Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-19
Annual Field Day at Cobbosseecontee
GRANGE.

Yesterday was the annual field day
at (0bbosseecoEtee Grange which al
ways brings together many of the
sturdy farmers of West Gardiner and
the country round about. with heir
wives and children, the sweethearts
and their friends. Yesterday being
an ideal day was no exception to the
rule. but rather with increased num-
berS greater interest was manifested
than usual and their hall at French's
Corner vas the scene of a gathering
of over 100 persons. After short
business session in the morning a
splendid dinner was served to all
from II to 100 o'clock. In the after
noon Il line program, most eXcellently
gotten up by the lecturer. Mrs Geo.
w. Paul. was carried out. The eX-
ercises opened with singing by the
Grange, followed by an address of vel
come by Frank S. Collins. Reading
by Mrs. J. W. Lowell; paper: Are
Grange Fairs Profitable?" Mrs. Frank
S. Collins: recitation. Carr Carter;
duet. Mesdames Clough and Wake
field; instrumental music. Messrs.
James Garter. Irving Horne and Miss
Lottie Small; reading. "A Plea For
the Boys" Mrs. G.. w. Paul; gem
eral talk, suggestive for youth and
maturer years, by Rev J. w. Steele
A paper presented by Mrs. Susie
Wakefield. subject: AT What Age
Should Our Daughters BE Taught
the Art Of Housekeeping was fol-
lowed by general discussion. ]. A.
Spear read paper: Some New
Thoughts on crop cultivation" that
was well to the point A dialogue:
why We Never Married." by seven
old maids and seven old bachelors,
supposed to be) was rendered in
fine style. Music: Mrs. Clough: read
ing, Music of The Corn" by Mrs
Judson Currier; Mrs Baker read a
paper The Harvest Season"
At these annual gatherings of Cob
hossee Grange there is also a dis
play of the products of the farm, gar
den and handiwork Of the ladies' The
general exhibit yesterday was eXcep-
tiorallv good and might we'll have
been enVied by some of the larger
Fairs. The canned goods put up by
the ladies came in for special ad-
miration. Scarcely q better display
Of vegetab lrs ard the larger growth
of the farm products could well have
been found. one specia! feature
worthy of imitation by the Oranges
generally is the very great interest
COhlOsSeecontee takes in The encOur-
agnmcnt Of the children Prizes are
offered to boys ana girls, under II
years of age. who present the best
display from products gathe,ed as the
res lit OF their own toll. The Jour
nal man wishes he could do Justice
to the young exhibitors by giving
mention due them. Bonnie Hopkins,
at the age of II. i'm 1908 planted one
bean and raised 3G4; i'm 1909 he
planted 3G4 beans and reapcd half
peck: in 1910 ne planted his half peck
and this year he gathered six bush
els The same lad this year planted
one peanut from which he had on
exhibition yesterday on the stalk. "a
peanuts, all plump and firm.
Warren Carter received first prize
on the largest collection of a variety
of splendid fruit and sunf1owers. one
of the latter measuring three feet In
circumference. Merle Fuller won q
vegetables. among them a splendid
assortment of beans and corn. Hen
nv Doucette displayed Il 61-pound
pumpkin. while Harold Carter showed
one weighing sc pounds. Carl Carter
and Ralph Carter carried off respec-
lively second and third prizes fol-
splendid grOwtns of garden fruit
Miss Alice Parsons, 4, little girl of u
won first prize on squash. Burton N
Welch had squash. beets. turnips and
potatoes that brought him first prize
Miss Mildred ToWle came in for sec.
ond prize on collection of vegetables
w. H. Davis displayed two beets, thu
| larger of which weighed nine pounds
while the other was only little un
der. j. W. Lowell, of the older farm
ers, displayed some Green Mountain
potatoes which he is now diggin:
and they are yielding 400 bushels t.
| the acre. Captain l.. NJ. Bird of thu
| Gardiner Grange, L. B. Park and Rev
! j. w. Steele. of Capital Grange. Were
appointed judges. They did the bes
they could in an attempt to make fail
| awards but they skipped for thei