Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-02
Annual Fair of the COchnewagan
Association Held on Wednesday at
Cumston Park with 1000 Attending

Park. About 1900 people attended.
The fair was a success from all points
of view. In the stock department
there was a record entry. Quite
number Of horses and colts were
shown. There was an excellent dis
play of fruits and vegetables. All
kinds of fancy work were exhibited.
The Exhibition Hall.
The fruit display was fine, the ap
pies being large and well colored.
] There were several large exhibitors.
N B. Fowler had fifteen varieties;
Cumston Farm had "a; H. S. Bates.
/ IS; Prescott Bros. rs. They also
showed pears. John Robinson dis
played 10 varieties; F. o. Flanders,
l5 w. e. Reynolds had some fine
looking boxes of fruit as well as q
varieties in small lots. Among the
other exhibitors were: J. H. Gilman,
+ l.. S. Shorey Herbert Heartford, e.
d. Baird and c. L. Thompson also
had large exhibits.
d. NJ. Benner had table filled with
many varieties of apples, plums, pears
and grapes.
George Waugh had ten varieties of
pears displayed. Bunches of thorn
berries here and there added to the
attractiveness of his exhibit.
Preserves, jellies, pickles and can
ned vegetables presented tempting
display. String beans, shell beans,
peas tomatoes. Swiss chard. beets,
caulifower, etc, all kinds of berries
and fruits, chow chow, chilli sauce,
piccaHlli and various other kinds of
pickles were shown. Mrs w. j. Leav-
lit, Mabel L. Bishop and Mrs. Louise
Pettengill had large exhibits.
c. F. Willard had boxes of nice look
ing potatoes, turnips, beets and yellow
corn Howard Merrill had an inter-
esting exhibit of unusual vegetables,
lemon cucumbers, pepper plant, cocoa
nut squashes, besides beets, water
melons, winter squashes, tomatoes.
carrots. parsnips and turnips.
n. B. Cram. James H. Burnham, ].
H. Gilman. with seven varieties, A. A.
Sawyer, Richard Brindley, w. B. Fowl
er Prescott Bros. and Cumston Farm
exhibited potatoes.
f. d. Baird had some immense tur-
nips Benner and Libby displayed yell
. low and sweet corn.
w H. Small's peanuts were OF
special interest in his exhibit. Pres
colt Bros had a fine display of al
: kinds of vegetables and herbs. Roger
, Robinson showed some immense
onions. Richard Brindley in his col,
lection had some nice melons. STAN
ley Hill had an immense cabbage.
e The floral display of Mrs. George
i N Waugh of Winthrop was beauti-
3 full This included dahlias of all col
ors and varieties, asters, phlox ane
feverfern
A good line of pastry was shown
Jennie May Fowler, Is years old, hat
: a nice looking loaf of brown bread
! and sponge cake Marion Chick, clever
= years old, also had cake. Annie Bate:
:. exhibited brown bread and beans, white
- bread, pies, cakes, doughnuts AMI
cookies. 81 assa
All sorts of pretty things wert
shown in the needle work department
. Mrs c. H. Berry had two sofa pillows
= made of premiums won at fairs. Bes
sic E. Robinson had fine display o.
silk embroidery, solid and eyelet In
= Guiding table cover. center pieces. dol
:. lies and so on. Margaret Bates hat
II a punch work center piece; Mrs. Annie
l.. Bates an Irish crocheted lace collar
Mrs. Nellie Wing had an interesting
IF display of fancy articles including {
re brocaded satin vest, rs years old
e Towels were exhibited by Mrs. Jenni,
IT l.. Fowler. Mrs. w. B. Fowler exhibit
W ed a sampler ninety years old. Mrs
e w w. Drake had some beautiful lac'
e displayed. Miss Helen NJ. Flander!
d had nice array of embroidery. Ma
e rion Buckley showed a crocheted lac'
! centerpiece. She also showed a doubl,
!, Irish chain quilt made by hand by {
q woman so years old. silk quilt wa
Is exhibited by Jennie NJ. Fowler; other,
a made of cigarette flags were shown
% by Mrs. John Rolfe, Mrs. E. f. Lool
i and Mrs. Deroche. Another quill
i was made by Miss Marion Bishop
{ nine years old. Rugs were exhibited
i by Prescott Bros.
In the quilt display was a quaint oil
fashioned coverlet made entirely b!
* hand by Mrs. Eliza Cleveland wheI
% she was seventy. This is owned b,
e Mrs B. H. Kimball. Flowers, vines
III fruit and birds in colored material
W are sewed on to a white background
: Mrs w. B. Fowler exhibited a blu
v and white quilt woven by hand by
n woman ninety years old.
% An exhibit of fourteen excellen
= crayon drawings was shown by Waite
5, Drake These included landscape, Sc;
4, scenes and sketches and two of child
n dren
" The exhibit of cattle was UNUSUAL.
1t large. Charles Berry exhibited Pc
re land China swine, and Guernsey cat
Of tie He has already taken ribbons
IN This fall in Lewiston HoultOn AM
80 Pressure Isle. B. l.. Robinson exhibit
ed Shorthorns; L. S. Gordon, Guernsey
>, which have won many ribbons at Ban
:. gor, Waterville and Lewiston; G. S
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