Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-24

and spinning wheels; dresses, hats and
wedding slippers worn 100 or perhaps
$50 years ago; good old hand made fur
niture; and scores and scores Of other
| things.
The hall has been completed at 5
| cost of about $4,000 and is one of the
best if not the very best, in the State
1t is located on the next lot but one
south of the old church on land thai
slopes not too abruptly to the road and
| then to the Kennebec. This gives it {
commanding position with an excellent
view down the river and across into
| Watervil.e.
The building is of two stories ant
| faces The west There is a neat little
| porch at the front entrance which Is
| reached by few steps. The driveway
| approaching the front circles up over
the little elevation, passing the door
way and on down to the road again.
On entering there is a commodious hall
way with a neat little ticket office on
the right where tickets can be sold to
any entertainment that may be held.
StairWays lead to the second floor or
either side.
The first floor will be devoted to q
large dining room and kitchen. The
former will be 40 49, feet and the
latter is X 90. This part could not be
finished in time for the fair as all of
the floor space was sold to merchants
for displays of goods and they needed
| time to arrange them before the open
ing day. But these rooms will be in
keeping with the others when COM
pleted.
On reaching the second floor another
generous hall way is found, with a
comlno'lious cloak room on the left.
The principal feature of the building.
of course. is the hall and the members
of the Grange are justly proud of it,
The hall itself is 40 X 49, feet and the
stage at the east end is 40 is. The
rroscenium arch is 20 feet wide and the
front of the platform has a three foot
swell.
The floor is of hard wood beautifully
laid and finely polished. The walls are
sheathcd and finished in the natural
wood, the colors being very pleasing
The ceiling is of steel painted in
artistic colors. There is a deep frie4e
of handsome design with arrangement
for hanging pictures. The wood USED
around the arch was very carefully
selected and has been treated in
beautiful manner.
A stairway leads from the rear of the
stage to the dressing rooms on the frs;
floor. The windows are of the two
pane style and are of ground glass.
The whole building has been wired 70.
electric lights and there is an
abundance of them in the hall.
furnace will be located in the basement
for heating the whole building.
All the wiring is concealed and there
is Il neat arrangement for the switch
that controls the lights in the hail
This has been set into the wall in the
rear and protected by d small door thai
can be locked so that but one person
can turn the lights on or off.
The whole interior of the building,
except the part not vet completed, has
been finished in the natural wood and
is very pretty. The building has been
| constructed very thoroughly the work
manship and material being of the best
1t has been planned with great care
especially for Grange purposes and is
about as convenient as any one could
ask for. 1t is certainly very attrac-
tive inside and out and is worth all ii
cost. ..ut Sd. f..ti it
The exhibit of live stock would have
been worthy of larger fair and it is
probable that much more ambitious ones
in the State have not had so good There
were fine cows of various grades. horses
for work. everyday driving and racing:
sheep. imported and domestic; swine and
oxen These We're shown in the rear OF
tention during the day. The following
exhibitors were noticed. although it may
not be a complete list as there We're some
lat ar arrivals; 6 W. Finnemorei Samuel
swine: A x G. r. Fuller. G. H. Drum
mond. S. II. Rhodes. A. A. Hodges. J. A.
LODGES. Tom Burleigh. w. \. GetchelI.
Samuel Chaffee. r. S Holmes. E. S. eros
by. Mary Reed. e. E. Smith. J. S. Roder-
lex John Hodges. a. A. Hodges. Sylves
ter Witham, horses: John Weber. pony
with colt: D. A. Abbott. Ernest d. Run
Most of these exhibitors had more than
one animal on exhibition and some of
| them had eight or nine: so the total num-
Der was excellent. There We're some
splendid colts in the lot. some being as
pretty as anyone would care to see. In
this department Lady Rolfe. 10 years old
ny 1tullS fiOlle, ana IL nail sister 10 Mel
son Coz. with colt sired by Sedwick.
attracted n great deal of attention. The
colt was pretty little fellow and gave
promise of being worthy of his blood.
Among the sheep. one weighing 49,
pounds and belonging to Ernest ID. Run
nels attracted much attention. as did an
imported Shropshire buck owned by Q.
A. Abbott There was blood and style
and speed among the horses and all the
good qualities of their respective breeds
among the other animals. Some very val
liable stock was included and it was all
good. This part of the fair made fine
showing and proved to be one of the chief
| attractions.
The poultry was shown in the Town
| hall. this year. and there was n fine as
| sortment. The pets were also classified
with those. and dogs, foxes. rabbits and
kittens were mixed in with the hens
ducks and pigeons. Ducks were shown
| by r. Il. Snow and Allen Reynolds. and
| hens by c. w. Davis, c. b. Lawrence,
| Fred l.. Fall and Thomas Peters had both
| hens and kittens. A litter of five young
foxes was exhibited by f. C. Drummond.
There We're some fine coon kittens in this
department and a proud Scotch collie
| mother with large family of puppies:
| There We're also several cases of rab-
| bits, or perhaps they had better be called
| Belgian hares. This was a good show all
by itself. although it did not attract the
| attention that the others did.
| At noon. dinner was served in the din
| ing room of the church and 500 tickets