Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-30
SIDNEY FAIR.
A Big Crowd and Lots of Fun
as Usual in Past Years
10 to Make Sidney's Annual Event a
Most Complete Success.
6ood Show Of Fruits. Produce in General
Horses. Cattle. Etc.


IoWn hall, and as usual, was largely
attended. The weather was perfect and
upwards of 1000 people from the sur
rounding country assembled to see the
run They came from everywhere
Augusta, Hallowell, Waterville. Oak
land, Belgrade. Mt. Vernon. Readfield
Winthrop, Nienna-in fact. YOU could
find in the crowd representatives from
almost any town within a radius of 20
miles.
Sidney has no fair ground, with its
grand stand and race track, but she
has the people and the fun The steps
OF the UniversaliSt church and the
Town hall, and the stone walls along
the roadside serve as grand stand
and the highway becomes a race course
when the crowd is going home
Across the road is the midway, so
what more is needed?
The fair is more Of big picnic. a
grand reunion of the townspeople and
those of neighboring towns, than any
thing else. Here they assemble annu-
ally. on the last Saturday of Septem-
Der, To have e good time, and incident
ally To show the fruits of their indus
try-their choicest vegetables and
fruit, and the best representatives of
their stables and tie-upS. And the la
dieS-they must not be forgotten. for
they contribute materially to the sue
cess of the fair. not only in the way
of providing for their sisters a first
class entertainment in the line of an
exhibition of fancy work and house
hold manufactures. but also for the
dinner which they furnish at noon
time This dinner is one of the events
of the day. and reaches the right spot
with all. 1t is the good old fashioned
meal Of baked beans and brown bread
supplemented with cold meats. if you
wish. with biscuit and bread so light
that they could almost blow away in
the west wind-if they had the chance.
and with pumpkin. apple squash and
mince pies just like what our grand
mothers used to make. 1t is feast
fit for a king.
The fair this year was just about the
same as usual. There was a little
shortage in some classes of exhibits.
as compared with former years, but
the general effect was about the same.
The fakirs were there. in tents along
the roadside, and did a lively business.
The man with the striking machine
harvested many nickels. and the invi-
vidual with the tawny locks and silk
hat, who eXpatiated upon the marvel
louS ability of the one-man orchestra.
mopped his brow from the violence of
his exertons. Then there was the man
with the magic oil. who could cure
anything from troublesome corn to
a broken heart, the not frankfurt man,
the fellow With the three cornered hole
in a board. at which balls were thrown,
but seldom through. and lastly the
tintype man, who did a brisk business
all day. This tent was a popular rem
devious and many is the country
young man who was, Saturday. with
his best girl, reproduced on tin.
To add to the enjoyment of the oc-
casion, the Oakland Band was present,
and entertained the crowd with some
fine music. There was to have been a
base ball game, between the Sidney
nine and one from the Williams Gram
mar school of Augusta. but in the sec
ond inning the Augusta catcher got
hit in the eye by the ball, and the
game was declared Off
The different exhibits We're fairly
good In the horse stalls, the eXhib-
itors We're as follows:
Ezra Bates, mare and 9-months-old
colt: mare by Capt. Pulley, colt by
Gyp Anderson.
A. d. Stevens, 4-mOnths-old colt by
Galloway, dam by son of Gideon.
Willard Fields. 2 yearling colts, in
bred Knox; 2-year-Old mare, inbred
Knox: 3-year-old mare by Ellsworth,
dam by Daniel Boone; mare 20 years
old. by Maine Slasher, with colt by
Echo.
Demeritt Sawtelle. 3-year-old stall
lion by Nelson, out of a mare by CID
con.
Geo. York. 2-year-old gelding.
j. II. Swift, a yearling and 2-year-old
colt by Cleveland Bay, out of a ful-
ley mare.
r. A. Barr. mare and colt; colt by
Andrew, he by Echo.
Percy Hallett, mare with colt weeks
old: mare Knox and Drew, colt by SID
Nelson.
]. H. Swift. half Percheron mare,
with 4-months-old Cleveland Bay colt.
w. p. LYON. mare by Col. West colt
by Isle Dew, he by Nelson. Colt ~
weeks old.
The swine exhibit was small. A. IL.
Smiley showed a registered Berkshire
boar, l.. G. Tilley. Poland China boar
and Elisha Springer. some "hlte
Chester pigs.
In sheen Ezra Bates showed a fine
buck. and David Field. HOOK.
The cattle exhibit was good. A. T.
Clark showed a pair OF 3-year-oid
grade Durham steers; A. Fl. Smiley.
pair of 4-year-old Holsteins: b. r.
townsend. pair of 4-year-old grade
Durhams: F. A. Fields. pair grade
Durham oxen. F. w. Faughts exhibit
was two grade Hereford heifers,
wears old. and two calves months
old. also a thoroughbred Jersey COW,
and calf 3 days old. Benz. Bracket.
grade Jersey COW and twin calves: W.
A. Field two grade Jersey cows; Geo.
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