Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-09-27
FROM SIDNEY FARMS.
Stocks and Products on Exhi-
bition at the Town House.
Fruit and Vegetables Ahead Of Those
at the Big Fairs.
People from Far and Near Pass Very
Enjoyable Day.

cattle snow ana falr neld SATURDAY,
furnished a refreshing change for peo-
pie who have been going to the race
course fairs and gave the people of Sid
ney not only an opportunity Of exhibit
ing their best products and stock. but
a pleasant day of social intercourse.
Besides having a good general exhibit
the town showed some of the best fruit
and vegetables seen at the fairs this
year. The farming industry Ct the
town was well represented as there
were good exhibits in every branch ex-
cept poultry.
The schedule of the exhibits which
the Journal gives. of course fails to dis
close the merits of the products, stock
and household goods and only de-
tailed description would do that. But
1t may be sufficient to say that there
was not an inch Of space occupied with
anything that could fail to interest a
big majority of these present. Without
attempting to give any description of
the exhibits the following brief men,
tion of each entry is made.
A very fine exhibit of celery was
showed by 7. w. Longley. He also
showed onions, new Queen potatoes,
blood turnip. Coles early watermelons
Lang orange carrots, Hubbard SQUASH
yellow sweet turnips, nutmeg melons
drumhead cabbage.
Ezra Bates showed Oxford carrots.
ID. a. Field had an exhibit of carrots
squash, pumpkins and turnips.
Calvin Graves showed onions and
| celery.
A. Fl. Bailey had turnips and pota-
toes.
A. H. Bailey showed Great Divide
potatoes, squash, Stray Beauty pota-
toes and Green Mountain potatoes.
Josiah Soule exhibited pumpkins.
II. X. Pierce exhibited good full size
turnips planted July Z.
The other exhibits of vegetables were
as follows: G. F.. Bowman. turnips,
Olive Field. squash; H. A. & T. w.
Taught. potatoes. pumpkin: f. l..
Moore. pumpkins. Weighing Sc and 35
pounds each; Mrs. Charles Houghton,
pumpkins; T. F. Moore, squash: Robert
o. Moore. onions; M. S. Tilley, Lima
beans. Oxford carrots, large sunflowers.
beans growed from California seed,
golden turnips, cucumbers, tomatoes.
Green Mountain potatoes, Clark's No.
potatoes.
basket Of potatoes grown by A. ].
Mitchell have a card announcing that
no dressing had been used on the land
for q years and that the Essex ferta-
lizer was responsible for the excellence
of the potatoes.
Sidney may be proud of the exhibit
of fruit made at the fair. The exhibits
and owners were as follows:
James H. Bean, Nodheads, Catheads,
yellow Bellflowers, Famause and Fes-
sets, Baldwins, Rhode Island green
ings; l.. G. Tilley six varieties entered
as general exhibit, c. A. Houghton,
Russetts and Baldwins; F. w. Long
ley, Bartlett pears, Clapp's Favorite
peas; r. L. Moore, cranberries; D. A.
Field. Spy, Ben Davis. Greetings, Bald
wins, Sweet Russets and Tallman
Sweet apples: A. E. F. Taught, Nod
head and Pound Sweet apples; G. F.
Bowman, seven plates of apples and
three of pears; Asa Shepard. cranber-
ries, Winthrop greetings. Spy. Pound
Sweet, Baldwin and Franklin Sweet
apples and ripe tomatoes; Calvin
Graves general exhibit of 10 varieties
Of apples.
Pickles and preserves, Mrs. G. F.
Bowman. eight jars.
Mrs. Turner Barr, Grace A. Graves,
Minnie Moore. Mrs. Weeks, Julia A.
Lyon. Mrs. Moses Sawtelle and Mrs. s.
r. Herrin made handsome exhibits Of
flowers.
Mrs. A. N. Jones made an exhibit of
paintings animals, landscapes, fish and
flowers.
Mrs. Katie Moore, age 81, exhibited
a cushion cover and tidy cover; Cora
Bailey a bowl known to be ITO years;
Mrs. Sophronia Bowman, aged 80
years. skein of yarn spun by herself;
Cora Bailey a basket SO years old:
Cora Bailey. plate, 121 years old and
plate, 10 years old.
Mrs. Moses Sawtelle and Mrs. F. A.
Davis showed rugs. The latter also
had some handsome tides, fancy silk
household ornaments; Mrs. s.
T. Bates. cushion.
Miss Cucene Jones exhibited a hand
some wOrsted chrocheted skirt and
household fancy work.
Other exhibits We're as follows: Mrs. |
A. N. Jones, sofa pillow and glove box:
Grace A. Graves, tides, lace; Antonette
Moore. tidy; NJ. s. Tilley. sofa pillow
made of cigar ribbons; Helen A. White. |
worsted slippers; Mrs. A. N. Jones, 4 |
fox skin; Mrs. G. Ward, tidy:
Mrs. Georgia Ballard, lace trimmed pin
cushion and fancy bag for mantle
decoration; Mrs. H. Robie, Augusta
adging; Mrs. Morris Swift, mat; Lottie
Robbie, Augusta, tides; Ef1ie w. Car
yer, an almanac for 1892; Lizzie l..
ioodhue, Annie L. Goodhue and Carrie
N. Goodhue, tides; M. A. Brown, sofa
pillow; Mrs. F. A. Davies, quilts; Mrs.
Eugene Smith, E. S. Hunting, magic
bread board and chemically treated
cover for rolling pin; Mrs. A. M. Saw
telle. quilt; Nellie Brown. age Is, silk
luilt; E. NJ. Bitters, one quilt 100 years
I'D; Mrs. Taught. sola cover, Alice NJ
Taught, quilt containing 5O16 pieces
made when exhibitor was 10 years old;
Lottie Robie, Augusta. apron; Agnes
field. II years old. rug.
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