Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-26
OPENING DAY
'Of the Great Eastern Maine
State Fair at Bangor.
Attendance Large and Sport Great :
Base Ball Rather a eurIesque.
Races Were Exciting-Pandosa. Ada p. and
Amerique II. the Winners.

Bangor, Aug. 25.-(SpeciaD.-Th
was no formal opening address at the
Eastern Maine State fair. When tn"
sun rose, this morning, there was such
hustling and scurrying among the
parties to the several exhibits to get
their part of the show in ship shape
looking out for the various depart
ments that Mayor Beats opening adj
dress was kept uncovered in his inside
Pocket, while he. the head of the Fair
Association, beamed a smile of hope
and happiness upon the visitors who
came early. The exhibits are now in
place and it may be said that the East
crn Maine fair of this year. so far as
attractions and variety of attractions
arec oncerned is a successful show
The cattle exhibit was never better,
and the horse department is up to the
average. The floral exhibit is very fine
The poultry exhibit is the largest on
record. The exhibit of agricultural
tools is very fair. The only weakness
is noticeable in the exhibits of agri-
CUT uIal pItNuclS. neSp are not up
to the standard either in quantity OF
quality of previous fairs. The hiatus
however, is more than made good by
t he addition of other equally interest
irg attractions, and especially by the
rare skill and good taste shown by
those who had agricultural products
to display, in the manner of their ar
Management.
The finest exhibit of farm products
and household work is made by Queen
City Grange. which occupies space
under the grand stand. Nearly all the
space under the grand stand formerly
occupied by farm products and farm
implement displays is now occupied by
The great Southern exhibition, of which
more will be said later The cattle ex-
hibit, the finest in the history of East
ern Maine fairs, according to the man.
agement is a Western Maine coatri-
button to the show in almost its en-
tirety. The particularly interesting ex-
hibitS III this department are the Hood
farm Jerseys and swine exhibits. the
Briggs farm Jerseys and grade cattle
and also the Libby farm, the Kinge-
side and the Burleigh herds. Among
the exhibitors in this department are
he following Well-knoWn stock
raisers:
Maine Herd and a. j. c. c.: John f
Barker, HoWdoin Center, Il stalls:
grade Durhams. y. p. Barker, Athens.
sig cattle Maine Herd and \. J. c. c..
oxen, Sussex and Herefords; b. +. &
+. H. Briggs, Auburn. six cattle Mrs.
g X. Burleigh, T. CT. Burleigh, Nassal-
boro. II cattle; Shropshires and Here
fords, w. E. Eaton. South Scion. eight
lead, also nine sheep Shorthorn and
grade, j. V. Fuller. Arson. nine stalls:
J. V. Fuller, Arson, II sheep: Guern
seys. G.. T.. Foster, North Cornville
five cattle; j. G.. Fish. Oakland, eight
pulling oxen; DevOns, Geo. S. Gilman
Scion. . cattle. 6 stalls; Hereford. II.
$. Grant. Scion, l cattle, l STALL Maine
herd Jersey, C. A. Garland. Bangor
II cattle s stalls: c. A. Garland. Ban
cor Is sheep: grades. C. +. Clifford,
Fairfield, 16 cattle, stalls; O. l..
Greene. Cornville, 4 cattle, = stalls: S
J. Glidden, Freedom 6 CATTLE 8 stalls;
grades, Ernest Hilton, Arson, 10 cattle
10 stalls: Bert Hilton, Arson, u sheep,
pens; Guernseys, S. c. Hall, Kenne-
bunk, II animals; Ayrshires. A. w.
Hunt Brunswick, Is cattle, 10 stalls;
A. E. Hilton, Arson, 81 cattle; Short
horns, Howard & Ellis, u cattle:
grades. Eastman Hathorn. Athens, I
stalls Chas w. Hilton, sheep, Is pens.
Ayrshires. A. A. Hunnewell, 6 cattle,
stalls: Charles Hammond North Car
mel, swine; T. j. Hilton, Arson.
sheep, pens: grades, Columbus Hill
ton, Arson, u cattle: grades, J. H.
CT har-
deem, J. n. Hartman, Searsport.
stalls; Aberdeen, II. l. Hartman,
Parks. stalls; draft oxen, Geo. d,
Knight, Westbrook l stall; A. j. c. c.,
S. NJ. King, South Paris, % animals;
Hereford and A. J. C. c., A. r. King.
North Monmouth: a. J. Remission,
swine: Holstein and grade. f. j. Libby,
Richmond. y cattle: A. j. c. c., N. l..
Littlefed. Prospect; f. II. Witherell'
Turner. 5 pens; matched oxen, Levi NJ.
Mosher, Pennington; grade, {. Z.
Manter. New Sharon, 2 cattle. Here
ford and grade, Cassius Merrill, Har-
mcny. cattle; Devon, L. II. Maxim,
l6 animals; Frank Moore, Arson, Al
sheep; grade, c. S. Moody, Leeds
Junction, / pair; Shorthorns, b. M
Patten, Topsham. l pair; matched, c.
+, PeaSlee, ANA. SldilS, Il. -. dSt'
Bangor, swine: Jersey and grade, A.
p. Russell, Leeds, 10 stalls; matched,
O. w. Rolfe, Deering, II cattle: l. G.
REYNOLDS. 10 sheep; grade, f. e. Reed.
East Madison. 1 yoke; Durham, James
T'homes. Harrison. l pair; grades, Sim
con Tracy, Deering. is cattle; Short
horn and grade c. p. Woodbury., Lin
coin Center stalls; Guernsey and A.
T. c. c.. II. II. Witherell Monmouth, a
stalls: Holsten and grade, =. F. Wat
son. South Levant, 3 cattle; Durham,
r e. c. d. Waugh. Starks, II cattle;
r. & C. d. Waugh, Starks, Il sheep;
grades and Guernseys, John E. Wes-
ton. Arson, Is cattle; grades and
Guernseys. Geo. H. Weston, Skowhe-
gan, cattle.
rhe Hood farm exhibit of cattle is be-
vond question the most remarkable cat
fIe exhibit ever made on Maplewood
pounds. In the herd of "a head is the
famous COW Signals Lilly, Flag, Ameri-
IAN J. c. which attracted much atten-
lion Mt the Worlds Fair This COW was
hr"d in Huntsville Alabama. and weighs
~ -o0 ana 500 pounds, and she holds