Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-06
SIDNEY FAIR.
Another Success Scored and
Added to the Long List.
Big Crowd from Surrounding Places to
See the Fine Exhibits.
The Stock, Fruit, Vegetable and Fancy
Goods All Good.
SIDNEY FAIR.


fair, Saturday, and as usual, added an
other to its long list of successes in the
line Of agricultural and stock dispiays.
The corner around the Grange hall has
been packed with the people, all day,
and everybody has had Il good time.
Roads from the corner lead in four
different directions, and al the fore
noon there WAS Il string of teams as
Tar as one could see. coming along
each road. But those who came to the
fair didn't all ride, and many Il young
native who didn't live within two
miles or the corner, WAS 10 be seen
dressed in his Sunday best. with his
trousers rolled up to the high water
mark, footing his way toward the fair
ground with Il stride that would give
one the impression that he was meas
urinS off the distance for setting bean
poles.
Where did the crowd come from?
Look ON your map and see the towns
that adjoin Sidney. or are within easy
distance OF it, and there you will find
your answer. Md then they come
from Watervillc. Winslow, Augusta.
fiailowell and Gardiner, and we might
add. way stations. Should one ask why
they come. the answer is, because they
have good time. Everyone who goes
to Sidney fair always goes home and
tells OF the fun he has had, and
when the year rolls around, and fair
day comes again, some one else goes
who has not been before That is the
reason why there is always Il crowd.
and why there were between $500 and
5000 people gathered at the corner.
Saturday.
OF course, the display of stock, fruit.
vegetables, fancy goods, etc. are i'm
portant attractions at the fair, but
there is another and it is that by this
fair Is brought about grand reunion
OF the townspeopie. people who might
not otherwise see each other from one
years end to another. And il also
brings friends and relatives from other
towns. and all get together talk il over
and have a good time. and go home al
night with "a thankful feeling in their
breasts that the day has been accorded
a place in the makeup of their lives.
Another noticeable feature of the
fair at Sidney is that some Of the aged
paoulc of the town are always present
Probably the oldest person on tht
ground. Saturday, was Granny bfy-
ant Granny is almost SIS years OLD.
God bless her. but she is as bright ~
4 dollar. ana was interested in every
thing that WAS going on she neiH
court all day i'm the secretarys oihce'
and it was touching to see the respect
and affection shown her by all.
The outdoor attractions at the fair
were varied. There were the usual
contingent of lakirs. just to make
noise ana incidentally TO pun the less
of some of the more guilible members
of the crowd. the fruit men. ana the
main who talles your pictures while you
wait. ana they were all doing business
Th. ladies Of the ". G. r. L. also had
n booth near the hall. where they had
fer sale ice cream and other toothsom,
delcacies.
Down by the siIe of the road which
runs over to the ferry. were tn cattle
+. ". Taught showed 4 thoroughbred
Hereford bull. years old, ana some
grade Hereford and Jersey cows an"
calves. A. ID. Stevens showed three
head OF grade Durhnms, and thor
oughbrcd Durham bull; a. ii. smiley
TWO COW $ ana n JtiSt il'ii'i- $500
grade Hereford and Durham c''N''':
Martin Reynolds, u 1-months-oid hoi-
stein and Jersey heifer, and y. ~ i'op-
bins "A 17-months old grade JeiHeH
heifer. +. o. Hamlen showed \ dalr!
COW ana Il sock COW, and g. w NAN !
ar 4 6-veeks-old Durham calf that
weighed 1870 pounds.
NJ t;oodhue showed an A j. 6 g
Jersey hull which was a beauty, ana d
GRANDSON OF Brown Bessie's son. from
| the Hood farm: Z. +. Robinson, a =
Iv~ar-old Jersey heifer: w. A. fleiu' y
4 Jersey COW and calf; {. ;. Iaylor' =
r-old Jersey heifer; y. L. 'l,ti H. q
qyear- old full blood Jersey DUN anu
T. n. Bean a pair of Hoistelh steers
n,onths OLD. also pair of 2-year-oiu
Hereford steers. Those who showed
oven were e. A. Field. +. Bowman, ID.
- Townsend. a. T. Clark. Albert
| Taught. A. II. Smiley. +. G. Robinson
| q y. Tilson and James Bean.
There was a good showing oi
ho,ses especially in young stock A.
(, R,iIav showed a brood mare with Il
,olt by Cedric. and t. a. Barr a D
,.e,r-old by Porto Rico which was q
J,s,nasome colt. {. A. Haughton mad
| 40 colts on the ground-one or them
s-vesr-old by Philip. Jr., ana the
other a 4-year-old by Porto Nico' aiso
j !, brood mare by Chief Nelson. Geo
= Yorl, had handsome s-year-oio
stallion by Jud Knox out of Westeif
ware n. l.. Goodhue showed prom
ising s-year-old by Cleveland BOY
Field had the largest string IN the
iIo, inei,,ding a a-year -old. an S-Heaf-
oid. a a-year-old colt by Porto Rico oa'
"a . ,lanl by Maine Slasher. q yeariins
with the sfme breeding. and the ofooe
mare. - years old. with suchei ~
her side. John Swift showed S-yes''
old cleveland Boy colt and Percheroi
brood mare. -,
| The sheep exhibit included lori
Of Grade shropshires shown oy T. :
j s,assl. some grade Shropshires q
David A. Field. and bucks by Lesi'
\. Bowman.
In swine A. II. Smiley shower
| berkshire SOW and litter OF berk