Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-09-02
THE STATE FAIR.
Everything in Readiness for the For
NAL Opening, This Morning.
Exhibits and Demands Tor Space On a Scale
Never Before Reached.

Lewiston, Sept. 1.-(Special). Every
thing down to the minutest detail is In
readiness for the opening of the Maine
State fair Monday moraing. Every inch
of available space Is filed with exhibits of
some kind, and the outlook for the most
successful fair ever held is very bright, the
only thing wanting to guarantee it, being
good weather; the people of course will
come
Tonight, there arc on the grounds 700
head of cattle, over 800 horses, 475 coops
of poultry, $50 sheep and 200 head of
swine.
The exhibition hall is full, all the space
under the grand stand is crowded and
many exhibits are in the open air. The
demand for ground rents is far ahead of
anything the society has ever experienced
City bali in the city, is packed with the
finest and handsomest exhibits ever taken
to fair.
The great Grange parade of Tuesday,
bids fair to be one of the finest things in
that line, ever seen in New England.
There will be over 40 carriages in line, all
decorated, and some of them very hand
somely decorated 1t Is said that the
work of putting some of these carriages
in order for this parade was begun three
months ago.
The parade will be headed by eight
whitefaced steers drawing a wagon $50
years old, in which will be seated the
master and living past masters of the
State Grange
The trotting and pacing for Tuesday,
will be especially fine.
The great floral parade will be held,
Wednesday, and the coaching parade
Thursday. The harnesses to be used by
Mr.. Sanborn, in this parade are very Gle
CANT, some of them bearing silver mount
ings costing $3.50 a set The horses are
all full and half blood coach stations
The fish tanks have been put In place
at City hall, and are models of the kind
They were erected according to the designs
and instructions of the United States
government AID will stand the test.
The baby show, Thursday morning, at
City hall, will probably draw an immense
crowd.
The bicycle races have from II to 90
entries, and all the crack riders of che
State will be here.
A new feature that will please the Ken
nebec valley people will be special train
leaving Augusta at 7.20 A. NJ for Lewis
ton and returning, leave Lewiston at s. 95
P. NJ, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. 1t will be a great convent
cnee to the people,
Secretary Twitchell, of the Maine Agri-
cultural Society, has had his Office at the
fair grounds open, all the week Satur-
day, President Jerrard and the trustees
appeared on the grounds and arrange
ments were made for the opening of the
fair.
The hustle commenced, Fridao after
noon, when train load of stock from the
New England fair was unloaded. All
Saturday and today, trains have been
arriving with stock and goods.
For the first time in years the gents
driving classes and matched pair classes
have filed, and 80 horses will be seen in
these classes. The horse exhibit Will be
The famous stock from
Briggs farm, that divided the honors
with the Hood cattle at Rigby, will be an
attraction
A fine art exhibit has been arranged
Arrangements have been made for special
every day of the fair Among
them are kite flying contest athletic
bicycle races, a baby show
ladies driving races, grange parade
floral parade and coaching parade.
The races will be the best of the season
in Maine. There will be IA contests, for
which over 200 horses are entered.
Every afternoon at City hall, there will |
be cooking lectures with demonstrations |