Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-08-22
10000 PEOPLE
Attend Eastern State
Fair at Bangor.
A Large Crowd Considering
the Cold Weather.
Exhibits in All the Departments
Constantly Increasing.
City Hall Filled With Fancy Work
of a Very Large Variety.
Haley Wins Novelty Race Gipsy M,
Second Silver Street, Third.
Merrill Wins the 2 "a Race and Veni Vice
the 2.29 Class.
Haley Wins Novelty Race; Gipsy NJ,
Second Silver Street, Third.
Merrill Wins the 2 "a Race and Veni Vice
the 2.29 Class.

Bangor, Aug. 21. - (SpeciaD. - Th,
second day of the Eastern Maine Fair ha
most successfully passed. Early in th'
| morning teams began coming in from tn,
neighboring farms and towns bringing {
| large number Of people. The regular ant
special trains Oh the railroads brought
heavy loads and by noon there were ovel
10, 600 people on the grounds.
Around among the stock pens, through
the exhibition hall, the poultry building
| the agricultural building, the crowd tool
its way while many watched the bal
game between the Bangor and Fall River
teams or took stroll among the fakirs
tents.
S. M. King of South Paris, has q fine
herd of registered Jerseys on exhibition
B. f. & f. H. Briggs of Auburn, have
fine herd of Jersey stock, consisting OF
two bulls, IL COWS and four heifer calves
r. o. Jones of Winslow, has a herd OF
l6 Jerseys bred from the herd of the late
DR.. Boutelle of Waterville. His exhibit
is headed by the ars-old bull, Fancy
Flormentor, seconded by the yearold bull
Major Merrigold. The remaining animals
are COWS ana nelIGf caves.
N H. Littlefield of Prospect has Jer-
sey herd consisting of one bull, two fine
cows and three heifer calves.
Considering the fact that the fair is held
this year one week earlier than usual, sc
bringing it so early in the season, the ex-
hibit of vegetables is remarkably fine
one. Nearly all of the table space in the
rooms over the exhibition hall is occupied,
the vegetables all being fine and nicely ar
ranged.
Among the principal exhibitors are G.
W. Snow, Newburgh village, and o. M.
8ickford Of Bangor, who have each large
general displays. The E. W. Burbank
Seed Company of Freyeburg, has a fine
exhibition of garden and field seeds, raised
IN the Saco Valley Seed Farm, in this
ROOM
A new exhibit in the agricultural
pavilion which is attracting fully Its share
IT attention, is n canoe made and shown
by G. b. Thatcher of Bangor. The boat
differs from the ordinary In that it has a
pneumatic gunwale, which renders it al
most impossible to overturn the craft
During the forenoon large CROWD
witnessed the trial of the draught oxen al
she west end Of the ground. The exhibi
ion was a fine one though not finished
| today.
At City hall, down town. there is 9
big display of fancy work, paintings, etc
and a good crowd Is In attendance every
afternoon and evening Among thu
| articles of fancy work are many specimens
of needle work which are worthy o
| special mention, but for lack of space only
y few can be noted.
A center piece done In Kensington b,
| Mrs c. c. Barrett of Bangor, S5 years o.
| ,ge. is remarkably fine, also tray c!otf
] done in the same stitch by Miss Haze
| Raw, aged years, of Old Town.
| Mrs. S. F. Walton of Bangor, has severa
| articles done In Kensington and cut work
| which are finely worked.
In Mexican stitch, Miss NJ L. Roger.
of Brewer, Mrs. l. Nichols and Miss Net
tie Rollins of Veazie, have large ant
beautiful exhibits.
In cut work, excellent displays are mad,
| Nv Miss Rollins, Mrs f. A. Wilson o.
| Bangor, and Mrs. X. a. Webster of Ban
| gor
Mrs. A. E. Baker of Bangor, show.
| some beautiful work in Russian embroid
| ry.
In room up stairs from the main hal
| is a splendid exhibition of paintings ant
drawings. Mrs A b. Crockett of Dexter
| exhibits several very finely executed paint
| ngs. one Of the most noticeable of the col
| ,ction being the Basket of Lilacs -
Mrs. A. NJ Hodgden Of Hampton Cor
ner, has fine piece Of work In the "News
boy"
Morning and Afternoon" by Mrs
A. H. Moore of Old Town, are two picture.
| shich attract lots of attention.
| Edwin S. Kent Of Brewer, a lad Q year:
of age. exhibits handsome and finely
| executed landscape scene, and Miss Pear
| Milliken, one of Mrs. Emery's pupils
,as fine thing for beginner In ''Th,
Old Mill"
George Earle of Bangor, a young mar
| who has been attending the Pratt insti
sute. shows some excellent pen and inl
| drawings
There are many other attractions in tht
art room which deserve mention il space
would permit.
| The high wind made watching the race
| trille unpleasant. this afternoon, but fol-
1 III that the grand stand and the new
OMEN air seats were all well filed Ths