Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-15
STATE HOUSE.
Season Of Fairs Will Be-
gin Next Week.
Much Interest in Reunion Of
18th Maine Veterans.
Money Due RockIand Spanish War
Boys..Department Notes.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Coun-
Gil, Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 10 A. M.

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be held at Belfast next week. August
20, q and %, being the annual fair
of the Waldo County Agricultural
| society. A week later will come the
| big Bangor fair, and then for six weeks
they will come thick and fast in All
| parts of the State. The last fair will
| be that at Madawaska Oct. II. In the
| lower part of the State the last fair
will be that at Topsham, Oct. 8, and
10. Below is a list of the Maine fairs
whose dates are known at the office Of
| the State Commissioner Of Agriculture:
| Maine State Agricultural, Lewiston,
Sept. 2, 3, 4, 5.
Eastern Maine Fair Association,
Bangor. Aug. q. %, 20, 80.
Central Maine Fair, Waterville,
| Sept. 9, 10. II. II. 10. IA.
Maine State Poultry and Pet Stock
| Association, Portland, Dec. 10. II, II, Is.
Northern Maine Fair Association,
| Presque Isle, Sept. 3, 4, ).
Madawaska, Madawaska, Oct. II.
Cumberland County, Gorham, Spet
II. IS, 10.
Cumberland Farmers Club w.
Cumberland, Sept. "a, 25, &c.
Bridgton Farmers Club, Bridgton,
Sept. "a, %, 2G.
Freeport Agricultural Society. Free
port. oct. l, =, 3.
E'reeport Poultry Association Free
pert, Dec. 81. Jan l, ,.
Franklin County, Pennington Oct.
l, ;, ..
North Franklin, Phillips, Oct l, 2, 3.
Hancock County, Bluehill, Sept. 10.
II, II.
North Hancock, Amherst, Oct l. ..
Eden Agricultural. Eden. Sept. IS. 10.
North Ellsworth Farmers Club, \.
| Ellsworth, Sept %, &c.
Kennebec County, Readfield Sept
| Il, IS, 10.
South Kennebec, So. Windsor Sept.
| II, IS, 10.
North Knox. Union. Sept. "a, %, &c.
Lincoln County, Damariscotta, Oct
-, 8.
Bristol, Bristol, Sept. "a, %, &c.
Oxford County, S. Paris, Sept. H.
IS. 10.
West Oxford, Fryeburg. Oct. 1, 2, 3.
Androscoggin Valley, Canton, sept.
"a. %, &c.
Northern oxford. Andover Oct. 2. 3.
West Penobscot, Exeter, Sept
"a. %. &c.
North Penobscot, Springfield, Sept
II, IS.
Orrington, Orrington, Sept. 4, 5, ..
Newport Agrl and Pom, Newport
Oct ., 3, 4.
Sagadahoc County, Topsham, Oct
s, 8, 10.
Richmond Farmers Club, Richmond
Sept. "a.
East Somerset, Hartland, Sept
10. 20, 81.
Somerset Central. Skowhegan. Sept
Waldo County. Belfast, Aug
90 81, %.
Waldo and Penobscot. Monroe
Sept II, IS, 10.
Unity Park Association, Unity,
Washington County, Pembroke,
Sept. 10. IL.
West Washington, Cherryfield, Sept
IS. 10, 20.
Central Washington, Machias, Sept
| "a, 25.
Shapleigh and Acton, Acton, Oct
1,2, 3.
vicinity of the State House Wednesday
was the reunion Of the 10Th Maine In
! fantry in the field at the south of the
| Capitol, and on the very spot where
| this regiment was mustered into the
service of the United States exactly As
years ago. There was additional in
] terest ut the State House in this re-
union from the fact that Adjutant
| General F1rnhap, and State Trao
| Gilman We're both members of the 10th
| Maine and both active figures at the
| reunion. Ex-COuncillOr George d
| Bisbee was also a member of this
| regiment and was present at this re-
| union as we'll as many other men well
known in the state. Everybody at
| the Capitol either watched the inter-
| esting scene from the southern win
dOws of the State House or else visit
| ed the field itself where half hundred
| or more of the veterans with their
wives and children We're mingling in
happy reunion ard swapping, stories
of the exciting days when they were
boys together in the service of their
country. A most interesting feature
of the reunion, especially to the visitors
at the camp, was the process Of bak-
ing beans in hole in the ground af-
ter the true old army style.
Now that the work Of the various
summer schools is over. State Superin-
tendent Payson Smith is enjoying a
brief vacation from the work which
has kept him very busy since he as
sumed the duties of his new Office and
is now enjoying a weeks outing at
Peaks Island. The summer schools
were held at East Pittston, Brooks,
Milo, Van Buren, and st. Agatha, and
were well attended and very success
full
Rev. w. F. Livingstone, assistant
State librarian. together with Labor
Commissioner Thomas ]. Lyons, went
to Vinalhaven Wednesday afternoon
where they will attend the dedication
exercises of Vinalhaven's new library
building which will be held this fore
noon. This is Carnegie library, Mr..
Carnegie having given 5000 towards its
erection. The building is constructed
of Vinalhaven granite and is said to be