Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-07

Id sest eNHlDlt IN the building his
stock Is noted for its quality.
he claims to have some Of the best |
buff lcghorns in the country. He a.
hrst purchased his stock from Aus.
2. Arnold Of Dilisburg, York county.
rem; This man imported them at .
great outlay of money from Mrs.
Kay one of the most noted poultry
fanciers in England. Since buying
puiiet and cockerel, that is a young
rooster. the. doctor has labored faith
fully to breed the hens in the right
way, and now he thinks that the strain
is nearer perfection than it was be-
tore he spent his energies upon its
cultivation.
Dr. Twaddie obtained his white
wyandottes from dustin, the great
massachusetts fancier, who last year
swept the Bay State prizes at all the
lalfs. Inc doctor has Is pairs of fowl
AZ the ground and they are beauties.
900. he says he Is going to scoop In
the prizes and the men about the
building think he will succeed.
Daniel Stewart OF Richmond is at
the fair as usual His principal ex-
fibit is OF Plymouth Rocks They are
handsome birds. He has one hen that
IS especially good one. Her legs are
bright yellow. her comb just the
KIND that fancier fixes to see. Her
plumage is considered perfect. The
knowing ones say that she ranks way
up. Some go so far as to say that she
may make the famous Hawkins Ply
| mouth Rock hen, that has attained the
| nearest perfection in the world, hus-
tie for honors.
A. J. Remission of Simpsons Corner
is here again. Every man that has
been in the business knows him only
| 700 we'll. He is right good fellowthey
say, but it breaks our hearts to see
ann with his car load of top notchers
coming in to the grounds
simpsons Corner is IS miles the
other side of Bangor. The only man
| whose name is not Simpson is Kenis-
| ton. But strange to say he is callel
| the king pin of the village. He owns
two farms, one of 120 acres and the
other of 30 acres. He breeds fancy
| stun and when you ask him if he
| makes 1t pay he simply smiles ard
| says Il shouldn't be in it unless it
| did,
Ten years ago Mr.. Remission, who
| then lived on small farm drove down
TO Bangor with five pair CT hen Hi;
surprise was great when the judges
gave him four firsts and and one sec
ond prize. Wen, now" said he. II
am going into the hen business l al
| ways liked good hen: thought could
tell one when l saw it, but now / am
going into it for business"
| This year he is at the fair with 1870
| pairs Of birds. They are divided up
as follows: IA pairs geese, . pairs
turkeys, % pairs ducks. pairs Coch-
ms, pairs Langshngs, 10 pairs Wyan-
dottes, 20 pairs Legholns. pairs
Javas. 8 pairs Polish. pairs Houdans
pair White Dorkins, 4 pairs colored
Dorkins, pairs American Dominique,
IA pairs Hamburgs, 4 pairs Plymouth
Rocks. pairs Bantams, IA pairs Orna-
mental fowl
One can get some idea of the size of Mr..
keniston's exhibit when he is told tina t
IRE exhibited. AN but one phir Of geese
md all but TWO pairs of ducksai This is Il
sfea It record ad, but , i i gapd illustration
| contemporaries.
ME-; Remission says that the largest
mount that he ever Won At any one fair
srzes am sacG ns ID a Il hsn tG h
year he won $3.50 iand a. ,brGnch Of his
show went TO the Saeo, fair. which I'M
fortunately was held the same week and
.aptured $50 in prize money. This branch
Of the show was in charge of T. A. Simp-
'on of Simpsons Corner When two fairs
come the same week. Mr.. Remission and
his assistant split up. just like big
Sarnunl 4 Bailey's circus. and go the
rounds.
A pair Of bronze turkeys are attracting
considerable attention. They are exceed
.Htrlx- IN t..I- atr,l,t
80 pounds Mr.. Remission has been offered
4 snug little sum for this pair. but he
shook his head and replied: "They are
worth more to me-
The little gosiings Of the Emden, Tou-
'oise and African varieties are the cyno-
sure of all eyes. They get their part of
| he compliments and seem TO enjoy fair
life. 4 pair of Emden geese cost the
owner $50, and he says that he never
made SO good a trade in his life: They
weigh As pounds and are the objects Of
he great big geese Then the fond
parent comes along and is herself sur
| orised at the size Of the birds.
| Three pairs of Brown China geese at
| .ract lots of attention for their shape.
Their necks are the longest of the Longest
md once n a while as young man with
| fashionable tie of yellow. green, blue
| and red goes a little too close to the cage
hey will unwind their .necks and with a
swoop like an anaconda will strike for
says. are the best of alarm clocks. At :
O'Clock they will begin their awful noise
| and they will keep it up until they are
| given their breakfast. Mr.. Remission Keeps
| them isoia ted from the neighborhood of
his sleeping apartments.
The Muscovey ducks are also peculiar
| kind Mr. ixenston explained that of all
the ducks he ever saw. the MuScovey was
the only species that would go to roost
like a hen.
When asked why 1t was that We do not
see more geese. ducks and turkeys now
than We do, Mr. Remission said that he
did not know why it was. He says that
they are the most profitable of all lines
| Of poultry. The gosiings do not easily die
| and 1t does not cost much OF anything TO
raise them.
w. w. Johnson of Madison. has a fine
looking LOT of barred sliver-laced Wyan-
dottes.
|. V. McKenney of Auburn has some OF
the best Plymouth Rocks on the grounds.
They are very evenly barred and show
the results of extensive breeding. Mr..
Mckinney is an old exhibitor and he
probably knows the merits Of a bird as
well as any man in the State.
A. l.. Merrill of Auburn. has some
| White Wonders that are very clean look
ing birds.
{. ii. Ward of East Auburn, is again at
the fair. This is his sixth year, and he
has the same excellent line as before
Last year it was announced that he had
gone out of the business That was not
| so, and this wear finds him at the building