Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-02
AUSP|CIOUS OPENING OF
CENTRAL MAINE FAIR AT
WATERv|LLE ON TUESDAY
Host of Children Swarm Grounds in the Observ
ance of Day Set Aside for Them-Good First
Races Attract CroWds-Vaudeville and Exhib-
it's Are Good

the morning to compete in the contest
held in the center of the field.
Rams, ewes, little lambs, all of the
fleecy and downy sheep had tent
of their own, and here they gamboled
and played with each other to the de-
light of the children, who found the
tent a very entertaining one. They
looked in vain for the black sheep that
they had read so much about. He
must surely be somewhere else: they
thought as they ran from stall to stall
looking for him.
Public Post Mortem
Dr. A Jolly, the state sanitary live
stock commissioner has tent near the
stables, and six head of cattle. fullbred
and graded condemned as having tu-
| berculosis are being kept to be killed
at public post mortem to be held at
| 10 A. NJ, Thursday. Dr. L. K. Green,
| the L. s. Meat Inspector will conduct
the post mortem. This is a new fea-
| ture of state fairs, and should prove a
remarkable factor in educating the
farmer to the use and reliability of
the tuberculine test.
Mrs. Kate Edwards Fox, who has al
ways had charge of the arts and crafts
] department, is again in the Coliseum,
and the list of entries has been so
great this year that it is with diff
! Guilty that places have been found for
them all. The art collection is really
beautiful. Among the most noticeable
of the collection are the works of S.
/ w. Steward of Monsoon, chiefly of
Maine scenery and fish.
About the stage on which Drew's
Orchestra furnished music for, 10 to
II; from to 4; and from to I, the
board of health has it's exhibit, which
consists mostly of pictures extolling
i the people what to do to preserve their
health and lengthen their lives
Fancy Work
Crockett work, art needle work and
hand painted china are all in Mrs.
Fox's department, and she is assisted
by the Misses Mary Moore, Hazel Mer-
rill and Estelle Moore The art de-
partment is being looked out for by
the Misses Marjorie Meader and Grace
Fletcher and Maurice Lord
In the annex the public schools of
Waterville, Fairfield and Oakland have
their usual exhibits of manual train
ing, drawing, penmanship and paint
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Keeler OF
Bangor have rare collection of birds
insects, hides and curiosities they
gathered in the South American
| travels.
The Coliseum pl oper will be filled
with its customary display of foods
including bread, vegetables. jellies and
preserves. This department is in
charge of Mrs. Frank Noble. The f1o-
raj display is more beautiful than ever
and is likewise larger. Mrs Edith M
Cole is directing the floral display
Booths
The ladies of the Conversations
church, the Central Maine Power Co.
with an electrical home booth, F. Red.
lngton & Co, with a furnished home
automobiles of all makes and othe,
booths including music stands have
their usual prominence. A milking ma
chine used for milking cows attracted
a great deal of attention because OF
It's novel features. small tank ron.
tanning hsh brought from the Belgrad,
IKE hatchery was another of the fea
| lures or the coliseum. In the Aeri.
cultural building the display of vege.
tables and fruits is one worth coins
Iar TO see, Rosy checked apples, Gu.
tcumbers, long and green, corn, pump.
kins that are immense. and all were
there to charm the eye.
The Baseball Game
one of the great interest centers was
the ball diamond when the Madison
ara Teconnet mines met in the first O,
their series OF three games for the
purse of $3.50. After 10 innings of good
hot baseball, Teconnet won by the
score of to 4.