The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-05-25
FAIR AT CITY HALL.
A Large Crowd Last Evening and Bust
ness Brisk.

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Urinary was very well attended yester.
day, and last evening the strains of
Chandler's band, and the moving throne
of people in the gaily decorated hall gave
great pleasure to both the optical and
aural senses. 1t is most agreeable to the
writer to be able to say that the ladies in
1 charge of the various booths, last night,
reported very satisfactory sales.
A feature of the fair that cannot be
dwelt upon too often is the cafe in
Reception Hall. Excellent dinners and
suppers are served every day and the
| various societies vie with each other in
| the toothsomeness of the viands offered.
Today the Second Parish, ST. Lawrence
street, Pine street and ST. Luke S
churches will provide the tables.
Yesterday among the contrib utions
received were cassimeres from the In
dian Spring Wooden Mills at Madison,
and dress goods from the Madison
Wooden Company of Madison, through
H. ]. Libby & Co., the selling agents,
and shawls from the trustees of the
estate of Archibald Sim of Hartland.
Then there was some delicious butter
from the Poland Creamery Company of
Bethel; confectionery from the noted
house of Goudy & Kent of this city;
silverware and lanterns from G. E. Jose;
boots from G. j. Walker; large collec-
ton of most graceful pottery, including
two immense garden vases, from the
Winslow Pottery Company and two ele-
giant Rogers groups from Loring, Short
q Harmon. Then there were decorated
china donation from Mrs. W. 81. Stevens,
dolls from Mrs. F. L. Berry and money
from Mrs. Clinton Baxter, DR.. Jane Her.
som, E. T. Burrows, Mrs. Charles Fobes
and Miss Inez Blanchard.
In the ante-room the Portland Stove
Foundry Company makes fine ex-
hibit of furnaces and stoves. They call
their whole line both of stoves and
heaters, ''The Atlantic They make
about 65 or 20 varieties of ranges, and
large assortment of wood and coal
furnaces, and hot water and hot air COM
bination heaters, besides stoves. Their
variety ranges from $3.50 for the most
valuable to stoves that cost but dollar
and half. Some of these ranges are
very handsome and would adorn the
parlor in the beauty of ornamentation
and variety Of style. AS for the parlor
stoves they are of every pattern and at
tract the greatest attention.
People must not fail to call at the
grocery store. There is no store in the
city supplied with a more complete and
excellent line of goods. Purchasers can
have their goods delivered in any part of
the city. You can get bargains here you
cannot afford to miss.
The Atkinson parlor attracts universal
attention and admiration, and well it
may. Apart from Mr.. Atkinson's exhibit,
he has for sale goods in Royal Worces-
ter, Royal Chelsea, magnificent banquet
lamps and statuary, the gifts of personal
friends and correspondents, to be sold
for the benefit of the fair, aggregating in
value 81, 1856. The statuette ''Meditation,"
valued at 800, and contributed by Bawo
& Doller of New York, who have large
potteries in Carlsbad and Bohemia, ex-
cites most favorable criticism.
Two most generous contributions to
the fair have been that of the Electric
Light Company, which agrees to furnish
the lighting of the hospital for year free,
and the Portland Water Company, which
will furnish the water free for year.
The general table, presided over by
Mrs. W. r. Milliken and Mrs. Charles
Logan, displays ginghams and spreads
given by the Bates Manufacturing Com
pany, wooden goods from the Moosehead
Mills, Franklin j. Clark, agent, station
cry and pens from L. Prang Company
and Estabrook and Spencer, Baird & Co.
In speaking of Mr.. Clark's contribution
yesterday we inadvertently referred to
his contribution as ginghams from the
Marshall Mills.
Among the contributions, yesterday,
at the Ward table, was beautiful etoh-
ing from Miss Shannon; at the Ward 8
table perfumery and very pretty water
color by Miss Maxwell; at the Ward 4
table an oxidized silver lamp from Carter
Bros, slippers from Nelson & Sargent,
marine painting by Harry B. Brown,
valued at 500, silver oyster dish from
Stevens &c Woodman, and silver Gov
cred cracker jar from Griffiths, the Jew
eller; at Ward table handsome doll
and fine carriage blankets; at Ward 6
table beautifully silk covers for sofa
pillows, beautifully worked tea cloth,
several attractive water colors.
The Bingham and plush looms drew of
course crowds of interested spectators.
Mrs Wilhelmina Graham presided at the
gingham loom and Miss Elxima Guimond
wove the tasty silks of the Haskell Silk
Company.
The ice cream booth had about all it
could attend to and the patrons occupied
seats on the stage as well as in the pa
vilion.