The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-10-03
DElaeHTFuL VISIT IN MAINE
Augusta, Me-, Sept. 81, 1918.

Kennebec County Fair, held in Au-
gusta, Maine. The exhibits were not
very numerous nor interesting, COM
pared with the Marion County Fair of
Ocala. This is the first year that
1.-THE county fair has been held in Au-
gusta, it having been held in Read
field Center, and the change did not
meet with the approval of the farm
, ers, and was not well patronized by
them. The day was perfect, and
brought out a larger crowd than any
day during the fair. Tuesday was
cattle day." and the cattle were
brought there, judged and taken home
the same day. There was some very
fine poultry on exhibition, but not
very much of it.
On Sunday, the 21st, / took dinner
with Mrs. Hannah j. Bailey, at Win
throp Center. She is one of Names
nob1est women and was president OF
the state w. C. 7. L. for good many
years. and is still active in the work.
1t attended church friends church,
with her, and enjoyed the Sunday
school after the preaching. | had
lust learned of the defeat of the tenn
perance forces in Marion county, and
was mourning over it, like every low
er of temperance in the county must
be, while the people of Maine are
rejoicing in having strong, true man
as its governor-one who is having
the prohibitory law enforced as it has
not been in a good many years: II
those liquorites who contend that
prohibition does not prohibit could
have attended that county fair they
must have changed their arguments,
for among all those hundreds of men
| could see no sign of strong drink
Although have no doubt that If some
of our acquaintance from Ocala had
been here with a we'll filled bottle
they might have been able to get
help in emptying it. All the time
| was at the fair l bore in mind the
fact that was in prohibition Maine |
and wanted to see how my observa-
tions would agree with some of the
that l have seen printed
ON this subject. / wish my observa-
tons could have been shared by SON
of those timid voters who hung on
the fence so long, and finally fell
splash into the wet!-in Marion coun-
ty.
had no intention of writing on the
question when | started
this letter, but it is no wonder that
have drifted into that subject, for my |
mind has been, and still is, so full of
It.
The frost has done great damage to
the crops here in some places. Inc
apple crop is light, and buyers are Of
fering $3.50 per barrel on the trees.
where usually the growers get only
s215 after the apples were barreied,
ready to ship. Yesterday I saw a
large apple orchard that the owner
had had grated some years ago. the
man who did the grating was plan
Mining to start a big apple orchard OF
his own, and did not want this other
to compete with, so he
used all scions of the natural fruit Tor
his budding and left the trees no bet
ter than he found them, and pocketed
his nav with a satisfied CO mind. The
orchard of the first mentioned man
still bears natural fruit, while from
the trees belonging TO the other man
the grafter-four thousand barrels
of first class fruit was gathered last
year.
1t is very hilly here, but the roads
are kept in good shape. We drove
over about a mile of comparatively
level road which, l was informed, is
called the Dudley Plain, and the peo-
pie are quite proud of IL. 1t has rain
ed nearly every day since came
here, and We THE roads, as a general
thing, are good. The maple trees are
putting on their crimson dresses, and
the woodbine is just as gorgeous in
color, whether it covers the side of
a house or a stone wall. or climbs the
bare trunk of tree; it is brighter
and richer in color than the brush of
any artist could paint it.
The roadside is covered in places
with masses of ferns. turned to a
beautiful bright yellow. All nature is
putting on her warm-hued dress in
preparation for the coming storms
and cold of winter. This is the time
of year that l enjoy the most in the
northern hills and mountains. The
trees viii be bare and perhaps the
ground win be white before / return
to sunny Florida.
MRS. G. u WASHBURN