Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-02-23
FOOD FAIR.
yoRmALtY OPENED YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON.
..crryE ExHIBrTS-GOOD ATTEND
A .rcE-pRooRAx FOR REMAINDER
OF THE WEEK.

.xcr-pRooRAN FOR REMAINDER
OF THE WEEK.
The ellsworth food fair opened with
q. ..boostu yesterday afternoon. It's sue
We !. assured. The ringing Of bells and
,. W. Of whistles announced the OPEN
ina Of the exhibition.
IA =. the hall everything was in readiness,
"a nearly 800 people filed the galleries
- aoor when the formal opening exer-
.;.ss took place. During the afternoon
. .s were about 400 people in the hall.
THE DECORATIONS.
Tho hall is most attractively decorated.
~. prevailing colors are light blue and
r.l,ow. and broad festoons OF bunting in
.s..e eolors ornament ceiling and gale
70. The stage is set ~ forest scene,
md the albino deer, mounted BY Eugene
n Brapn. stands out prominently against
.hs background Of spruces. It is the
h.ndsomest specimen OF the deer family
.,er seen in Ellsworth. About the gallery
:, intervals are deers' heads and other
.rsc;meps from Mr.. Brann's taxidermy.
Mousghan's orchestra occupies the
...ge. and furnishes concerts afternoon
and evening. Mr.. Monaghan, owing to
illness. is not in his accustomed place a.
,..der. Max q. Simbollek, violinist, Of
Bangor, having been engaged to lead the
orchestra. The orchestral selections are
supplemented by selections by pianists at
the staples Piano & Music Co.'s booth.
Entirely surrounding the floor Of the
hall are the booths, all most attractively
arranged. 1t is not, strictly speaking, .
food fair--there is Q variety which is all
the more pleasing.
THE EXHIBITORS.
At the right OF the entrance Is the Ellis
worth booth taken up BY Ellsworth mer-
chants. Those displaying cards at this
booth are H. W. Morang, John P. FL
bridge, Whiting Bros, w. X. Parker
Clothing Co., Z. F. Robinson and Andrew
N. Moor.
Adjoining this Is the booth Of the
Bar Harbor & Union River Power Co.,
whose display OF electrical appliances
attracts much attention. superintendent
L. II. Cushman is in charge.
The Union Trust Co. has most attract
i've booth. Its arrangement Is simple
and dgintied. r. b. Holmes is in charge.
The Staples Piano d Music Co. has a
double booth at the left OF the hall, dis
playing pianos and Photographs. c. 1.
Staples, manager Of the Ellsworth store,
is in charge, with Miss Alice Tozier and
R. D. Pollard, OF Portland, and Miss Nan l.
Drummey, OF Ellsworth, as pianists.
The adjoining booth is occupied by Miss
J. A. Thompson, showing the Reputation
and Coronet chocolates. She Is assisted
by Miss Hannah Holmes.
A. F. Stockbridge has an ice-cream
and soda booth adjoining the stage.
section in front of the stage is occu-
pied by the Eleanor petticost Co.
H. +. wescott exhibits the Bluebell
cream separator.
The exhibit OF the voigt Milling Co.,
manufacturers Of Royal -four, attracts the
good cooks who visit the fair. Mrs. Nan
Bradbury presides at the table where
samples OF bread and rolls made from this
-four are dispensed.
Walter Baker & Co.'s booth is perhaps
the most attractive in the hall. Here the
well known products OF this company
chocolate and cocoa-are dispensed by two
lady demonstrators who wear the costume
familiar as the trade mark on packages
put up by this company.
Adjoining this booth Is that OF the Mt.
Kebo Spring, with Charles r. Burrill in
charge. The pure spring water and the
beverages bottled by this company are
exhibited and samples dispersed. The
display is very attractively arranged.
The Ellsworth Foundry & Machine
Works makes most attractive display Of
products OF its foundry and machine
shop. Charles Peters is in charge OF the
booth.
The DeLavalle cream separator occupies
an entire booth with a display of its
machines.
Roy c. Hsines has an attractive booth,
showing furniture, hammocks, etc. A