Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-29
SIDNEY FAIR
Annual Event of Busy Kennebec
Town Is Held Saturday, with
All Its Old Time Attrac-
tons and Many More

urday was no exception, despite a
somewhat searching wind that pre-
vailed much of the day
| Farmers and their families were
| there from miles around and visitors
in quite large numbers came from
| Waterville, Augusta, Vessalboro and
| Oakland. By noon it was an animated
scene at the historic corner
James H. Trask, who has been pres
ident of the fair for number of
years. was early on the grounds and
he was ably assisted by Secretary f
E. Blake and Assistant j. Sparks
Grant. w. A. Fields was superintend-
ent of the grounds, and Mr. and Mrs.
| Charles A. Waite of the hall Ernest
| Wyman looked after the horses and
Frank Taught of the meat stock
The midway, on the east side of the
road, was one of the best for several
/ years. Various catch-penny devices
| occupied the space, and several base
ball throwing contrivances particular
~ caught the fancy of the on-lookers
On the west side of the road were
vendors of all kinds, and several lunch
tents. The old historic church, so
near the scene of the fair, now split in
twain, through the ravages of time
/ and weather, was visited by many.
The exhibition of cattle this year
was extensive, and crowds inspected
the animals all through the forenoon.
A F. Clark took first prize for fat
cattle it'll Walter Brown second
L.
/ winners in the bull department, while
w. a. Fields and Doris Wyman took
first and second prizes respectively for
mich COWS. Walter Brown captured
the ribbon for matched steers. For
draft stations, Alexander Mills
was the first and C. s. Smith second.
c. E. Davis took both prizes for short
horn heifers, Ralph Brown and Carl
| Bowman for year old Jerseys; Clyde
ID Clark and Doris Wyman for year.
old heifers, and C. E. Davis for 2-year
old shorthorns. Ralph Brown for Jer-
sey yearlings and Clyde Clark for
year-old Durhams took blue ribbons.
! The cattle judges in the several classes
included Eugene Graves, L. H. Wyman,
/ Frank Abbott, Martin L. Reynolds, w. Y.
Ballard, H. Gilmore, George D. Swift, T.
| A. Barr, w. P. Lyon, Marcellus Blaisdeu,
E. H. Bragg, T. w. Longley, B. L. Taylor
and Merton Drummond.s
John Burgess won the half mile foot
race, with Clifton Tilton second and Will
Newell third.
The poultry exhibit though small con-
tanned number of fine specimens of
March pullets, spring coekerels, Indian
Runner ducks, Barred Plymouth Rocks,
Rhode Island Reds and full-blooded
! White Wyandottes. Chief among thee X
hibitors were Julia A. Lyon, w. T. Pc
| terson, Irene Field, Ray Philbrick and
E. R. Dyer
c. A. Houghton, who has for many sea-
sons acted as marshal for the fair, was
| again on his faithful steed directing and
managing the road events. The races
were held on the main road, and Manton
Peck won the first event with John Bur-
CESS second. Fer stations, Alex Mills
captured the first and A. Smith the sec
ond, while for 3-year-olds John Swiss
and w. P. Lyon took first and second
prizes. Barney Dorrity for brood mares,
was first with f. C. Dyer second, and
for sucking colts the same winners were
reversed in order
Following an ecellent dinner served
by the members of Sidney Grange, the
baby show was held in the main hall
of the grange building. This feature
has always been an especially attrac-
tive one at the Sidney fair All the |
seats in the hall were filled some time
before the little ones appeared on the |
stage
The judges were Mrs. L. NJ Blake |
Mrs. w. B. Haskell and Mrs. e. E. |
Weeks. Frederick Raught was award |
ed the ribbon for the prettiest baby
with Theodore L. Nichols second |
Robert L. Clark, with Dorothy Shop |
herd second, was awarded the rib |
bon for the largest s months old or
under, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Durren |
had the only pair of twins, two sweet |
little girls named Aura and Laura The |
prize for twins was awarded to them, |
and they also took the first and sec
ond prizes for the smallest babies pre-
sent.
Immediately following the baby |
show, there was a great rush for the
hall to participate in the dance, which
then continued for the rest of the af-
ternoon to the strains of ecellent
music.
Delwin l.. Weeks made the most
extensive garden display in the hall,
and his exhibits were viewed by
crowds all day. There were fine spec
linens of carrot, parsnips, beets,
squash, cauliflower, chicory and to-
matoes. Mr.. Weeks also displayed
some curiosities that greatly pleased
the visitors. These included sugar
cane, Kaffir corn, Swiss chard, corn,
peas fax, tobacco, hemp and martin
ma. Basil E. Trask displayed a NAM
moth pumpkin, while G. S. Shaw ana
table exhibits. George Austin and /
A. A. Houghton made creditable vege-
George NJ. Graves showed several 4
specimens of garden truck. F. E. H
Blake had some excellent exhibits. c.
e. Baldic showed a lefon peach which
was something of novelty, many Wis
itors being asked to cut off slice.
1t tasted something like a Rockford
melon. Dorothy Haskell exhibited
plate Of 20-ounce Void River apples
that caught the eyes of many.