Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-25
kENNE6Ec CO. FAIR.
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shepherd, Eddie Tingley and Jack
Morrill,
-4F f. o. Hackett. Garold Joy, A. S.
McCausland. A. S. Robinson, r. J.
Nereross and Fred Packard, all have
excellent displays of garden products.
c. H Stevens SHOWS yellow corn.
Upstairs the committee, Mrs. J.
Grant Henry and Mrs. Jessie Spauld-
ing, We're hard at work getting things
ready. Articles in place. Tuesday,
were as follows Quilts by Mrs.
Charles Jordan, punch work and en-
broidered centerpiece; pillow slips and
~ ~ towels by Miss Blanche Gordon;
yts crocheted tidy, Mrs. G. w. White;
u embroidered dress. Ella NJ Taylor;
= cIsocheted dolly, Mrs. Arion Jones; also
A IA fine collection of hand embroidery
Is. and work bags; cut flowers as shewa
. 10y Mrs. s. w. Sedgeley. and Mrs. M.
AfcCielland. Exhibitors in children S
work are Mildred Fogg, Agnes Glapp,
Grace f. White, Beatrice E. White.
Carrie T.. Foye shows a handsome
knitted dress. Mrs. NJ. Angie Brown
shows a fine collection of 16 speci-
mems OF fancy work. Fancy sofa pill
lows are shown by Mrs Emma
walker.
A piece of apparatus of interest to
raa.7v was the stump puller and rock
liter shown and operated by w. /.
RachehsA~ of Laeonia. y. IL. The
tn;ichint, works With a pump rachel
movement and has capacity OF from
four To 10 tons It's demonstration,
s Tuesday. showed it to be a useful and
practical affair and large rocks were
easily lifted several feet from the
ground.
The Pulling Contests.
The big attractions of the afternoon
wefe the pulling contests for oxen ana
horg, s. For oxen five years old ana
over. j. b. Gordon's team got pull
of % H.. inches, and this was the
best. NJ. H. Thompson's team got u
pull of : feet and Chase h. sFegg was
3 feet. 6 ii.cnes.
Then came the sweepstakes and E.
A. Robinson wallxsdeaway with 1t with
a record of feet, 9 inches. Gordon 5
team was second with q pull OF
feet 20 inches. Chase f. Fogg's team
pulled feet fiat.
But the real interest was with the
pulling horses The KentS Hill Sem
mary cam, Z. j. Beafs, manager, pun
I'd the drag all around the lot Tor /
tofal distance of 266 feet. This team
weighs about 1900 pounds. Then came
'~Decv Storer with a team also weigh
ing about 1900 pounds. The best they
eouid do was 1913 feet. l.. l.. John-
son brought out his team, Weighing
,.270o pounds, and, when time was
called had pull of Just 267 feet, one
foot better than the Seminary's tea''
record This was dandy worklhs
team and they pulled strong anu
steady and together all the time. All
err all the pulling the team placed tne
drag for the next team. This was
T. w. Butmans, but they were uh-
able, to do much.
~ aHE : The Midway.
,,esvlThes attractions for people not M
terested in farm prodnces and hVe
stock are many, There; are sideshows'
oe ssafa waSvs PBaseball throwing games.
Hammer hitting devices, take YOU
ia picture men. whip seller right up
qotss snufr. palmistry tents and all
sorts of refreshment places Mr. GIT
patrick. the sossifed man, is here ano'
rs did good business. While Things
were not busy. Tuesday, all the IN
habitants were not discouraged am
predicted good business to come.
Poultry.
The poultry exhibit, this year is u