, Sewall w. Whitney.
Potatoes, Bunker's extra early-lst, II. A. True,
Cumberland; I'd, N. G. Roberts Westbr0ok.
land.
Queen potatoes-1st, W. L. Merrill. Cumber-
lend; %, A. y. Wlnslow, Falmouth.
PURITAN Potatoes-1st, M. w. Pearson, Cumber-
land; I'd, w. L. Merrill
Early Maine-2d. X. Hodsdon, North Yarmouth
tlli4basket potato-2d, K. Hodsdon, North Var
mouth.
Early rose-1st, Sewall whitney, Cumber land !;
"a; James Whitney, Gray.
Mnlte elephant-2d. James Whitney, Gray.
Early Ohio-2d, Edward leighton, Gray.
nogh0rn-2d samuel Skillings.
Delaware-2d, A. f. PARIS, Cumberland.
vdnrnips-Rnti Baga. 20, q. Il. Tracy, North
Yarmouth. English I'd. K. Hodsdon.
Onlons-2d, A..G. Grow, Cumberland.
T., beets-lst, A; G.. Grow, Cumberland; I'd, Dan
lei Marst0n, Falmouth.
q ! Iaole beeti-lst, Percy Leighton, Cumberland; !;
"a, A. III. Paris, Cumberland
1onatoes-2d, Daniel Marst0n, Falmouth.
squash I'D, Daniel Marston, Falmouth,
land. - 80 N"' "S"' N"A'O0'
0Marshmelen-2d, Sewall Whitney. Cumberland,
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