The Portland daily press., 1895-08-30
IN CITY HALL.
The Weather Interfered but Little
with the Attendance.

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Committee on Premiums Begin Thei'
Work some Pockets Picked in the
Crowd at Night.
The lowering skies and heavy rains o.
early morning proved "a damper to many
who contemplated visiting the fair, pu'
neverthele SIS City Hall showed large
attendance of which a large proportion
was ladies.
From different vendors came peculiar
cries calling attention to their wares
Close by the door stand q small table
where a man sells patent apple and
potato slicer, and with almost lightning
rapidity peels and slices fruit, all the
time telling his littel story with a rapid
ity of utterance that causes the visitor tt
wonder where the wind comes from. The
phonetoscope and the kaleidoscope and al
the other scopes, are IN full blast, ant
are largely patronized. The voluble gen.
tleman in the gold laced cap, who ex
patiates on the wonderful scenes of the
Passion Play to be seenin theante cham
Der, is constantly surrounded by a gaping
throng, and the entertainment is crowd
ed. Down at the Clover Bitters booth
it is astonishing to see how many people
enjoy taking anything they can get free,
even If it is medicine. Cute little bottles
of clover salve and courtplaster are gwen
away. Over at the opposite SIDE OF tne
hall the Californian orange wine comes
IN for frequent sampllng.
There is one exhibit that receives equal
attention from both ladies and gentle
men. This is the booth of the Palmer
Shoe Co. Every conceivable kind OF shoe,
sl1pp er and boot, CATERS, and lasts. are
here dispIayed. There are two hundred
and fifty different styles on exhibition,
and large ornamental cards tell what the
various cases contain. The firm is en-
titled to no little praise for their efforts
to show what Portland shoe dealers are
capable of doing.
kendall & Whitney's large aggregation
of seeds and all matter that pertain to the
garden receives deserved. notice. This
firm has obtained a reputation second to
none in New England and while their
main exhibit is at Rigby, the display in
the hall is highly fattering to them.
A stranger in town, but business man
of note all over the country, looking upon
the great variety of exhibits from Gondy
& Kent said that firm deserved success.
GA firm that can display such an infinite
variety of breads, cakes, crackers, ship
bread-that has national reputation
confectionery of all sort, especially
chocolates and Purity Kisses, do more to ad-
vertise town than by any other means.
Such statement as that from dlsln-
A very pretty sugar church has been
added to their exhibit, and they furnish
excellent coffee, ice cream and cake in
the cafe off of Reception Hall.
The Reform Scohol boys exhibition in the
eastern gallery is another point constant.
ly surrounded by the curious, and tho self
acting Wilcox organ. and the Terett au-
tomato pianos IN the western gallery
still another.
Space is all too limited to accommodate
the people who want to see the exhibits
of the Belknap Motor Co. and the New
England telegraph and Telephone Co.
This Is the era of electricity and SO great
is the interest taken IN these EXHIBITS that
it would seem as if it would have paid
for each of these concerns to have had a
whole hall to themselves.
Olaf A. utterstrom exhibits some very
fine work on pair OF highly polished
horns, hand painted horseshoe OF white
wood, a hand painted foot rest whose
legs are queerly twisted, highly polished
horns, and very handsome iniaid CHECKER
board.
In thu afternoon there was great rush
to the .iall. The races had been postponed
at Rigby, and that brought the crowd
into the town. 1t was q jam, so much
so that it was next to impossible to get
about. Chambers band furnished a
fine concert.
Mr. Bachelors display of grapes. re-
ferred to by u.s. includes most OF the lead
ing varieties, as Concord. Delaware, Sal
EN-, Moore's Early Vergennes, Brighton,
Isabella, Wyoming Red, ect He says
that but for the frost last spring he would
have had a crop Eof twelve.tons. while
irhb tnv Up
produces twenty five tons. Damage from
Spring frosts is exceptional. 1t is an ear
" fall frost that is more to be feared,
and these may be expected to do damage
on the average once in seven or eight
years. Mr.. Bachelder's lands are partlcu-
larly favorably situated as to frosts, often
escaping when regions near by are FROST
ed. His soil is also particularly adapted
to the grape. being light loan and CIV
ing the vines an early start in the
spring. His leading grape and the one
on which he places great reliance is the
Concord which ripens during, the last
half of September Moore's Early, how
ever, is ten days earlier than the Concord
and has very good qualities. The earliest
of all is the Wyoming Red, which, how.
ever, is inferior in flavor. Mr.. Bachelor
says that by all odds Moores Early is the
best grape for this latitude.
j. Henry Moore of Winthrop, has q
large collection OF butter, DUB all perish
able goods of this kind have been placed
In the refrigerators and are not visible tt
the gaze of the general public.
The Zenith Plate company show
large number of sample photos in cases.
Ii. Corbett of Pennington displays 6
basket of flowers and vase of flowers.
The Magic Bath Mittens displayed by
Mary E. Knowles, 100 Free street, have
many points to recommend them to the
favor of the public.
Last evening there was another jam
of people. Jack the trick dog went
through his performances again to the
great enjoyment of all who saw them,
and Chambers band played this admira
BILE programme:
MaroheTabasco. Chadwick
Overture-Zampa, Herolo
Observation-Disclosures Sullivan
Waitz-Moonlight and Starlight b Freed
observation-disclosures in the Barnyard,
Lorenberg
Synopsis. Morn-Rooster Crow-Dinnel
Horn- Singing -Sand-Jig-Stampede
of Horses-Whoa-Ba Cackle-
Rooster-Buzzing of Bees-Cow BELOW
-Imitations-Cat Call and Fight-Cow
Dogs and Cats-Johnny, Get Your
Gun-Shot-Finale.
Medlev-Ten Minutes with the Minstrels,