Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-10-08
AMHERST FAIR.
TYPICAL COUNTRY CATTLE
SHOW AND FAIR.
u,-vprp EXHIBITS OF FRUITS AND
yEGErAblEs=hAlN SfollS TIE
SECOND DAY THE DANCE.

mic. syrregat ions OF horse racing, fske
.,....hons and uncomfortable crowd;
...e,s smack OF the soil, are geHum,
conditions of the products OF Mother
r,,,b ra!std with care and pointed IN
With pride
T,tbi. latter kind OF fsir come folks
,-onafI the country round, bent Oh Oh
serving tie best that nature has blessed
,n.m with, interested in what their
rsi,hbor- have been doing through the
,.s.an. anxious to learn new wrinkles in
farming, aud generally not only TO have
good time but also to contribute Whit
,ley can to make the SHOW success aud
,,yst points OF value for future use
Such fair WAS the fourth annual ex-
bibition ot the Northern Hancock agrt-
cultural society, which was held at Am
bsr,t on Tuesday and Wednesday q last
week, sept. % and 30.
From he small beginning in ls93 the
managers OF this organization have tpiied
unrerittingly to enc nance year by year
the interest in and value OF their fair.
and each succeeding year has been
marked Improvement over It's pfedeees-
,or Zach year. exhibit has been an III
spirstlon to all VINO have attended ii, and
the naturally intelligent and thrifty
communities that comprise the northern
section Of Hancock county have prodted
ty his annual comparison OF products,
ana healthful rivalry Is one OF the bene-
dc-en; results.
The fair Is held at Amherst, the town
hs. containing the EXHIBITS OF fruit.
vegetables, domestic manufactures and 80
oa, " bile all out deos. IS devoted To the
display OF livestock cattle, horses,
sheep and poultry. For As yet this society
L4- not so much ~ an enclosed ground.
Ne race track even bicycle traeh
ha, Invaded this genuine bucolic com
muuuy.
Tia, drawing contests were conducted
IN Il Held near by the nalI; the ba-.- bul
field j, close by; the cattle are lined along
the fences by the road-7lde Ia iull view OF
all who come, and may be inspected free
Of charge \ small admission fee 10 the
hall : charged. and the proceeds, togeth
er with those from all other sources nre
promptly paid out in premiums THESE
premiums are not large, the strife among
exhibitors being for II premium and not
for the money IL represents.
The Northern Hancock agricultural SO
ciety includes Amherst, Aurora, Chiffon
Peuobscot county, MAriavile. Oti-,
Wstham, plantation. 80 Great Pond
and n Exhibitors outside these limit.
are not allowed to compete for prem iurns.
The officers OF the society are Herbert
T. Silsby, Aurora, president; John Nc
Donald, Amherst, vice president; Arthur
" Silsby, Amherst, secretary and treas
u'er, DR.. J, II Patten, Forrest 0. Silsby,
J. G., Dunham, OF Amherst, Charles =.
s!l,hy, Henry l. Rowe, OF Aurora, James
+. Emery OF Great Pond, and Albert ;.
Ptuney, OF Mariavitie, directors. TO the
untiriug efforts of these men IS due the
success OF the organization.
THE EXHIBITION HALL.
The increased interest in the fair was
best attested this year by the demand
from intending exhibitors for space.
Where three tables sut,iced last year,
double that number was scarcely sufficient
to hold all the articles that were brought
in this wear.
The disnlav Of fruit and vegetables far
exceeded that OF any previous year, aud
wa. certainly s,esd OF any similar dis
play made at other fairs held this year in
county,. The largest display OF
apples was by Charles smith, OF Amherst,
who showed eighty varieties, beside.
several plates of pears and plums
On one plate WAS collection OF enormous
size. one measuring thirteen inches in
bur even this was exceeded
in size bv one q, A l. Gregg's Wolf river
apples which "saxn MIR. Smiths and
went it half an inch better. These two
aDnIea ,,.o ,,o.o,sI, dopotad IN the