The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-08-22
Special Premiums.

W, tndl OF speclal premiums, Offered
by merchants and other citizens of
this county, for the competitions noted
below, is the most acceptable. This
custom was entered upon last
year and the list for the coming fair
is even longer and more liberal than
that for 1905. In this way the donor
of premium may cause it to be ap-
piled to any subject in which he may
be specially interested and the per-
son who finally wins the prize, values
it more highly from knowing the in
dividual or firm by whom it was offer
ed.
G. W. Day will give one barrel of
Luxury Flour for the best exhibit of
Farm Produce.
J. A. Morrisette, the clothier, will
give $500 B. & NJ. Special Stiff Hat
for the winning pair Of draft cattle in
heavy class.
Albert Libby, barber under Hotel
Coburn, will give % shaves for the
most interesting exhibit of Curios by
any gentleman.
A. E. Bison & Son will give a pair
of $500 Emerson Shoes for the Larg-
est and Heaviest Rooster, any strain,
exhibited in Poultry Show.
D. B. Bearce will give set of hand
turned Shoes to the best Trotting bred
two year old shown on the grounds.
Levi Bean will give a Dustin White
Wyandotte Cockerel for best pen of
White Wyandotte Chicks, the prod
uce of his yards.
Thnrov
strain s. G. R. l. Red Cockerel for
best pen of S. G. R. l. Red Chicks,
the produce of his yards.
CD. Miller will give S1.00 for the
best pen of White Plymouth Rocks.
G. b. Miller will give $1.00 for best
pen of single Comb Rhode Island
Reds.
G. D. Miller will give $1.00 for the
best pen of Black Minorca Chickens.
G. D. Miller will give $1.00 for the
best pen of White Wyandotte Chicks.
G. D. Miller will give $1.00 for best
pen of Barred Plymouth Rocks.
G. D. Miller will give S1.00 for best
pen of Golden Laced Wyandottes.
The G. F. Ward Co. will give a S12
Suit of Mems Clothes for the best
Farm team of horses to weigh 2400 or
over, harnessed TO dump cart. Condi-
tions to be considered: closely
matched except color, condition of
horses, how harnessed, how groomed
and how hammered. To be shown
Thursday .. m, between heats.
Frank & Abel Thompson will give
St. 90 for the best litter of thorough
bred Pigs of any breed not less than g..
Parker & Robinson offer as a spe-
cial premium the services of their
horse, Pilot Nelson, 1908, for the best
Weanling, best Yearling, best two
year old, by Pilot Nelson, to be shown
at Somerset Central Agricultural Fair
1907, amounting to $4,000.
The Hessel Studio, 81 Water ST.,
Skowhegan, will give one dozen Cab
met Folder Photographs for the best
exhibit of Oil Paintings.
James Lewia Co. will give one pair
Mems w. L. Douglass Shoes for the
best trace of 8 rowed Yellow Corn
grown this year and shown at the
Fair.
III. R. Berce, practical horse sheer,
Madison Ave-, opposite Hotel Coburn
Skowhegan, will put on set OF hand
turned Shoes to the horse making the
fastest record during either three
days of the Fair.
steward bTOb- Will give d olcyCic
Grinder for the best hatch of Incuba-
tor Chickens to come out in the Hall
the second day of the Fair.
John Philbrick will give a $3.50
Fruit Dish for the best styled Ladies'
Driving Horse to be shown and driven
by the lady on the track between the
heats.
F. w. Buchanan will give $500 in
goods for the best display of Plants
and Flowers grown by the exhibitor.
Not open to professionals
Ira Norton will give Boys Suit of
Clothes, valued at $3.50 for the best
trained pair of Steer Calves exhibited
by boy under Is years of age.
Blunt Hardware Co. will give a
S. 90 Revolver for the best Black
Faced Sheep and Lamb by her side
exhibited and owned by boy under
16.
Woodard & Son will give a barrel
of Flour, valued at $500, for the best
two year old driving colt.
Somerset Traction Co. will give
$1,000 in cash for best display of
Fruit.
Merrill & Co. will give a pair of
Ladies' SO. 80 La Flance Boots for the
best display of Jellies made by the
exhibitor.
F. w. Briggs of the Pittsfield Poul-
try Yards, will give $40 for best Ply
mouth Rock Cockerel.
Miss Louise H. Coburn will give $40
for the best tin of Biscuits baked by a
girl not more than 16 years old or less
than 13 years, to be made and baked
at the Societies. Hall on the grounds
the last forenoon of the Fair.
Albert H. Weston will give $500
for best and largest display of Garden
Vegetables.
W. P. Ordway will give a good pair
of $500 Blankets for best display of
Domestic Butter.
Walter F. Robbins will give a $500
Japanese Coffee Pot for the best
Sponge Cake baked on the ground.
Steward Bros, Plumbers, will give
a Copper Heater for the best Yearl-
ing Stallion Colt (Trotting bred to
be shown to halter on the track be-
tween heats on Thursday.
The SOMERSET REPORTER will give
years Subscription to any new sub
scriber for the best bouquet of Flow
ers from an Old Fashioned Garden to
be displayed Wednesday a. m; also
a new ,sg.,s Subscription for best display
A. r. Jewett, marketman under
Hotel Coburn, will give $500 in trade
for the best pen of Lambs.
The Bowman Hardware Co. will