Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-21
| FIRST ANNUAL
Fair Of CobboSseecOntee
|Grange at French's Cor.
kddress BY State Entomo|ogist
|n Open Session Of Grange.
Excellent Fruit Exhibit, With vege'
| tables, Poultry and curios.

rohbosceecontee Grange, No. 100, p. of
a held its first annua, fair Tuesday at
Hhe Grange hall at French's Corner. West
Gardner. The fair was 50 successful that
N gas decided by the Grange officers
md members to make it a permanent
vert Several hundred people We're pers-
mt including Grange visitors from Wins
ow Sidney, Capitol Augusta, Gardiner
md Monmouth Oranges. as well as farm
n from the surrounding country who
ere not identified with the Grange.
The forenoon session was devoted to
be- secret work of the Grange and at
NON a. dinner was served. The tables
ere piled high with good things. which
uckly disappeared at the hands Of the
bany visitors, VINO completely filed the
lbles
After dinner came the lecturers pro-
lam. including the following numbers:
ianO sole. Geneva Small
feeting, II. >. collins
ea1ing. Mrs G.. w Paul
Istnod of Raising Carrots and and Other Sn,
ethod of Raising Beans, Alfred Carter
ethod of Raising Potatoes,
George w. Paul
Inning Fruit, Mary Fuller
Icklemaking. Lizzie +. Paul
icln ana piano duet.
Verne Spear and l.. G. Bachelor
local solo. Clair " Head
violin obligato, l.. G Bachelor,
ddress, State Entomolosist Hitchins
|The subject of the address by Prof
itchins vas Small Fruits" and it was
Moughly practical, Astounding in helpful
ns One of his enthusiastic hearers af-
the lecture was over declared that he
ouG willingly travel 20 miles to hear
ch an address.
Both fruit and vegetable exhibits were
(T large for a purely local affair and
De fruit exhibits were particularly fine
quality and variety. showing % varie-
Of apples alone. Prof IIitchins de-
Ned on looking over the fruit that in
aity the apples shown at the fair Of
bbosseecontee Grange were the equal
any that he saw at a great fair in
ew York where over 100, 600 plates were
pwn.
The awards were as follows:
8ItSflN''S-MTS ,Nldly j. ulltI, Isl, MI =
ice Towle, I'd. Pickles and canned goods
Is. c. F.. Wakefield 1st Mrs. r. NJ. De,
Illus. I'd. Fancy work, Mrs. Harry May.
Hegetables-Carrots. John Scott. Gu
hbers. Hubbard squash and parsnlps.
Jones. Pumpkins, Henry Williams.
bction of potatoes. c. V. Head.
gest potatoes, Walter Wakefield. cit
b. and melons. Walter Wakefield Po-
b balls. I. +. Ware. Turnips. bcets and
tchokcs, W. IT. Davis. Collection of
hns and yellow corn, A. w. Defratus.
b corn, g. J. Small. Peanuts. Herbert
bshel Mangel wurtZels. A. n. Gosline.
Poultrv-SinSle comb buff Orpingtons.
In. Gosline. Bantams. Mrs. G., w.
Fruit Apples: Baldwin. r. NJ. Defra-
1st. A. S. Merrill ID: bellflowers,
mes W. Small 1st. l.. NJ, Bird ID
lbeniv, w. III. Davis list, II. A. Fuller
Harvey. C. J. McCausland LIST, A. n.
sine ID Blue Pearmain. Towle Bros.
T. Is. Seavey ID; Blue oxford. Fl. A.
Her Golden Russct. j.. =. Scott LIST. l..
Bird ID: Tolman Sweet II. NJ. Detra-
ftlDraTuSltln. vi. 1JtltdttiS iSi, -
HFuller I'd; Rhode Island Greetings. A,
Merrill list: Spitzenburg.' II. a. Fuller
kT M. Defratus I'd: Pewaukee. G. w.
nl Ben Davis. r. NJ Defratue LIST. T.
Seavey ID: Nodheaus. Clair V. Head
Ia. S. Merrill ID Snow. r.. NJ. Deira-
Golden Pippin. A. w. Defratus: RoX-
D. Russet. Fl. A. Fuller 1st. 7. NJ. De-
lind. a. T. t,,o A MprriIl or w
tits I'd: Canada Red. Towle Bros; Mae
bsh Red. c. f. Small 1st, J. p. Scott ID:
&atl,v, G.. r. NJ. Wentworth: Wagner.
IL s'cayev 1st. G.. NJ Wentworth I'd
1entv Ounce Pippin. J. p. Scott: GRAY
tein J F. Scott Northern Spy, l.. NJ
LIST, Frank Lowell I'd. Pears. Towle
novel exhibit which attracted much
enton was "A table two feet square eX-
Med Ivy A. w. Defratus made of lo64
erent pieces OF foreign woods. Leon
ffe, II years of age. exhibited the SKIN
n fox shot by himself The exhibit of
eral quarts of potato balls by Irving
Ire was new sight to many. which the
crow exhibited by Verna Spear. Tag
as a North American canary. caused
ny laugh. Noteworthy among the
Neral exhibits were traces of yellow
by A. w. Defratus and 16 varieties
Potatoes shown ny Clair v. Heald
Che Judges -wer:' aa.ksaxs hsW. Defra'
H. A. Fnusr,s4.~;.A1-ss l!i pickles
deserves and fancy work. Mrs. Ceila >
VS. Mrs. A. W. Defratus. Mrs. Flor
Norton; Vegetables. Lester LonS'el'
of Monmouth. George w. Paul.
ihe general committee of Cobbossee'
n'ee Grange in charge of the fair con
'eo OF Clair V. Head, IT.. A. ful'er
r. Wentworth. Celia Davis. Mrs. a
beiratus and Mrs. Nellie Collins.
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