The Republican journal., 1898-10-06
The Fair at Unity.

The annual exhibition of the North Wal
90 Agricultural Society opened at Unity
Sept. 2lst. and was great success in all
respects Al an early hour Wednesday
morning the people began to come in, and
soon all the departments were in good
working order The cattle department
was well filled with unusually fine stock
of various descriptions
Horses and sheep were also entered in
goodly numbers and of quality reflect
ing credit upon their exhibitors. A very
small show of poultry was made, being
confined to two exhibitors: MI G. r.
Pillsbury, Unity, with Two coors OF light
Brahma chicks and Mr.. Z. Knight of
Troy, who exhibited a fine pair of Ia
lonse geese.
The show of agricultural implements
was confined to two exhibitors, the firm
of d. NJ. Osborne & Co., Auburn, N. Y. i,
showing, from their branch house in Ban
gor, good line of their goods, including
Corn Harvester, Columbia Mower, Steel
horse rake, Steel tedder, Steel land roller,
harrows, ETC., under the charge of Mr. S.
Fl. Goodwin, travelling agent for the com
pany. assisted by Mr.. Frank A. Bartlett of
Unity, their local agent. The Waterville
Iron Wor S, Waterville, Me-, was the
other exhibitor, showing a full line of
plOws OF their manufacture.
The exhibit Of farm and garden prod
ucts in the hall was exceptionally good
as was also the needle and fancy work,
combining to make the hall exhibit one of
unusual interest.
The weather was favorable on both
days and the attendance equally large.
The races We're good and in most cases
holly contested Following are the pre-
NUNS awarded:
COWS AND HEIFERS.
VIM. Knowles, Troy, one jersey heifer
j. E. Pierce, Troy. two Jersey heifers,
/ year old.
j. IL. Farewell, Unity, one COW and two
heifers
f. A. Hussey, Unity, two stock heifers.
Joseph Stevens, Unity, one Jersey hefer
and one mich COW.
T. Il. Cornforth, Thorndike, one Dur
ham heiel ? years old.
Joseph Gordon, Thorndke, one milch
COW, grade Jersey.
Eli Moulton, Unity, five COWS and heif-
ers, including a Jersey yearling hefer in
milk coming in at Il months old; a beauty
and the best specimen of the kind we ever
saw Also four fine Hereford calves.
Fsburn Mutt, Unity, one Holstein
R. B. Pillsbury, one heifer, years old
and one calf.
S. ?. Larrabee, one pr. matched Here
foTds, : it. inches.
o. J. Farwell, Thorndike, one pr.
Herefords, fat, IL feet; one pair it.,
10 inches, fat.
E. H. White, Thorndke, one pr, 7ft.,
inches, workers, and a pair of nice
, calves.
Knott Gates, Thorndike, four pr, ?
pair years, one pair 3 and one pair 2
years old. All fine animals, the 2-years-
old exceptionally SO.
E. H. Hussey, Unity, one pr. Here
fords, year old.
Master Clair Stone, Troy, IA years old,
one pair years old, nicely trained by
himself.
F. A. Bartlett, Hereford, year old.
E. A. Ware, Thorndike, one Hereford,
years old.
L. L. Rogers, Troy, one Durham l year
old.
W. c. Libby, Unity, one Durham bull,
years old, fit. in, and a very fine and
we'll bred animal.
SHEEP.
E. Rand, Unity, 9 head of grades Ok
ford downs, including3 buck lambs, 6ewe
and year old buck, fine animals.
F. W. Thompson, Freedom, % head,
Cotswolds and Southdowns; - of the
latter; all good ones.
Ed. Shibels, Knox, full blooded Ram
boulett buck, years old and 5 grade
lambs cross from grade Oxford down ewes,
| a fine lot and unusually large.
Fred A. Myrick, Troy, 2 buck lambs, 3
m onths old, very large and fine.
E. T. Reynolds head grade Oxford
downs.
Fossil Pills. The demand is proof of