The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26

The Cumberland Town Fair is among
the best in Maine. and this year it is as
good as ever. 1t is the simon-pure
country fair, to which the young men
drive for miles around with their best
girls, and at which the fakirs confer
blessing by staying away. Nobody misses
them. For chance to see the towngfair
at it's best, to get one of the farmer
New England dinners, to look at the ex-
ample OF the housewives skill, and to
see the flocks and herds, the pride of the
town, go to Cumberland.
AMONG THE STOCK.
Cum berland is a butter-making re-
gion. From it's farms the golden product
OF the dairy is sent to the Portland
market, and the Cumberland farmers are
believers in the Jersey COW as a butter
maker. There are few towns in Maine
which could show a better display OF cat
tie than that which stood under the sheds
on the fair grounds yesterday.
Mr.. George Blanchard, the owner OF
the Broadmoor farm, was the pioneer
breeder of Jerseys in the town, and for
/ 26 years he has been in the business.
so that many of the best herds in the
town are traced back to the fine blooded
Jerseys at Broadmoor. Mr.. Blanchard
has brought here this year seven COWS
and five heifers, all American Cattle
Club registered Jerseys.
Mr.. d. Farwen, OF Cumberland Centre,
shows two yearling heifers and miIch
cow; p. NJ. Packard, of West Falmouth,
a yearling heifer; F. L.Haskell, of West
Cumberland, is the owner of a thorough
bred Jersey, which attracts much atten-
tion. Four grade Jersey COWS complete
this exhibit.
An exception to the display of Jer-
sey stock are the bull ana COWS, heifers
l and calves exhibited by Charles Dunn.
( These are finely bred HOlsteins.
More fun bIoo ded Jerseys are seen IN
the herd exhibited by S. l.. Clough, of
, Cumberland Centre. Mr.. Clough's herd
is headed by the two-year- old bull Prince
a fine looking fellow, and evidently,
judging from the wav his attendant
treats him, one of good temper
Philip and Ralph Prince of Cumber-
land Centre, have pretty pair OF yearl
ings, and so has Charles l.. FarwelI of
West Cumberland.
Myron NJ Burnham of Yarmouthville,
has brought a herd of sleek and well
kept grade Jerseys.
Scott and PerIey Leighton of West
I Cum berland, and j w. Shaw OF Cumber-
land, Centre, exhibit some promising
heifers.
". T. 81 G. l.. Dunn of East North
Yarmouth, exhibit a bull, bull calf and
heifers.
From the extensive farm of Sim con
Tracey, of West Falmouth, come four
yoke of handsome oxen.
Arthur d. Morse Of West. Falmouth,
makes fine exhibit with his four-year-
oIds Jersey bull thoroughbred and grade
heifers, one fine St. Lambert calf, and
an American Jersey cattle Club yearI-
ing.
They shall still raise and use oxen on
the Maine farms. The event of the fore
noon at the fair.is the display of the town
/ teams, eight yoke of giant oxen to each
string, and umberland and Falmouth
the competing towns. There is great
shouting of that peculiar fair lingo
which oxen and their drivers understand,
and which is as Greek 50 the city bred
onIooker. White faced yokes are placed
on behind the other with due regard also
TO size, that the team may look it's best,
and finally, when it is arranged, the two
long, double lines of patient beasts move
slowly into the enclosure within the
track In the Falmouth team, there
comes first one of Simeon Tracey's pairs
of big fellows Horace Leighton and
Richard Mountford each have a yoke in
line. there are three yoke belonging to
w. w. Libby and Robert Whitney, and
:. L. Whittemore, furnishes the remain
ing two yoke.
In the Cumberland teams Rufus Le-
grow. Charles Morrill,, r. b Morrison,
George Leighton and j. S, Barstow put
in a yoke apiece, and William M. Merrill
three pairs. Mr.. Legrow belongs in North
Yarmouth, but he sends yoke to oom-
pIete the string.
Inside the track the town teams are
nut through their PAGES while the judges
ponder. and, in the language OF 6he
oourts. reserve their decision.
While the town teams are performing
the Yarmouths and Cumberlands play
hall the Yarmouths winning, to 8.
IN THE HALL.
The nen-foIks have made record
breaking display of the cattle, the horses
opd the other farm stock at the fair,
but these departments are not the only
ones. In the big exhibition hall Is
dazzling array OF household articles the
work of the women folks, OF this ana
the surrounding towns. Jars OF Jelly Cne