Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-30

The Central Maine fair will open its
seventh annual exhibition this morn
ing with flags flying. bands playing,
fakirs ard attractions as never before.
The opening attendance will be larger
tran any previous year with weather
prevailing. The grounds certainly
never looked more attractive.
OF course the weather is necessary
to make any fair a success, but attrac-
tiOns are also essential The Central
for the former. Everything will be in
place when the large portals are swung
open to the public this morning.
The whole fair is good if the mid
way is good in the minds of the ma
jority of the people. This year the
Centra! Maine has the largest mid
way in its history ami the class of at
fractions are morally refined. The at
fractions will be plenty to interest all.
The ground space, which this year will
be used as the midway. is of greater
area than ever.
The Coliseum, under the direction of
J. G. Fuller. will doubtless be the CEN
ter of attraction. Mr.. Fuller has work
ed hard this year that this department
shall he success. Here will be found
the baby show. art department, needle
and fancy work, floral display, school
departments. pen and crayon work,
may drawing. sewing, pressed flowers,
products of the kitchen, electrical dis
play. Ladies' Orchestra, telephone
booth. taxidermist exhibit and many
other attractions.
The Arts and Crafts department un-
der the direction of Mrs. Nora +. Thay-
er, is also in the Coliseum. Here will
oe found full line of all work coming
Under this head and the department
snould be as interesting as ever.
The Agricultural department in the
exhibition hall, which has been con-
nected with the Coliseum, is also su-
perintended by j. C. Fuller. Here the
exhibits are piled high and all are la
beled plainly. This is one of the most
Interesting departments
The chronological department this
year is certainly winner and the
classes and varieties of the fruits that
nave already been seen, go to show
that the quality Of the fruits will be up
to the usual standard
II. RI. Lee, the Well-known Augusta
horseman. has charge of the horse de-
partment and Monday he was busily
engaged in looking after the placing of
the horses in their stalls and placing
suitable cards on the doors in order
that the horses might be known. The
stall doors will lie kept open during the
morning hours. weather permitting
me stalls this year are filled with the
nneSt OF horses. There are the iare @
craft horses that will compete for the
prizes and the other kind that will
sho" their speed on the track.
The sheep and swine departments
are in charge of Arthur H. Ellis of
Fairfield Center, Mr. Ellis has had
charge of these departments for many
years and his experience is shown by
the fine exhibits he has secured. The
number in both departments will be as
large as ever.
The cattle stalls are well filled with
choice animals and the judging should
be interesting. The premiums offered
in these stock departments have made
the exhibits possible.
The poultry department as last year
is one of the features of the fair and
Henry L. Dunton of Oakland, who is
in charge of the mammoth tent, has
been extremely busy taking care of
the large number of exhibits. Here
will be found special exhibits of
pheasants. fancy pigeons, turkeys and
water fowl.
Today is to be Children's day at the
fair and all children under Is years,
accompanied by parent or guard
ian, will be admitted free. The pro-
gram offered is very attractive. Ball
games will be played at 1890 A. M.
and 2 P. NJ. The Waterville Military
Band will furnish a concert from 10
until II A. NJ. at the grand stand.
The much heralded baby show will
take place at 113O A. NJ at the Coli
scum.
Music will be furnished by an or
chestra from 1890 to 113O A. NJ, 4 to
5 and $50 until $50 p M. in the Coli
scum.
The special attractions for the day
will be Mangean's troupe and Dewars
circus on the stage opposite the
grandstand. The baloonist Prof
will give exhibitions from
the center of the field.
The horse racing will be called at
1.3O P NJ. sharp and good fields are
entered in all.
The fair management announces
that the electric cars on the Water
Vile & Oakland Road will run every
10 minutes from Main street for the
benefit of the visitors. The number
of cars will be sufficient to accommo-
date the large number of people that
are expected.
The Fairfield and Fort Preble teams
will cross bats at 1890 A. NJ. today
and the contest should be attractive
to a large number. The Camp Ken
nebec and Camp Cobbosseecontee
teams will play at . P, NJ.
The fair grounds in the evening will
be mass of brilliancy and should be
as attractive as during the day. The
grounds are literally covered with
lights. And then there will be the
gorgeous display of fireworks by the
National Fireworks Association. The