Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-09-17
IS HISTORY.
Words Fair at South
Windsor, Closes, Friday.
Horse Show. Baby Show and
Races, Features Of Day.
Bad Weather Cut Down Receipts, but
Show Was One o. the Best.

South Windsor. Me-, Sept. 16.-(Sprc-
ial I'll" 18th annual exhibition Of the
South Krnnrb"c Agricultural Society
closed here, this afternoon. and tn
gates "f tht fair ground are closed t.
:hr public for a period OF T. months.
About lOOo pcupl, We're pr. sent ut the
closing ceremonies, and it is snf" t"
sly that everybody hud 4 good time.
and went home s;ttisfi ii. as there was
i" reason why they should not
III" day was beautiful. ANA could
not possibly have been better for thr
r"uuir,mrmts of a fair. but While those
present fully appreciated I'll" ttrt, they
could not help lcGrrt,lAg that tn"
weather OF Wednesday NHi not been
nr Il similar mature. iI,I il been. thv
=ntr rrr~ipts would rrrhaliN have been
nearly double what th.y We're. ANA
would hay" gone far /" l'aN" offset tn"
som, what light att,lri.lur' Of the clos
ing dly.
Tir forenoon passed very quietly,
and there was but lit'I. /" tax" M
tho attention of The visitors. except tn
divers attractions uff..1- TN the Pix"
ana somehow the flE"rS thems 'lV"-
seemed i'm Il measure tn j" shprn o.
their activity Of MANN" and loudn"~@
Of vuirr which was displayed by them
on "Wednesday. This may have ha"n
.,ccounted for in part ly the soakin"
they got. Wednesday right. That
soaking waS 10 JOKE. ana TIL" thorough
n"SS with which ii diI itS work W1e
shown by the different articles of
clothing which Were. spread out to dry
In tnIur's sunshine.
The program Of the morning includ-
.G tn. iudging Of horses "El colts. ana
also the articles in III" hall. I'll
horse show. although no. large, WAS \
good one ana many fine animals We're
shown. Without doubt the hHndSom-
est fnTse on tn" grounds was tn" five
yoar-Old stallion owned by u. l.. Saw
tcllc Of Sidney. The horse, which WAS
= winner Of the bin" ribbon in his
cInss. was sired by Nelson. and closely
resembles the old hore" il many wav<.
W. I;roVn Of Weeks Mills. also shovel
"A fin" son of Nelson. which won a red
ribbon in III" above class. ]. b. Hayes
Of EInrnlph. showed 4 black stallion
hv H2Icv. which was awarded Il blu"
ribbon. lrd WAS much admired by the
hor-r,-"n present
At about IL n'c'nck the j. Jefferson band
ar"iv.-l ut The grounds. ana gave y fin"
concert. also furnishing music at tn"
,.:,cn,; in the afternoon. This band IS
conlrnscG Of Il pieces. under the eff
,irut leadershiu ur w. Il. Erskinc. and
til, quality of n" work done by them,
today, was vcrV acccpthhlc.
Tho afternoon program included the
r;tc.s. a trial of draft horses, ana i
baby show and with du" respect t.
tn. othcr nttra ctinnS nf tho afternoon
it must he said that during til" sho"t
time which WAS necesss:rH in which tC
aercr1nin which We're the larg st.
smallest ana fattost babies in tn
I.unch. IN" crnter Of attraction of about
/ tvn-thirds If all the l""rle on th'
( grounds. and fully 90 p"r cent of tn.
laIies. WAS the exhibition hall wh"r.
I ~" vounrstnrs held court. There Wer,
| i've nf the little ones in the cont"st
and after due dcIheration on the paw
,.f tho irl:rps. the nriz"s W"r" awarded
aa follows: HanHsonost baby. rnrri'
! I,"ll" Doe. aged II months. daughter v
! Nv AMI Mrs WV. Doe Of WindSorvilo
Largest baby. Wi'lie +. Shaw. aged 4
r,orthe son of Mr. and Mrs. WW
! Shaw Of Augusta. Smallest baby
Elra"n- Gu~n"v. nrel II months
dan'.'tt"r Of MI. ana Mr.. Howard Cur
ncv Ur Augusta.