The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-09-16
SOMERSET CENTRAL FAIR

liza farm of E. r. Weathern & Sons Of
Pennington, and these wonderful spe-
cies of the flower family excited much
admiration. Mrs. F. l.. Flynt and
Miss Flynt assisted at this table.
Among the curiosities was lead pencil
work exhibited by Geo. W. Emerson,
which had been made 80 years before.
A quilt made of ribbons won by r. G..
Bigelow at various fairs was an inter-
esting feature. This was made by
Mr. Bigelows mother, Mrs. Esther
Bigelow, whose age is Is years. Mr.
Bigelow also showed his 12-rowed
flint corn. In the domestic depart
ment Mrs Peter Lacasse of Norridge-
wock exhibited homemade blankets,
and Olive Sylvan showed other arti-
cles of the housekeeper's arts. There
was much beautiful fancy work of
intricate design and Harold Savage's
group of pictures were greatly en-
joyed. Mr. Savage is talented ar
fist and his drawings with pencil and
charcoal and paintings in oil showed
much artistic ability. Several short
poems illustrated nature pictures.
Miss Marjorie Graffte of Moose River
also had some attractive oils and
sketch work showing her skill with
brush and pencil The fruit display
was not so large as has sometimes
been shown, Frank Oulton and John
|. Walker being among the prominent
exhibitors. Mr. Walker also had
much farm produce, his collection of
garden truck being the largest from
any one farm. There was also food
and cheese from the housewives lard
er and numerous articles of interest
to the public in general, The parcel
post exhibit shown by Postmaster
Manter was something of revelation
as it delineated various methods of
sending various articles either fragile
or otherwise. Much time was con-
sumed by those in attendance within
| Iub SHELTER VI EAlllDlllCu nan.
The Midway
The midway CT Fairyiew Park was
one of the busiest and most entranc-
| ing places to be found on the grounds.
| Lured by the smooth words of the
show men. the gambling spirit of the
ring and ball men, and the captivat-
| ing speeches of the fruit and candy
vendors, the crowd was an eager par
| ticipant in these delights. The For
tune Tellers were numerous and the
| hot dog men and peanut sellers were
| kept busy with the rush of the throngs.
When the races were over and the
! ball game won the crowd still stayed
with the midway mysteries and the
evening found them still happy and
eager for more sport.
The Cattle Show
Cattle Show Day opened up as the
| first day of the fair with a good sized
crowd and one of the biggest exhibits
| of animals ever shown at Fairyiew
J Park. The cattle department was es-
pecally we'll filled and it is to be re-
GREETED that each owner could not
| have been at the stalls to be inter-
viewed by the Reporters representa-
tive. The largest exhibit without
doubt was r. l.. Danforth with his
herd and twenty-six Herefords. These
handsome animals did not all arrive
until toward night-but the collection
was certainly a superb one. l.. S.
! Trafton's famous herd of Jerseys was
also much in evidence and attracted
widespread attention, there being in
all "a head. Among these was Sophy
| 10, from the Hood Farm. sister of
Sophy 49, holder of the worlds rec
ord. This COW is probably the largest
Jersey in the world and exhibited with
her were her three daughters among
which was Ruby r. who in August
under official test made SO 14-100
pounds of butter or nearly pounds
a day. Eben Dean & Son of Madison
showed 90 cattle out of their herd of
80. Twelve were oxen and steers and
the rest cows and heifers. Seven
were pure breds. Another large stock
exhibit was made from the Katherine
Paddock farm In the horse depart
ment was bay gelding by Hal Ensign
and in the sheep pens six Shropshire
grade sheep and lambs. a Chester
SOW and pigs were on exhibit and
Jersey grade heifer calves. An I'M
usual feature of Joseph lreland's ex-
hibit were the Holstein twin oxen 5
years old Perley Foss had eight head
OF cattle including shorthorn steers
and grade Jerseys and Holsteins. H.
f. Withee OF Skowhegan had an ex-
celient showing of Shorthorn cattle.
among which was a bull sired by Sec
ond Lieutenant from Canada and
weighing 200 pounds, liz IS a splen-
did animal and probably the best
Shorthorn bull In the State Mr.. WI
thee lives at Shadeland Farm. Ave
miles from Skowhegan. T.. o LOOMS
had 4 four-year old steers and u pair
OF oxen also a brood draft mare and
colt three months old Mr. LOOMS