The Portland daily press., 1900-10-06


brothers, Levi and Frank H. Hobbs, the
latter a physician of this place. Also
he leaves a stepmother. The. funeral SER
vices viii occur Saturday afternoon at 2
O'Clock.
GORHAM.
North Gorham, October 5.-Nr. Fred II.
Dole, principal of the Levi Hall High
school, has moved to North GoIham from
North Windham.
Mrs Daniel FOgg has received a very
bad hurt from a a fall.
The Ladies' Missionary meeting was
held at Windham Hill with Miss l.. b,
Johnson. Mrs. II. P. Harlow was elected
president, and Mrs. l. d. Harper secre-
taTy and treasurer.
The Ladies' Circle met at the parson-
age. Wednesday evening. Mrs. Harper
was elected president, and Mrs. Eugene
Wescott vice president.
Mrs. Abbie Goold Woolson will lecture
before the Circle, Wednesday evening,
October 10th, at the chapel, on 'Remin-
iscences of European travel,
Miss Rand of Steep Falls is teaching at
Standish Neck in the Harding school.
BRIDGTON.
Bridgton, Oct. 5.-The weather here on
the third day of the fair was all that
could be desired, but the attendance was
not up to what it has been before in re-
cent years, and not at all what 1t should
have been considering the genuine at
fractions which were offered especially
IN the way of Traces in the afternoon.
Both the 2 2S class and the free-for-an
were well contested, there being four
horses to start in the % class and i've in
the free-for-all, and the first heat Of this
race was won by Tack-hammer Morrill,
in 2 19 fiat, lowering the track record by
one and three-quarters seconds. The
next heat of this race was taken by Janet
and the last two by Morrill,. In the
second heat of the free-for-au race the
wheel of the sulky Of Geo. K, driven by
Ira Woodbury., was smashed at the first
turn, and the driver thrown to the track
under the feet Of the horses following,
but he was not injured so as to prevent
his driving the other heats. The horse
continued around the track the full mile
without driver, creating no little excite
ment among the other drivers, and con-
sternation in the minds Of the lockers on
and was finally caught on the back
stretch. The accident was adjudged to be
the fault Of the driver Of Morrill,, who
was set back TO fifth place as penalty.
A bicycle race was introduced between
the heats. as follows: Best three in five,
half mile, contestants-Gray, Waiting,
Allen, Bagley, who Withdrew after the
first half mile. The prizes were taken
by the racers in the order named, best
time for the half mile 1.20.
The pulling contests on Wednesday fore
noon, by oxen, and on Thursday forenoon
by horses created some interest, but not
so much as formerly, when both cattle
and horses were put into two or more
classes and given the same load for all
In the class. The modern way is to make
the load for what is called the society
prizes, Just two pounds Of load for one
pound of team, and in the sweepstakes
pulling two and one-haf pounds OF load
for one OF team. Some very fine work
was done by WentWorth's S team OF horses
Weighing less than 1S0O from Denmark,
and Ward S, Weighing 22U0. from Harri-
son, when the load was two for one, but
the addition of half a pound more made
the drag move exceedingly hard, and
Pitts OF Harrison was credited with
moving 1t few inches the most, with
his span Of blacks Weighing about 25OO.
There was a noticeably large number OF
oxen on the grounds this year, which Is a
refreshing sight after some years when
there has been so few Of them.
Some things not previously noticed in
the hall were a fne exhibit OF leather
and its products, by the A. B. Clark
company Oh o4assaOuueeOOss u sonlHS 8
machines, by Wales & Hamblen Com
pany, and of dairy products and jellies
and preserves
A case Of stone implements and weap-
Ons found in Maine, from the museum Of
BridgtOn Academy, deserved much study.
1t may not be generally known that this
immediate vicinity, especially the shores
Of Long lake has proved a rich ground
for the finding Of these stone arti-
cles; and the writer has himself picked