The Portland daily press., 1893-04-19
MAINE TOWNS.
Items Of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Gray.

Gray.
[From Our Regular Correspondent
HE PARK ASSOCIATION PREPARE FOR
THE FAIR.
Mr.. Geo. Newbegin and wife have re-
turned from Florida.
The friends of Mr.. Hezekiah Whitney
will be glad to learn of his recovery from
his late sickness.
Mr.. Richard Andrews is regaining his
health. He has been sick with typhoid
fever.
Mrs. E. T. Andrews is sick with typhoid
fever
Mr.. Frank L. Clark is little under the
weather and has been absent from the
store for the past two days.
Mr.. Jas. H. Colley and wife are soon to
return from Newburg, Mass, and will
occupy his house here.
Mr.. Will Small has hired the whole or
part OF Mr. Geo. Newbegin's house.
Mr.. Frank Ell. Lowe has grown and
cured sweet corn for several years for
lei. F. Webb & Co., and the seed has
curing house this spring.
Capt. James. Sawyer is building a
mill on the site of the one recently
burned. He had an insurance of 5000,
which will lessen his loss of $500.
The Freeman Rice Fir Balsam Wafer
Company have had a fine run of business
for the past seven months. They have
shipped their waters to parties ordering
in Nebraska and other Western states,
although they have not solicited any
business outside of the New England
states, People readily find out an article
of merit.
Golf Bros. of East Gray, will make
from a million to million and a half of
bricks this season. Their facilities for
shipping are handy, the yard being close
to the M. G. R. R. All the bricks made
by them last year went to Rumford Falls.
The Gray Park Association will hold
their fair August 20, 30 and 81 this year.
The following purses are offered for the
three days:
TUESDAY, AUG. Goth.
Purse No. 1-$125. 2.40 class; trotters and
Purse No. $3.50 for year old trotters and
Purse No. $3.50 for year old trotters and
PAGERS.
33 WEDNESDAY,, AUS. OObll.
Purse No. 4-S1Oo Green horses; trotters.
Purse No. $3.50 2.35 class; trotters.
THURSDAY, AUG. 31st.
Purse No. $500. 3 minute class; trotters
and PAGERS.
Purse No. 7-s1oo. 2 81 class for trotters
Several new features will be offered
this year for attractions. A doll table
| for children exhibitors. Premiums to
be named later.
For boys, under seventeen years, the
best specimens of wood work. Premiums
| 80, 81 and SOC.
ATHLETIC ATTRACTIONS WEDNESDAY.
1p ma one mile bicycle race, open to ALL
| So to first; So to second.
| Bicycle race open to boys in Gray, So to first;
| 81 to second.
An orange race for boys. The oranges
will be placed in pan of water on the
| top of a barrel. The boys must run 100
yards to the barrel, each take an orange
in his mouth without using his hands
| and run back to the starting point
Boys dropping an orange or touching
with their hands will be declared out of
the race. Premium to be named later.
A laced balmoral shoe race for boys.
| The boys must take off their shoes, place
them in barrel race to the barrel select
their shoes, properly lace and tie them,
and return to starting point. Premium
to be named later.
Animal race for boys. Horses and
/ colts barred. If you have an animal
that is capable of being driven without
a harness here is an opportunity to dis
| play your skill. It may be rat, cat.
dog, hen, rabbit, steer or heifer. The
animals will start from the scratch and
travel to a given point and return. The
driver will be allowed to carry two sticks
not over three feet in length. Con-
testants for the above races will report
to the athletic committee in front of the
| judges stand at 8 o'clock a. m. Pre-
MUM named later.
AS soon as the frost will permit the
track will be put into shape for use.
Water will be pumped from nice
spring to the stall doors. Any one wishing
to use this track can do so free of charge.
A good boarding place can be had for
the men close by the track. They al
ready have had quite large number of
applications for stalls to be occupied the
first OF May. The association win give
any reasonable assistance to trainers.
| DRY MILLS.
lFrom Our Regular Correspondent
| There were six inches of snow fell
Saturday afternoon and evening. Some
were out sleighing Sunday. is fast
disappearing and making the roads bad.
The friends of Mrs. Joshua Witham
will be pleased to learn that she is get
ting better.
S. W. Foster and VIM. N. Dow, two of
our selectmen, have been round over
town the past week taking the valuation
| preparatory to assessing the taxes They
| find in many places quite good supply
| of dogs.
Swallows have been seen several times
within the past week. Hartley Marsden.
who has been visiting at II. L. Morse
has returned to his home in Auburn.
Lewis Verrill, who has been at work
for G. E. Libby for the past three years,
has left and gone to the Poland Spring
| House to work.
ss Porter.
1 KEZAR FALLS.
| [From our Regular Correspondent
| A SUIT PROBABLE IN THE METHODIST
| CHURCH atslefe