Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-28
SIDNEY FAIR.
A Large Crowd Attends Tbs
Popular 1eelhs.
GoItRnof Builaish In ittaldincs. ..Bsau
tifuI Weather and Spl,rdid Exhibits.
stock Crops Fruit The Entries and
the Premium Takers.
rspeci.l to the KEssEBEo Jou.sAL.l

III Especial to the KEAsEBEo JouRsAL.l
I! SIpsnY, s pit. 2s--rhe fairs of th
d, Sidney Agricultural Society have come t
4 be regarded IS among the best local farm
'e efs festivals Of the State, and always ut
Itracs . large number Of visitors. Not onl,
do the entire tovnspeop'e turn out to th,
fair. tu1 large pumbr,s OF visitors from
, Angusts, VAssalb,ro, OAklsnd, Water vile
Belgrade, Winthrop and other Kspns BE-,
Sidney fair. F5rmeYly and for eevefa
years the fairs we're exclusively srsDg.
o | fairs, and con Hned to its m mbers; bu T.
e the past folr years they have beer sx
!. tended to al people Of the tovu
and have been growing ard incressius ID
interest copst.' tiy. The chow Of fine ock
= t.kes rlste in the public srouods between
. the town house and church while the fsir il
. beld in To-n Hall, the grange hall sbove
, being used - dining hall whsre the men,
J eevs Of the Grxpge furrish geru ns far
mers' dinper TO sll who wish. These DIN
ner. are grand q &irs ard enc Of the most
= appetizlng and strscfive features of the
, anpuai fairs. rLe officers of the society
sfe:
Prrsident, Geo + B wmsn; sec etary
a. d tYeasurer. MAJ 10 L eynolds directors,
GsoF Bowman. Z A Field, Chss Merrill.
+ Warren, G X Hastings, u X Towr send.
d l. Saw'eile, Ezra Bates. D n Go. dwin,
MNk Bean N l. Re, nplds, l. X Hutchin-
n; Marshal, Fred Z Blake supi Of hall,
Ezra Bates; supt Of grounds, ID r Town
.eed.
i Tie fourth annual fair was held on Sat-
urdAy lsst. and was more LARGELY attended
tnan ever before. The day was . perfect
hutumn d.y-almoss 4 mitsummer day in
fact, il the ch uscter Of the nmp.raure
=, d he pr, v.l- cs of the wA'm south~ est
wind. By3 o'c ock the stick vas mostly
arranged Upon the grounds, ard the III 10
resdine.s-f T vi.isois; ~hlle BY II G'tioek
the grVuads roads and halls seye filled with
peope The road.des in all dir. ctiops
verr iin' d with tpsms, and the p. opie kept
srrivi'g from various quarters unit,
o'clpek Abou, noon G.ve,nor Burleish
arrived upon the ground accompanied b,
Hon S. Chsdbonrne, deputy sc retNy
VI State, his arrivsl bei0g somewhat late,
a. bsfoie leaving the cay tue Governor
m .de 3 csll upon
| Hon. James Il. Blaine,
sho bad reached his AuQus'a home only
tbe Aftei noon before; G,vrrhor Bull. ish
wishing at the earliest pJssibis moment to
pay his resp. cts TO The distir guised oiuzen
whom all Augusta ipves to honor. and no
is 10 re IN his o d home but fe~ weeks
| rbe vi.i, Vas y most pleasant one to both
Governor Burleish took dii ner in the ball,
-pynt a few hours at the fair, ming
| ..F, II
N 'eting HE msny friend., who attetted by
their c,dtality and friei diuess his strength
sd popularity smor g the coed farmers Of
Il is splendid agricultural town. The dis
play Of
Working Oxen and Steers
uas creditable to si-gis tosn, ard there
vere may ps 70 In the two tesms into
~hich tp.y yer, mide up q. good as ary
exhibited at any iaIs In Maine this fall.
The exhibitors stre:
| Town Of sida'y, two PAIRS. 8 years old,
average girth. 7 II 6 in; Gro + Bowman.
two pairs. o'e pair 8 years old. fs s in,
one pair years d. fl in; Siiss W
| Br.pg, pa,r m II. he steer, 8 Years cd, 81
f, 81; Dsnrl Bartlett, 8 years old. 7 IT q
| in; r swift 5 years oid, fl; } NJ Ham
mond, & ye.rs Id, 7f 6 'n;J X Nah. 4
y.srs Old fl s IN; W II 0s'chell, two
pairs, 3 v,srs n. ONE psi' II in, one
psir # in; II b Wyman.
| 3 psirs. ore pair ) y,s old, girtb IT; ore
pair y,s old. gir h fl c in; one psi' 3
yrs oil guth 6 Il 6 IN. N 4 Covsn. two
p@irs, one pNr ) Yrs Old s # ir ole psir
fou- years OLD, 6 IT, Levi. ID S~ift, one !
rr ? yrs ola, 6 t, l in; L d S oft one psir,
) yrs old f.; A II Smilsy, one pair 6 yrs
old, girth 7 fss'; Albert Taught, one pair !
is years Cd girh 7 fl; A II
Bailey. one pair four yesr- old. 6 fl 8 ia;
Charles Ii Bs'tiett. ty o / airs-one pair Of |
th' ee yssf-old', nth 6 II 3 ID; one p.ir. 3 |
ve.rs old. gir h 6 II 8 IN; A q Bar ard, i |
pair, 2 ye. cd. l psi 4 years old. tn.
'.tr gisttii (. in; Carlos Hammer d,
2 psirs psir, " srs old, fl 10 in; Ed
wiD G G svss, psir, 3 'esrs old, girth 6
fl 10 ipche'; Calvin Graves psir 5 years
old, girth IT; also pair years old. It
in; pslr Of 4-ye.r old bulls. Allen Fields
great sorhers ard symmetrical ~ imals
The show Of farm st ch, her Than this,
Of oxen and horses vas not 50 large as 1t
m ght and ought TO have been. Charles A
Robinson showed jersey heiIer two yes's
old; A ii Smiley, bull two years old; VIM
II gyms. twn COWS snd . bull calf Ave
|
full blood Jersey cows. very beautifur ami
mails, and a hei'er calf three months old
A pair Of handsome Hereford steers, SIX
and 4 half months old we're ex-
hitiei by Master Cly'e G. Blake, only
IL years Of sge, who promises to
make ore of the great stock farmers Of
Maine il he keeps on. As he has uch
foDfnes for catt,e. There calves were
prize winners at the State Fair at Lewiston,
weigh 1850 lbs. and are perfectly handy
Master Is ack also sh ,wed trained heifer
cslf. Theae were two lots of sheep tx
hibitt d, one by NJ Shores, the name of
the 9th r, xhioitor We we're unahle To learn.
There y ere a large number Of boPses and
colts on exhibition, = list Of the same and |
their owners being given:
Jsmss II Ban HambIetorisp and |
Nor an mar, and also o'e 4 yrs old colt
and mos old bv Csrenausht; Miss M
w Townsend, driving horse, 4 yrs Old;
ID Stevtns, year old colt, Arthur ID, BY
Gideon, osm by Drumr ood's Knox. second
dam DIES mar - n Ssifr, Percheron
colt. 2 yrs old, by Capt Pulley; Fred OF
Hsmlen, brood mare ID colt, also colt 2
yrs old and colt oBe year old, with family
horse and fosl. George York
3 year. old colt; S + Hammond. 2year old
colt; II Hall.r, broo mare and foal by
Echo Silas " Bragg. stands ard bred 3 year
old lilly By Brilliant, euttf . mare by snn
of Gen Knex Mr.. Bragg Iaised the geld
ing Browofe now . ,ear-old ont Of the
same dam By Nelson's Wilkes nov in the
West 10 Mr.. Nelson's surg Of horsee,
having record Of $50 Ooe year old
colt By C.esnee, owned bJ lease Hersom,
OAKLAND, by Won Moitke. vas shown by
F. o. Ham ea; Gray + gle. ) yesr nld, by
the Co house, out OF dne bred mare
was shown by c 4 Goodhu-
WA Field exhibited . brood mare BY
Maine Sls-h.r, Dam Jessie Ridley. with
montbs old foul; siso q ly 2 years old bs !
Kn.x dam by Maine Sis'h.r; :
also Belle, 6 yss,s old, by Norton's Ham
bietoi i,n d.m bs Maine Slssher; and cot
years old by spring',me, dam by Norton's ,
The hail sas arranged vi h much good
taste-;he GENRE tabn upon the q ,of being
assigned to fruit and fjvers. the outer ones
to vegetables canned fruit honey. dsiry |.
PRODUCTS and misc lianepus articles. and
tne stage tsbhs IN s,ecinens IF ladies , ,
vo:b, shiie qeilts. bed pfeAde, rugs, seies /,
and ornamental ~ork vas suspspded upon !
TIE vail sid abcut the hall giving very
pretty .fect The Standard and Hcme
sewins machines we're also exhibited upon
the stage
D Ward sxsibited the Redwood range
ard Onward parlof stove, Tor tie former
Of which Mr.. Ward took several orders.
He also cold several ct The R-sdhsld fair,
snd vii exhibit sr Sc nth Windsor fair this
week. There 10 nothing like advertising .
good thing il one vsLts 70 sell it. |,