Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-09-26
A Thousand People Gather
Around Town Hall.
Baby Show, Pulling Contests
And Baseball Games.
Exhibits In All Departments Show
Towns Best Products.

Center Sidney, Me-, Sept. 25.-(Spe-
cian.-Saturday was the day Of al
days of the year for the residents OF
the town of Sidney. for on that day
the occasion of the annual town fail
at Center Sidney, the entire popula-
tion of the town gathered en- masse in
and about the old Town hall. Visitors
70 this famous fair from Augusta. Wa
teryille, Belgrade and Rome helped to
swell the attendance to about 1000
which Is considered a very good at
tendance for this celebrated agricul-
tural fair
This fair at Center Sidney has now
been held annually for about 20 years
and it has many features peculiar to
itself. No admission is charged and
its entire financial resources are the
$50 appropriated annually by the town
the special premiums contributed by
a number Of enterprising citizens and
the ground rent charged the Oc-
cupants of the Midway, for be it
known that Sidney fair has a Midway,
although not quite as large perhaps
as the Midway in some of the more
pretentious fairs. Lunch counters. ice
cream booths, striking machine and a
display of agricultural implements
were some of the features of the Mid
way. which lined both sides of the
road fronting the Town hall at Center
Sidney. Another peculiar feature of
this fair was the presence of the Sc
lectmen in the Office of the secretary
attending to the business of the town.
for on no other occasion except the
annual town meeting can the people of
the good town of Sidney all be found
80 close at hand.
The officers of the fair this year
are: President, l.. E. Bowman; sec
retary, F. f. Blake; assistant secre-
tary, ]. Sparks Grant; marshal, c. A.
Houghton: directors, w. A. Field. c.
II. Goodhue. c. s. Taylor. c. p. Bacon
J. K. Sawtelle; superintendent OF
grounds w. A. Field; superintendent
Of hall. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Phil
brick: superintendent of horses. James
H. Trask; superintendent of neat
stock Frank Taught.
The cattle were the first objects that
struck the eye Of the fair visitor, for
they were strung out in hastily con-
structed stalls for nearly an eighth OF
mile along the side of the road lead
ing to Center Sidney. Six yoke OF
oxen, all splendid fellows and in ex-
cellent condition, were included in the
Sidney town team. A. Il. Clark had a
yoke of 6-year-olds in this team
James Beane. 4-year-olds, Walter
Brown, 2-year-old steers, Frank Bow
man, 6-year- r-Olds. G. c. Robinson, s.
year-olds, David Field. 6-year- -olds
Frank Taught exhibited a splendid
specimen of Durham bull, II months
old, which attracted a great deal of
attention. Miss Doris Wyman, Is
year-old girl, had on exhibition g
year-old Jersey cow and Irene Field
exhibited Jersey yearling and full
blooded Jersey, 2 years old.
Among the other cattle exhibited
were: 12-year-old Ayrshire
Ambrose Lyon: 6-months-old Dur
ham heifer. F.. G. Morrison;
S'months-Old Holstein heifer. Car
rol Foss; 2year-old Jersey heif-
er, G. II. Weeks. Black Jersey
yearling. 2-year-Old Grade Durham
fuli blooded Guernsey and sucking
calf. w. A. Field: Grade Durham. J
A. Field.
The next point of interest was the
Morse stalls to the right OF the hall
The center Of interest among the
hofses was the chestnut mare Gloss
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