Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-24
AT OUR FAIRS.
Over 1900 People at Annual
Exhibition at Sidney.
Another Large Crowd Attends the
Opening Day at Windsor.
Sylvia K. Wins the Green Horse Racc-Pure
B. the 2.45 Event.

cold northcrly wind, Wednesday, to at
tend the annual fair at this place, and
they were well repaid. While the storm
of yesterday was a great setback to
many were thus unable to do so. there
was a good display and the quality tells
of the fine crops being raised by our
| farmers.
The showing of horses. colts, and
| stock was small, owing to the very cold
weather, many not caring to risk their
animals out in such weather.
There We're many fakirs about the
grounds and they apparently all did 4
good business, but the most Of the peo-
pie put in their time looking over the
exhibits. greeting friends and hay
ing a general good time.
| The Sidney w. c. T. L., Miss Helen
| Waite, supt.. had q booth near the en-
trance of the hall where during the day
they dispensed coffee cake and candy to
| the hungry The ladies who attended
to the wants of the public We're Mrs,
Dr.. Discoll Miss Lizzie Shepard, Mrs
l.. A. Wyman, Mrs. Geo. Ellis. Miss
! Belle Abbott, Mrs. Freeman and Mrs.
| Bitteus.
The baby show in the upper hall was
| the great event of the day for the ladies,
and it must be confessed that many of
the other sex gathered around to sec
the handsome little ones
The entries were: Eugene Graves.
aged ~ months; Zittella Bernard, Ii
| months: Ruel Stevens. II months;
Gladys Haskell, l. months: Harris Hal
| lett 1G months; Olive Golf, Il months.
| The committee of awards was made
| up of s. n Waite. Lillian Swift and
| Susan Longlcy. 1t is needless to say
| that they took their lives in their hands
| when they accepted the position. How
| ever. they faithfully fulfilled thciI
sworn Obligations and awarded tho
| prizes as follows: Olive Goff first;
| Gladys Haskell, second; Zittella Der
nard, third.
! The hall was crowded all day and
| while the exhibits were in quantity
! palhaIas .nat-ull-.1n previous years, tho
| quality was all right.
| l.. r. Tilley showed oxheart carrots
| squashes cabbaGes, mammoth sun
| flower cabbages. traces of corn, rye.
1
| wheat. There were shown cheese 10y
Mrs J. H. Bean; Maple syrup by Cora
| Bailey; butter, \. N. Dyer; cheese
Mrs. E A. Field: fruit, pickles and
| Jelly by Moses Sawtellc: flowers, Mrs
| Flora Bean, NJ a. Brown, NJ. l. Taught.
| Edith Hammond and Mrs. Frank
Abbott; photographs, A. T. Drummond-
Among the farm produce and veg
Wiley: corn, Josiah Soule; cucumbers
| f. c. Hallett; Yellow Danvers onions
NJ. w. Swan; summer squash. y. e
Taught: White Globe and Yellow Dan
| vers onions. NJ. w. Cowan; trace Of
| corn, Hugh Bean: citrons. l.. {. Rob
| inson; Crushaw pumpkins, j. H. Field
| onions, pumpkins, carrots parsnips
| beets, pepper and sweet corn by Davic
| A. Field squash, John Wyman: tur-
| nips. beets, carrots corn, squash. Il
| Bates; pumpkins, onions. corn. beets
| squash, large potatoes. corn on stalks
| and beans on vines. CalVen Graves:
| beets A. II. Bailey: Somerset dr1cC
| apples. G. f. Bowman; celery, DR.. Mcr-
| rift Sawtelle; onions. Novel; Farnham'
| potatoes, S. f. Hammond; traces OF
| corn, i. A. Field; monster pumpkin
! Lowell Farnham; squash, pumpkins
| and 20-oZ apples. G. w. Manter oak
land; trace corn, L. l.. Moore; trace
| corn. j. H. Bailey; cranberries, f.. l.
| Moore.
For fruit there were: Twelve vari-
cites of apples, l.. II. Wyman; "A plates
apples. j. O. and A. 7. Drummond;
appless Moses Wood: % plates apples
G. D. Swift: s varieties f. ii. Davies
apples w L. Lyons: ditto, a. II. Bailey:
| Il varieties apples. Calvin Graves; ap-
pies, tomatoes and flowers, Grace a
Graves; % plates apples, G.. f. Bow
man: Il plates apples and ! basket
grapes. +. Bates; s plates apples. ID. l.
sawtelle: % plates apples NJ. w
Corwan; two kinds apples, L. q. Tilley
crab apples. Mrs. Cora Bailey.
The fancy work table had some very
pretty articles. there being tides, pill
lows, lambrequins, mats, etc, etc, by
Lizzie Goodhue, Mrs. G. A. Tilton.
Abbic II. Burgess, Mrs. Willard Field,
Helen A. Waite, Mary A. Brown, Jose
phine C. Wyman, Janet Hallet.
sofa pillow by Mrs. Hattie Il.
Reed had the inscription, This center
piece was bought in Martha's Vineyard
in I'LL" Mrs. Ambrose Nichols had
hand painted tray Fancy work pump
kin, bell and horn WAS shown by Miss
Winnie Robinson.
Mrs. G. A. Tilton had two quilts and
four rugs. Ida Snow, II years old, had
Il quilt, and there were exhibited rugs
by Mrs J. II. Bean. Mrs. a. G. Taylor, |
Mrs. J. NJ. Hammond and Mrs. Clara f.
Swift.
A free silver purse attracted much
attention. being purse fastened on to
the top and opening into lady's stock
ing.
Miss Hattie e Field had a hand
tainted tray and a Bar Harbor scene
painted on a huge fungus growth from
aAtree.
A ouiit containing 1000 pieces. made |
by Ruth Clark, was exhibited by Mrs. |
A. T. Clark.
Pictures were shown by Mrs. L. J.
Swift and others.
Leland Black had handsome white