Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-06

The Exhibits Of Excellent @ a ity Although
Hardly up to East Year Several Hundred
People Disappointed Tuesday by the Rain
Baby Show and Stock Trials to Be Features
Fruit and Vegetables Very Good for Such a
Poor Year ~

The lowery weather of Tuesday morn
ming. Oct. 5. disappointed hundreds Of
people who had counted on attending
the ever-popular Litchfield. In spite
of the threatening rain however two o,
three hundred braved the outlook and
We're on hand. only to be disappointed
again, when the fair officials an
nouced that the fair would be post
poned until the first fair day, that is
when the morning looked fair enough
to start the program. 1t is hoped that
Wednesday will be the day, but if moi
be patient, for the fair will surely be
held. The order of exercises will be
as follows:
10 A. M.-Committees will begin
their work of examinations and award
ing of prizes.
II A. Increased pig race, open tc
all and the pig to belong to the part,
who catches and holds it,
1 P. M.-Test of strength and dis
cipline of oxen and horses.
p. M.-Baby show for babies one
year old and under. Prizes 50 and 81
That program ought to give enter
tainment and fun enough for anybody
What crowd there was present
Tuesday had goo6 time. To be sure
none of the program was carried out
but it was a splendid chance for re-
ncwing old acquaintances and shak-
ing hands with friends. When the rain
finally drove about everybody to the
exhibition building. it was a jolly party
under the old roof which has shell
tered many bigger but no better
party.
The hall, by the way, has been re-
paired since last year and is now dry
at ieds'. though still lacking a floor
and minus many windows.
The lunch tents had some business
and the ball throwing schemes and
other sports were patronized we'll for a
rainy day.
The stock looked we'll and some OF
the horsefesh was of a superior quail
lty. A fair day will bring out more
and the show will be good one.
The officers and their committees
We're all there and as busy as bees, at
tending to this and that. The officers
are: Pres, A. P. Berry: vice Pres. B
f. Small; Sec, E. NJ. Lapham; Asst
Sec. Mrs A. Chase: acting secre-
tary, Mrs. B. c. Elms: Treas, H. w
Maxwell; marshal, A. r. Bucklin.
The prizes include:
Special prize of SO for best pair OF
matched horses owned in town and
weighing $500 or over, offered by G. B.
Howard of Boston; So each for best
milk and butter dairy COW in town and
for the best stock and beef COW:
sweepstakes for draft horses, $40 to
first, S. to second; teams owned in
town, 26o0 and under $500 pounds, and
second class, over $500 pounds. IS to
first and SO to second in both first and
second classes.
The committees include:
Arrangement of stock-F. O. Berry.
Neat stock-W. L. Polly, Sabattus.
Sheep and swine-C. T. Powers, F.
E. Chase and W. T. Woodbury..
Stations colts, family horses-C. T.
Powers, Geo. Sanford, Charles How
ard.
Draft horses-F. o. Berry, Elmer
Andrews, A. o. Lancaster.
Poultry. B. Ward.
Corn and grain-F. w. Libby C. E,
Maloon. E. Shoreg.
Vegetables-J A. Chase, Arthur
Niles, D. N. Fogg.
Baby show-Mrs. A. NJ Buker, Mrs.
A. S. Ashford. Mrs. E. F. Ranks.
Mrs. A. A. Kent. Mrs. A. NJ. Patterson.
Mrs. E. e. Purinton.
Household Misunderstanding E. T.
Packard, Rena Ashford, Mrs. c. T.
Powers.
F'ruit-B. NJ. Benson, Norman Hig-
gins, F. E. Lane.
Fancy work-Mrs. G. NJ. Rogers,
Ethel Ashford, Mrs. E. L. Jones.
Flowers-Mrs. A. sP. Berry. Mrs.
Byron Elmes. Mrs. ]. F. Purinton.
Arrangement OF hall-Household
manufactures and fancy work, Charles
Walker. Mrs. F. o. Berry, D. r. Sriau:
vegetables. J. E. Purinton, E. L..
Jones; fruit, preserves, flowers. A. s.
Geo. w. Newell, Mrs. Norman
Higgins.
Exhibits So Far Entered
The articles entered with the secre-
tary during the forenoon include the
following. Almost all of them and
many others not entered remained on
the ground awaiting the fair weather.
DOMESTIC AND FANG WORK.
Sewing screen, fully equipped with
thread. needles, ETC., and a handsome
cypress clock case, both made by
Ruth B. Lapham when in the Gorham
Normal school. being part Of her work
in the manual training.
Sewing screen Of same design as the
above. made by N. Edith Campbell, at
the same time and same school.
Pineapple centerpiece, sofa pillow,
showing lady at spinningwheel, Mrs. Ed
ward Parent.
hooked rug. about 14x2O inches, a
little gem Of work, by Master morton
Francis Morse. aged years. The work
is Of a kind that experts delight in see
ing. 1t has dark blue ground. with
a white diamond, on which is a bulls
head in dark brown. a little yellow in
dicating its breath. From Norton Is
worked in dark red in one corner and
perhaps grandpa isn't proud Of the rug.
Wooden gloves, worsted baby socks,
nits and shirts. Mrs. Walter Swift, Bow
doin- b