Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-17

Windsorville. u specimen, End Ia.
carrots, yellow, c. W. Brown. Wiri.
sorvllle, II specimen, 1st: c. d. Nor,h.
ey Cooper's Mills, u specimen 2ri
Carrots, white c. W. Brown, Wind.
sorville, - specimen, LIST. Crab an.
pies, Horace P. Cookson, Coons-,
Mills. LIST. Twelve varieties apples c
w. Brown, Windsorville list. Appes
Horace P. Cookson, Cooper's Mill,
dish Twenty Ounce, LIST; L. H. Lord
White1eld, 1 dish Fall Sweets. list: I,
II. Ford. l dish Baxter, list. Early
peas, II. D. Gordon. Gardiner R. IA
LIST. Coll. tomatoes, F. L. Chadwick
Augusta. r. 6, lst Tomatoes, singh
dishes, c. w. Brown, Windsorve
LIST; F. L. Chadwick, Augusta, R. 6
2nd. Grapes, H. D. Gordon md. Five
varieties potatoes H. D, Gordon Gar.
diner. r. 10. LIST. Turnips. Lester AL.
bee. Cooper's Mills. specimens. Isl
White cucumbers, Lester Albee Coon
er's Mills, 2 specimens, ist Suga,
pumpkins, H. D. Gordon, Gardiner R..
10, 8 specimens, LIST. Display farm
produce, H. D. Gordon, Gardiner. R.
10, LIST; c. w Brown. Windsorille,
2nd. Maple syrup. Mrs Fannie B.
Worthey, Coopers Mills, LIST: F. l.
Chadwick, Augusta, r. s, lst. Commit.
tee, B. G. Currey, Fran. Colburn s
P. Barton.
The Baby Show
Shortly after o'clock the ladies in
charge of the exhibition hall annourr.
ed the starting of the baby shgg
There were but two entries. but both
Riddles We're cute and we're well d.
serving the blue ribbons AWARDED 70
each in his class. Baby Herbert Part.
ridge, age seven months. son Q. I'M
and Mrs. Forest Partridge Of yarh
Whitefield. was awarded first prize a.
the smallest child, while LaEre1n
Sherwood Latin, age eight months
son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Latin III
Windsorville. was given first as as
latest baby. Committee Miss Flosse
Sproul. Mrs. c. l. York, Mrs. B G
Hussey.
Bill Bailey Was There
A long-haired. petticoated figure
dressed in the national colors tspea
with a wonderful black straw hat VI
looking glass on it. and feathers, wv
shiny gold spots: wearing knit Wiz
sweater and a chain of gold beads-cs's
cycling gaily down the track. VIVA
it?" This from the awestruck uninla'
ed. Huh? Oh, that's Uncle Bill bas
from the National Soldiers Home
Togus." Every year for over ffti
a century Uncle Bill has mounted -
trusty "steed" and arrived at WING"
to do things brown. Say. nave W
seen my other hat?" he asked, my u'
cling hat? Look at this Ana INV"
bill proudly displayed seagreen se'',
contraption with a bird nearly as Dig
the hat perched jauntily on ZIP. 0"'1
that bird was a stork, or a crane VI :,
fIlilooloo bird or something, but Ch'r
Bill maintains it's an irish caha'. y.
and of course We must take his worn =, :,
II Has he seen service? WE'LL sloO'
say, Served all through the wal ~ :,
heen with Custer and Buffalo Bill az
has been q scout and plainsniah' O''' U.s.,
he served in the 1st Vermont go o.,
and was under Sheridan and Gen. va =,
And If Uncle Bill could ride hoi'
way he does his present pedaieu ', w
I'll bet he was some cavalrS 'na'' s,,,,
he was the man who cyclea lioi, III .,,.
.+raat Augusta. to the Home IN = 'A''
utes. ,,,s., %
Eyes. sir" he said, seating fihis'" A
the windowsill, Il shall De 90 y' NJ,
the 7th of next October. and ioon ...,r
WIN there's many a man ]" s
,.o,,naer than l am who is all ci,pr.l
- With rheumatism" And to see ~,
Riu shedding along on his cycle o,.
70 admit with him that ne Is
still some fit. u oxen and
The final results of pulling oA sa..day
. l"s wbicb was run off Wedn'' ~.
and thursday was as follows o' crsdsn
feet . inches and over 7. a. WI ID
coopers Mills. two pairs: =. Isl IN al C. A.
nr;1ss Class two, under IT, M, ~
c plides. Coo coopers Mills, list. Under NILS
II in, Fred E. Glidden' coop srinrh,ra
,s+ Under 6 it. : in. H. E. CuAH roov.r.
lief Jefferson, 1st; C. A elidd 's,a.r r \
.'.m o. Tbree-year-old or under