Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-26
A. 0. u. W. FAIR.
City Hall Crowded on the
Opening Night.
The Augusta Cadets Win Fresh LaureIs
by an Excellent Drill.
Fine Entertainment by Female Miostrels Cents.
Cuisine co..-HaIi Exhibits.

fair in this city, as attended tho n
=. w. ialr In City hall, Tuesday even
ing. The hall was completely filed
all the available standing room even
oeing occupied. 1t is estimated tina,
there We're nearly $500 people in ths
hall during the evening.
This is the first fair Highland Iodoo
A. .. U. W.. ever held and the com.
mittee of arrangements is more than
pleased at the results of the openinp
night. If the other two nights are as
successful as last night, there is no
doubt that the fair will go down in
history as the most successful event
of the season.
| The hall is very prettily decorated
with the national colors and bunting
| The gallery is draped with bunting
| and trimmed with evergreen. The
| hall, as one enters, presents a very
pretty appearance as well as a patri-
otic one and the ladies and gentlemen
who decorated it so prettily deserve
| great credit.
On the left of the halls entrance is
fullblood Chester pig and game
cock and pullet which will be given
| away to the person guessing the pigs
weight. The gift of these is the
! source of much merriment as they are
sure to be given to some person who
| does not desire them at all.
On the right of the entrance is the
| agricultural table where the choice
farm products are exhibited. The
| first thing which strikes the eye is the
| large Hubbard squash exhibited by
! Osgood Crawford which has taken
| two prizes at previous fairs. This
Fsquash will be opened and the seeds
Ecounted at the close of the fair. For
i five cents any person can have a guess
4 as to the number of seeds in the
/ squash and the person coming the
| nearest to the correct number will re-
1
ford also exhibits some nice blood
beats.
Other exhibitors on this table are:
Mrs. E. j. Philbrook, turnips, carrots
a pumpkin, onion, potatoes. apples
corn; Charles Pope, apples; Mrs. Ella
Knowlton, a mammoth cabbage:
Mrs. l.. A. Farris, three specimens of
| apples and some carrots; Manson
Dennis, beetA Stephen Miller, pota-
Mrs. Charles Sylvester, cranberries
and peach, pear raspberry and toma-
to preserve; Fred Wilson, Black Ok
ford apples. The exhibits are very
fine and are attractively arranged.
Mrs. Charles Sylvester, Miss Francis
Newcomb and E. ]. Eddy are in
charge.
Just beyond is a booth devoted to
the sale of soda from the works OF
the Augusta Soda Company. There is
a quantity of ice cold temperance
drinks on tap here all the time and it
is one of the favorite booths for the
small boy.
On the edge of the refreshment table
which is in the charge of Mrs. E. J.
Roberts, Mrs. H. S. Marden, Mrs. E
J. Philbrook, Mrs. ]. E. Hallett, Mrs
E. r. Bean, Mrs. c. II. Grover, Mrs
Daniel McDavid and Mrs. S. 3. Fol-
som. is the guess cake which is bound
to create quite contest. At this ia
BILE sandwiches, coffee, cake and ice
cream are served to the hungry NOR
tails.
Miss Sanborns flower booth attracts
a great deal of attention and it GER
tainly deserves it for the flowers anC
plants are very beautiful and to one
and all they appeal very strongly fol
their share of recognition.
Just below the flower booth is the
fancy work table presided over by
Mrs. A. G. Andrews. Mrs. Job Spring
or, Mrs. Thomas Clark, Mrs. Sadie
Taber, Mrs Media Taber, and Mrs. Or
Perkins The display of fancy arti
Giles is very pretty. Among the arti
cles for sale are several which are Il
be disposed of by votes and guesses
Among them are: A sofa CUSHION
pin cushion, baby's quilt and two lac
handkerchiefs. These articles are al
very handsome and the person luck!
enough to draw any of them can con
slider himself as particularly fortu
nate.
Those who have a sweet tooth tint
particular favor in the next tapl
which is under the charge OF Mrs
Preston Wellman and Mrs. Burt AN
drews. This table disposes confec
tionery and fruit shrub and is one
the best patronized tables in the who'll
hall.
The last booth has the gifts whlcl
will be drawn from by the number o.