The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-05
WORLDS FAIR At CORN.
VILE, LAST WEEK
There We're Many Fine and Original
Exhibits-Dinner Was Credit to
the Good Cooks OF Corn
vile Grange.

ways looked forward to with great
pleasure, and the fair of Wesserun-
sett Grange held Tuesday can easily
be classed among the best of the sea-
son. This fair not only ranks high
for quantity of exhibits but also be-
cause of the superior quality of them.
The whole town was represented
at this event. The first thing of spe-
cial note was the dinner that was
held in the dining hall in the town
building. L. L. Smith announced the
dinner in a voice that could be heard
several miles. This meal was a
great credit to the women of the
Grange, consisting as 1t did of real
home baked beans, frosted cake that
people remember about when they
were children, and pies that showed
the register marks of thoroughbred
cooks. There was good number
who were able to pronounce this
dinner a fine one.
In the exhibition hall perhaps the
things that attracted the eye first
were the apples. Cornville is noted
for her excellent farms and progress
sive farmers and the apple display
showed that the town was one of
the leading ones in the county In good
fruit G. R. French had fine display,
also F. c. Rowell with II varieties.
L F Parsons had Is varieties of the
best kind of fruit. H G Jackson
showed, by his IL varieties of fruit,
that he was one of the leading or
chardists, and among other exhibitors
of excellent fruit of this kind were:
Floyd Hinckley, John Amazeen, Erv-
ing Smith, Forrest Herrin,
The fair showed a remarkable num-
Der of antique exhibits. Angler Dodge
had a vase that was owned by the
Indians and a pewter tankard that was
over 100 years old, and a beer stein
that came from Germany. This ex-
hibtor also showed silk quilts, doilies
Japanese dishes. Della McDaniels
showed some excellent work in hand
made centre pieces and Mrs. Jane
Robinson had a fine exhibit of croch-
eted towels. Special mention is given
Mrs w p Mckinney, who showed l.
cans of fruit of her own putting up
i Miles Jackson and H Jackson had
one of the best displays of garden
truck, including watermelon of then
/ own raising. Charles Jackson had
fine exhibit of pop corn and silk
quilt that attracted the eye was eX-
hibited by Adelaide Burrill
No exhibitor at this fair gave the
satisfaction to the management as did
the display by Thomas Holmes. Mr.
Holmes is IS years old, and with his
wife lives on two acre farm, and his
exhibit was from this farm and OF his
own raising He had a hill of beans
that had nearly 700 pods on it. He
had the largest pumpkin at the fair
and he told the writer that from his
two acre farm this year he had raised
about bushels of beans, Is bushels
of potatoes, so pumpkins, besides
other garden truck; and on this farm
he has been able to raise a family OF
five children.
Another exhibitor at this fair who
is making a wholesale business oil
one garden vegetable is NJ Bean
who raises cucumbers by the acres
which he converts into pickles, and
each year disposes of hundreds OF
them. He had a display at the fair
of one of the best traces OF yellow
corn, also grapes of his own raising
and "a varieties of apples. Mrs. Roscoe
Mcclure had on exhibition a coverlet
OF pioneer days. An illustration that
genius Is found somtimes in the
rural communities was beautifully
shown by the exhibit of Fred Mcclure
OF his architectural drawings which
would rank among the best.
Mrs. E. o. Paul showed a stanC
cover from Turkey. G. N. Smith hat
some watermelons of his own raising
Mrs. A. l.. Maxwell showed a pretty
crocheted mat; and pretty display
OF cut glass from England, also old
fashioned plates which were shown
by Mrs. Carrie French. She had the
only oil paintings which were finely
done. Mildred Rowell had a pretty
sofa pillow. also Mabel Rowell
Erving Smith had some fine yellow
corn of IL rowed flint variety, also
potatoes. L. L. Smith ranked among
the first in display of apples. l.. F
Parsons was one of the prize winners
on poultry, having a fine display oil
Rhode Island Reds, both hens and
chickens.
The display of poultry, although
small, showed some exceptionally
fine birds. The following preferences
were awarded: S. C. r. l. red chicks
Mrs. Carrie L. French, LIST; L. F. Par
sons, End.
S. C. r. I. red hens-L. F. Parsons