Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-09-26
BLUEHILL FAIR.
RAIN INTERPRETED WITH OPEN
ING AND CLOSING.
TWO GOOD DAYS OF sPoRT-THE Ex-
HIBrrs-THE HORSE RACING
THE PREMIUMS.

THE PREMIUMS.
Rain interfered with the opening and
closing OF the Btuehill fair. Because OF
the rain Tuesday, the opening OF the fair
was postponed one day; because OF rain
Friday, the last days programme was
Cancelled.
There were two good days OF fair. how
eyer, and the attendance on those days
WAS up to the average. The attendance
Wednesday was estimated by the mana ge-
ment at nearly 1900, Thursday the figure
was placed al 1850.
The fair was a success. The exhibits
both on the grounds and in the hall were
good; the racing, particularly on Thurs
day, WAS exciting.
The exhibit OF stock, on the W hole, was
ahead Of that of previous years, not in
size, perhaps, but in quality. The most
admired animal In the pens was he hree-
year-old registered short horn bull "Cor-
rector" owned by A. l.. Closson, OF North
Sedgwick.
The most notable exhibit in the hall
was that OF Hsiryon grange, North
Bluehill-a general agricultural and do
mestic exhibit. liaicyon grange has
been All exhibitor al the Biuehill fair for
several years past. The members OF the
grange take great pride In this ex-
hibit, 50 much so that many OF them
sacrifice their own chances of winning
ndv,c al premiums for the sake Of i'm
provt"2 he grange exhibit. This year
the sT,nge exhibit included the largest
puu,tetu IN the hall ano many other
fruN, or vegetables which would have
be-" awarded premiums II exhibited
s,I~r. tely. Two vegetable curiosities in
tue srauge exhibit were some maize, the
ii :, yer seen here, and a squash bearing
ia.p,, number aud etnb Iem OF the grange.
In, exhibit OF flowers and fruit was very
err1itatle.
'>bne curios included in the grange
sxpibit were articles from the Philippine
ton Japan. These were collected by
q sorge Littlefieid, a Penobscot boy who
Is a warrant officer in the u. $. navy, now
on duty In the Philippines. They were
sent by him to his sister in Bluehill, and
loaned by her for the grange exhibit.
large grey eagle, shot by John Web
ster near his home at North Bluehill, was
included in the grange exhibit.
The general exhibit Of vegetables this
year was not as large rs usual, doubtless
because OF the dry summer. Nevert heless
there were some very creditable exhibits
in this department. A. Clark, of West
Penobscot, A. {. Osgood, OF Bluehill, and
George Wood, OF Ellsworth, were among
the large exhibitors OF vegetables. There
were many single exhibits which took
prizes. Tine premium list which Is APP
pended tells the story OF excellence as
determined by the judges.
The fruit seemed not to have been az
fected by the drought. There we're apples
as large and fair as one could wish to see.
n. r. Norton, OF Penobscos, as usual
exhibited large collection OF luscious
fruit, principally apples and plums. Mr..
Norten had worthy competitors this year
in +. Z. ana G. NJ. Alien, OF North Sedg
wick. Tue judges awarded Iue prize for
best collection to Mr.. Norton.
In the ~omrn's department, the ex-
hibits OF fancy and domestic work COM
pared iavurabiy witn former years. An
exhibition OF potten plants, by Mrs. ID. T..
Grindie, OF Bluehiii, WIS much admired.
Here. AS In the fruit and vegetab BILE de-
partments, the reporter leaves the pre-
MUM list to tell the story Of excellence.
Secretary B. W. McKeen, OF the State
board of Agriculture WAS at the fair
Thursday, and made a short address at
the grand stand before the afternoon
racing began.