The Portland daily press., 1897-08-17
THE AUDITORIUM.
Be Sure and Don't Forget to Go There this
Week.

The Auditorium will be one of the
most attractive places to visit during the
fair. Mr.. Perry, who has the hall in
charge, has secured many attractive dis
plays. These were not all in yesterday,
but included those that were mentioned
in yesterdays PRESS. The auditorium
is gay with electric lights and banners
and was quite airy and comfortable de-
spite the disagreeable weather yesterday.
The firm of F. o. Bailey & Co., make
splendid exhibit of carriages of every
description and several of them have fine
looking imitation horses harnessed to
them. Besides the carriages there is every
thing that pertains to that line of bust
ness, robes, harnesses, etc. You can buy
anything you want at very reasonable
prices and get more for your money than
in many establishments in great cities.
Kendall, Whitney = Co., have fine
exhibit, embracing agricultural nipple.
ment and seeds.
The Maine and New. Hampshire Granite
company show their. polished granite in
all forms and prepared for various uses.
i The Standard Sewing machine is re-
presented by H. W. Edison.
There is a very pretty sleigh for a
trotter from G.. F. Merrill of Cornish.
Neponset Red Roofing company make
an exhibit of their wares.
The monument of zinc and sand Is
quite curiosity. 1t is claimed for these
monuments that they will defy the ele-
ments much longer than marble or gran
lite.
The Lakeside Press has fitted up very
pretty booth, and in it show the beauti-
full work for which they are noted.
The lower end of the hall is occupied
with line of splendid fancy mantels,
the work of r. G. Pingree & Co. of Lew
iston.
The G. NJ. Rice Company have a good
showing of all kinds of paper that at
tracts great attention.
The great exhibit is that of the animals
of Maine by W. B. Clifford of Skowhegan,
full description Of which was given in
the PRESS yesterday. A curious cir
cumstance is the fact that the janitor' S
cat has taken great liking to these ami
mails and cannot be drawn away from
them. The cat gets on their backs and
curls up and goes to sleep and it's food
has to be brought to it.
There is patent ice cream freezer that
the exhibitor claims can freeze the cream
in minute.
The J. W. Perkins Company make a
pretty display of extracts in long, tall
glasses, cigars and fancy goods.
The Pine Spring ginger ale booth will
be we'll patronized, and the Pine Spring
water, in great square bottles, is as clear
as glass.
The trained dogs and monkeys will
prove tremendous drawing card or we
are much mistaken. They are wonder
fully intelligent and their tricks are
something surprising; all the children
will be crazy to see them. Yesterday
those who were present expressed their
pleasure in no set terms, and an old show
man who saw the performance, said it
was one of the best he ever attended. The
dogs and monkeys will perform at 6
o clock every afternoon and clock
s-------z-
every evening.
Thsre is a wonderful white hedgehog
in the basement of the auditorium that
one must not fail to see. He is worth the
price Of admission.
Tonight the Salem Cadet band will give
a concert. The Sd cavalry band was tc
have given one last night, but there was
a misunderstanding as to dates. The
Cavalry band will be heard Wednesday
night.
The ticket to the Auditorium will ad
nit to City hall. twenty-five cents for
the two shows.
a MAGNIFICENT lISPIa Az