Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-12-08
All Enthusiastic Over
Fair and Its Future.
800 ENJOY THE DINNER
And Subsequent Speeches OF Sound
Sense and Wit===Treasurer's
Report Most Satisfactory.

WatcrvilI". Nc. Dec. 7.-(SpcciaD.-
The second annual meeting of the
Central Maine Fair Association was
called to order by the president, f.. +.
Thursday morning. in the Coliseum at
tho fair grounds. Prayer was offer
ed bv Rev. r. +, Pcmbcr of Bangor
after which the records of the previ-
Gus meeting were read by the sccre-
tary. T.. T. Wyman.
After the preliminarics of the meet
inE were finished. the retiring prcSi-
dent of the association, l.. +. Mayo,
addressed about $50 supporters of the
institution Of which he has for over
two years, stood as the recognized.
efficient, and honored head. This ad-
dress was Il c0mmcndabe literary ef-
fort as we'll Us the heartfelt expression
Of on" Of The most loyal officers which
the Association ever expects to have.
President Mayo spoke as follows:
1T sc"pls to BE- an unwrittcn law Of
agricultural societies that at the an
nual meeting the president shall de
liy"r = formal report Of the doings Of
tho year past.
"On this occasion my task is not n
mrre formal ono, but Il pleasant en-
ioyahl" duty. for tn" message | bring
you is on" Of great JOY. i is tn"
story of the growth ana development
Of Il wonderful two years. The
story of IT." dream and fulfillmcnt of 4
great agricultural fair.
"AH yo,, all can readily recall. when
few Of MS met III the nciShboring
village nf Oakland to consider the ad-
Visibility Of forming u local ASricul-
turl I'rir Associntiou TO fill what
seemed 10 hC 4 long fclt want in this
community. no one thought of any
thing beyond. for at least Il dozen
years or more, if thcn. But behold
what W" have seen. The Watervl!"
& Oakland Railway had built yondcr
rae" track and Il small grand stand,
and thIt WaS all. BIf when this organ
iz4ti"n arranE into lifc they generous
ly cam" forward ana erected al the
buildings YOU sec hire today. and n
ncat"r ANA better constructed set Of
buildings never WAS seen on any fair
grounds in the East.
"l;ut these are hut physical things.
Rae" tracks and buildings. valuable
aS they ar" do no; make Il great acri-
cultural fair. 1t takes earnest. Jealous
men and women, who have firm con-
victiousi of what they want. and intel
hgcut purposes To perform the work
necessary to produce given results
I" effect great measures in any field
"f effort.
Well, that is what we had there
anu what We have today.
"Ynu Who were here when assumed
TIE chair aS presiding officer over this
association two years ago, will re
call that ! put special emphasis upor
IL" fact that this was your fair. not
1inr. Hnl lust because ! had been Sc
l""'rd To preside over your delibcra-
ttons MS nn reason why you should
lang back and refuse to assume yOul
rt"iorii tomato part of the labor anG
hurI ms.
1T is evident to me, as | recall tht
dtN$ that have passed since then, that
you took nc at my word. and deter
mined to do your part ana to make il
your fair in deed and in word. AnC
this is precisely what you have done
IN most thorough ana satisfactory
mAnarr. and We sec the finished
product of a modern. and I might say
model agricultural fair as the re.
suit No, | do not think that we should
think of our efforts as complete. nol
that Wc have model fair as long as
anyone can see a possible chance tt
improve upon it in any particular.
"cTr Fair is IA modern fair mas
much as we have discarded many an
Cient customs and inaugurated man,
new ones You see none of the olc
Weathcrheaten buildings hereabOuts. NJ
doors off the hinges, and no classics
windows. Everything is kept picked W