Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-03
THE STATE FAIR.
Everything in Readiness for
Greatest Fair Ever Held.
Officials Say: "Give Us the Weather
and Well Give You the Sport"
Splendid Exhibits and the Entries Promise
3 Some Splendid Rae es.

TSs'tN' isiiJ. AL tl.dl Is wanted. InlS
Hfek, al the fair grounds north of the
SHEdle city. where annually all Maine
Eayhers to enjoy one of the greatest
4lhpTs on earth. is fair weather. Give
rs Ahe weather ana We'll have the
hoWr. is the general expression. The
sEanspr fair people had the best of
iNea1her as usual and that's what they
.NantsQyer here. At the 10th annual ex-
Aibitfcn of the Maine State Agricul-
stural Society. The weather at the
sStates fair always was an uncertain
.qqantity, and in looking over the rec
.ords oi the past, one can see weeks
where it was almost impossible to hold
a race on account of rain. But the
management uf The fair. this Year. is
hoping for better things. They can't
seen any reason why it should rain
anyhow.
Today, the fair grounds presents Il
spectacle rs busy as bee hive. Cattle
horses. piss. sheep and poultry are ar
riving every hour, while truck teams in
great numbers are unloading before
the main exhibition hall Tents and
booths are going up in all directions
ana the midway is gradually assuming
i form that is something like that ira
ditional place of wonders and mon
StruSiticG.
Hut the grounds. today. are but a
fair in the embryo. Every man You
meet is hustling and has 40 time for
idleness, nor, indeed. have you, if you
got through the big gate by legitimate
means for only those who are busy are
allowed inside the grounds. today. No
Ioafers wanted" say the officials and
they are right FOR a tremendous amount
of work must be done before the
great exhibition is ready for the
thousands of people who Will surge
through the gates.
Tuesday. the opening day Of the
great fair. VIII be- Children's day.
children under IA Years of age and
aged persons over 49, years will hc ad-
mtted free. There will y" crowds Of
Youngsters present if today is any in
dication for there are hundreds of
them outside the gates just longing to
60 inside ana waiting eagerly for some
exhibitor who needs a small boys as
sistance whereby they may get by the
stands between them and a Veritable
Paradise.
Tht. officials of the fair are in fine
spirits. Its going TO be the greatest
fair ever held on these grounds" they
say. The exhibits. it is said, will
eclipse anything ever before seen ana
the other attractions Will be cor
reSpondingly magnificent. No casual
observer can. today, form any opinion.
for guided by his observations alone.
he would not think the exhibits, the
Midway, nor in fact anything, unless
it be the cattle and horses. would be
gin to approach former years. But
they are coming: every train bears its
part and. while the big exhibition
building is most noticeable. today. on
account of its bearnesS. they say it's
going to be so crowded that fly will
have to hustle to find space to place
his feet.
The officers of the Maine State Agri-
cultural Society are: President. l.
Pompilly. Auburn secretary. George
H. Clark Auburn treasurer f.. G..
Eveleth. Auburn: trustees. John S.
Heald. Portland: l.. g. Morse. Liberty;
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Foxcroft. The general superintendent
is l. Pompilly. The department super
intendent are: Tickets, A. w. Gilman;
horses. John s. Head: stock. L. J.
Libby: halls. l.. G. Morse.
The great fair will be characterized
by what is probably the greatest gath
ering Of blooded cattle that ever came
together in the State of Maine. SO
many animals have come that the OIL
cials are wondering what they viii 90
with them: the stalls are full to over
! flowing and il looks as though rein
| forcements in the shape of carpenters
must be summoned and temporary
| stalls erected, \ fine lot of Jerseys
| from the Grant farm at Gardiner, are
on the scene.
| Mr.. Grant has had hard luck, TINS
! fall. At the train wreck At Newport.
one week ago last Sunday night, ne
| lost a valuable COW. Two cattle cars
went over an embankment ON the way
to Bangor. and it happened that every
! animal in those two ears belonged To
/ Mr.. Grants herd. Besides the death
of the COW. his other animals were
SCARED ana being obliged 20 wait in Z
| COlu ram Win ntlHliiS " 'dA' tiNS -
! rived at the Bangor fair IN anyth'hg
! but prize winning condition.
! S. NJ King of South Paris, has II
Jerseys from Kinglcside farm. every
one of them with pedigree as long
as your arm and f. G. POoler cf SkoW
hogan. has IL slick looking Jerseys
Never saw SO many Jerseys ut a iai'
in my life" observed one owner. anu
indeed il seems as though he must
have spoken the truth for the long
rows of thcs. handsome :nimals seems
never to come to an end. Edward
Clough of Hallowell. is on hand win
10 head of oxen and it is said he Is
looking for distinction in some OF the
pulling contests with one especi?n,,'
large and strong looking pair C:@@cr
exhibitors in the cattle line VINO have
already arrived are Bnrleigh of Vas
salboro. and Libby of Oakland. They
are also here from all counties in the
State.