Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-06
The Babv Show.

The real fun Of the day was the
BABY show that took place the first of
the afternoon. Some of the finest ba-
pies with fine looking mothers encir-
cied the stage. they being Mrs Ida
Runnels with cute Robert E.: Mrs.
Levi Decker with bouncing Donald
Rcife; Mrs. George Hubbard with
mart little Floyd Milton; Mrs. Lot
tie Foster with pretty Doris Mae; Mrs.
Nellie Salisbury with darling Mary
Ellen: Mrs. Alice Bowman with beau
| tiful Evelyn Alice, this baby and its
mother won first prize in the baby
show at Waterville); Mrs. Hida
Goodrich with plump Walter John
Goodrich; Mrs. Blanche Richardson
with sweet Alton Helen, and Mrs. An
ME Horn with charming baby j. Stan
ley.
Vegetable Exhibits.
display of eight pumpkins raised
on one vine caused a good deal of en-
w and many asked w. c. Fitzgerald
for seed. George Foster had a good
display Of farm products, including a
trace of sweet corn, oats, pear toma
toes, India wheat, cucumbers table
beets ard pretty bouquet of GRIM
son clover blossoms which We're q
| rarity to some. Mrs. Eva Emery had
an exhibit of Kohlkabi which are sell
dom seen around here. Charles Car
ner had a fine trace Of yellow corn.
c. L.. Rolfe was the largest exhibitor
of yellow corn having five traces of
yellow and one large one of yellow
and black specified corn w. C.
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corn including two traces of sweet
corn and two of yellow. He also had
an exhibit of alfalfa clover Milford
keene had three very fine traces of
yellow corn which delighted every OBJ
server. f. f. Clifford showed a fine
half bushel of Green Mountain pota-
toes. also some good tomatoes and
turnips. Some fine caulifiower short
horn carrots and tomatoes were exhi-
bited by Henry Manson. C. l.. Rolfe
had some good cattle beets Elias E.
Ff3cr had an interesting display of
garden vegetables consisting of tur-
nps, taets, carrots and cabbage.
The largest potatoes of the show were
those exhibited by S. f. Pettigrew
Three different varieties of fine look
ing potatoes We're shown by j. N.
Drawn besides other vegetables. This
fair had the largest number of mann
moth pumpkins seen together for some
time, one of ]. N. Brawn's weighed 81
pounds and another 50 pounds. George
w. Weeks had an exhibit of two ex-
ira fine hubbard squash and four
mammoth pumpkins. James Mason
was also a pumpkin exhibitor having
a large round yellow one. S. B. SAILS
bury had some fine looking cauliflow-
er and Scott Lord had a dozen of the
best of cabbage and a good trace of
yellow corn.
The Fancy Work.
In the fancy work department all
kinds of embroidery were shown.
There were sofa pillows of various
kinds. Mrs. George Steward had one
embroidered in an autumn leaf design.
Two pretty Wallachian pillows were
shown by Mrs. Belle Holt and Miss
Annie Rand. A neat looking silk
crazy work pillow was there which
was made by Mrs. Jacob Weymouth,
an old lady 50 years old. The great
est curiosity of all was pillow so
years old, one side of which was of
velvet with a wreath OF worsted flow
ers and the other was entirely of
WOrSted with wreath of flowers on
white background. This was shown
by Mrs. L. Decker. Very few of the
present generation had ever seen any
! thing like it. Three exceedingly pref
i ty silk crazy quilts were shown by
Mrs Ora Chase Mrs. George d. Stew
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ton patchwork quilts were shown, one
| by Etiie NJ. Richardson and the Other
| by Margaret Young made when she
) vas only IL years old. One of the fine
i bits of sewing was brown and rec
| patchwork standcover made in~stal
, pattern made by lady Sc, shown by
| Mrs. George Hubbard.
Some exquisite hand work was a SET
| Of seven handkerchiefs one of them OF
Pattenhurg lace made by Mrs. II. J
! Moody. The largest piece of HAND
| embroidery was a Standcover in eye
let embroidery made by Eva NJ. Holt
who had besides this a pretty Wal
| lachian centerpiece. a pair of fine
drawn work pillow shams and pail
| of pillow cases to match We're exhibit
ed by Mrs. Irving Davis. Mrs. A. C
| Cover had a pretty display of GRO
cheted and drawn work doiies. Effie
NJ Richardson showed some fine work
including fine lace collar. a violet
dolly and some lace trimmed hand
kerchiefs. Mrs. Isaac had brought a
large fuschia full of blossoms which
was greatly admired. Such gooc
lpaintings are rarely seen at a fair as
were shown at the Canaan fair by
Mrs. VIII futile. There were three
of them, the subjects being snow
scape, deer, and a charming noun
tain view.
Closed With Ball.
The fair closed with grand ball
Great credit is due the officers of the
| fair and any, one |ho had part II
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