Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-07
MONMOUTH FAIR.
Good Exhibit Made By Citizens
Of this LiVa'y Place.
Lincoln County Po!toficss in a First
Class Condition.
Maine Baptists Turn Out in Large
Numbers AT Bath Meeting


Mo amouth one of the ebes.sgriculturai rock
grosir and ffuii rsising towns in Kenne-
bee county-eelebrated thsir anr u Il harvest
festival today. The FMriers and Mechsn-
les Club Of Monmouth has exhibited flr
more than twenty years and has failed
but few years during all that iims IF havirg
a1sn1ual exhibition Of farm. garden and
household products. Indeed there are few
towns 10 the county that have better fairs
than does this famous old tosn Of Mon
mouths town that has pr :duced many
eminent men, and yet has iuge share Of
sturdy well-to do farmers = ho maintain the
dignity snd honor Of the town .s ohe Of the
leading agricultural ROWS in the State
The officers Of the society for the pe,ens
year are:
:. ..Simon Cioagh, pie,i tent; William Hath
away. vice president; j NJ Gwen. treas
urer; r G. Ciough. secretary; @. T De-
lano. ts.siaus secretary J. l.. O-cu.t.
marshal; J II. Morris, assistant marshal
Directors, David Mns.on. John U. Simp.
SOD, J. L. 0rcuf. .. Gilman, Chss. A.
Ssnisrson. d. W. Wsrrep, Ods W. An
dte~s. Ga arrangement Of articles in the
bsll, Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Richmord, Mr.
ani Mrs. II. y. Blue. ID 4 Boynton, Mrs.
Z X. Blake, Mrs. Fl. A. Williams, Mrs.
A. A. Luce.
Exhibitors in the Hall.
White Elephant ard Dakota Ped pota-
toes, John L. Plummer; Rural New York
potato, C. L Oxen. Mr.. Owen states
that two ounces Of this variety produced
for him in three years ayield Of 25 bushels.
Squsshes: George NJ. Clough, R Fl.
| Clark. Z Little, J. B. Fogg, 8. E. Fish
and Miss Maria Msrston The largest ard
| fnest display Of vegetables shown, apd one
| which will compare fsvorsbly with suy
exhibited at the county fairs in
| Maine this season, is made By Mr..
s E Fish, 3 we'll known scotsman who has
been engaged in vegetable and seed grow
| ing for the past II years. The collection
| comprises csbbsges, .qussh, thIes varieties
| OF beet,, four Of POTATOES, two Of csrrots,
| four Of onions, four of corn. All the vege-
| tables are well grown and his crop this
year has been fine one. Fine onions ara
exhibited by Simeon Hamilton There is
| 8 large display Of splendid samples Of ield
corn, smong the exhibitors being Joel
Willard. A g Bates, Simeon Hamilton,
Geo W Jeffrey, Delmar W Merrill, Ethau
Little. @ Z Watts, C Z Frost, Chss Mer
rill, J Packard, X II Clarke, l. S God
ing, G L Thompson, U Thompson, and
Geo Watts.
The display Of fruit Is frst class. the
sp scimeGs being ell arranged and gener-
ally correctly named The exhibitors are
L Thompson, Is varieties; ] NJ Given.
| 4 varieties; Hon G II Andfess, seven
varieties Of apples and three of grapes; G
L Owen, three varieties spples Geo NJ
Clark, Is varieties apples, three of pears,
one of grapes AMI one of plums; G F Mer
rill, seven varieties apples; J B Pscsa'd !
three plstes apples; Geo W Fogg, IL va'i |
eties spples; q T. Watts, seven plates sp-
pies; Mrs G L Dodd. two p'stes grapes, |
very well ripened (sni the .JouRssL man
expresses THANKS for an Invitation to sam
pie the same S l. Plumner, three plates
apples; Geo w j. freys, l3 varieties
apples; Miss Maria Marstnn. II plates
spples; Hiram 4 Morris, four plates ap.
plea David Marston. Is varieties apples
Mrs C Richmond has fine exhibit of !
canned and preserved fruit, jsllies. pre-
serves, jam. etc, in great variety and mort !
temptiugly put up. &C c Richmond d |
wife"-ss the printed label resds-ilso ex-
hibited q large number Of bottles and JAYS
Of Chlii sauce which they hsve put up in
large quantities this fall and sre to place
the same on sale in this city and other
Kennebec county towns the present fall
Canned fruit is siso shown by Mrs L o
King and Mrs S Plummer.
Ladies Department.
Quurs Mrs Margaret Gray. two; Mrs
Annie L Bates, ELK Mrs Margaret Gray,
silk Mrs Ella A Norris, silk; Mrs Il L !
Jeuness. worst.d; Mrs & eosis L kiog, ELK (;
Miss Mabel A Ri ;hmond, 10 years of age, /
patchwork quill.
Rues-Mrs David Wheeler. aged 93
yesrs: Annie L Bats Mrs Rsmsdeli, Mrs
NJ A Bates, Mrs Lucy Shorey.
BRBAp-Helen l. Pierce, years o.
sge Mabel A Richmond, 10 years old. J
The committee after much hesitation q
TO merit where all losves and rolls were so
good, finally awarded the first pie ference 10
NJ IS Richm 1nd.
FANCY Work Ida Piummer, tidy
Mabel A Richmond, paper flowers; Mrs o
W Fabyan, splssher in outline Ida Plum
mer, studies in oil Mrs M A Bates, plush
tidy and piacushion; Flora B Frost. land
scape in oil; Mrs B Briggs. 81 X tidy |
Annie L Bates. fancy tidy, also silk tidy in
crazy patgtr1; Flora B Frost, two oil paint
ings; May Getchell, oil painting; Fiors
King. pencil drawings; Mrs Margaret Gray,
sfehsn.
An interesting exhibition Of mechanical
drapings was made by Prof E Fenno Heath,
principal Of old Monmouth academy, con-
,isling OF l3 pieces of his own work, very
accurately drawn and correctly l,ttere and |
shaded.
G1od Shropshire sheep are shown BY g
NJ. Prescott.
Two district teams Of Fl We piirs Of oxen
each compri ,ed all the districs teams on the
ground Single pairs Of oxen were exhib
tied by Fred NJ. Gray, . yrs old, fs ;
C K. Frcst, yrs. old. #. ) in.; f.
Little, 8 yrs old; G. f. Gilman, 4 yrs.
old snd #. in.; Bert Bates, yrs.
old, 6 it. IL ip.; o. R. Jones, Wsles, )
yrs old, I It. 4 in. Oxen were also shown
by Z. f Jacobs. Charles Robins N, Perley
Gordon. two yokes. and f 6. Bent
Lewis Brown, flly, II months old, by
Bsttsiia, by GleDsrm; Henry NJ Norris
sd months horse cols, by Stockmaa, weight
$50 pou lds, 9 large fine colt; Fred K
Blake, Morgan and Messenger mare with
fosl 3 months old. bv Lollsrd. by Presto.
by Prescott; Joel Wethereil, a. inbred
Knox mare and mon hs old colt, by Mes
.eprer Wilkes; also two colts, one two
year old by son of Glsusrn. Fl st premium
At State Fair in 1890; also one by H,rb n
gar; George PERKINS,, c)lt moo'hs old;
asrbsrt b, stallion Is months cid. bay,
black points, i4.2, weighs 500 pcu-ds, by
,sAv nuYy