The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-10-14
SM|THF|ELD HAS ITS
FIRST FAIR
Over Five Hundred People Attended.
The Result of the Awards

There was good showing OF Vege-
tables and live stock. The usual
interest in the horse pulling was in
evidence, Ernest Mosher securing the
blue ribbon. There was also motor
boat racing on the lake, foot race
and a tug of war which caused much
merriment Nutting's orchestra of
Skowhegan furnished music for a
an excellent dinner was served by the
ladies of Smithfield Grange Taken
altogether the first fair held in Smith
field was a marked success.
The premiums were as follows:
FANCY WORK
Miss Flora Mosher displayed a very
pretty silk quilt, fancy hand bag, fan
cy apron, dolly, sofa pillow. Mrs. Alta
Thompson five crochet table mats.
knit shoulder shawl, Mrs Elva Stan
ley, leather sofa pillow, guest towels
2 doilies, 2 sofa pillows. l pair pillow
slips, Irish crochet hand bag, fancy
pincushion. Mrs. Annie Ellis, three
crochet vase mats, crochet chemse
yoke, basket made in 1916. Mrs. Calvin
Dow four sofa pillows, one shadow
embroidery, l shocked, l huckabuck
and one embroidered Mrs. Clarence
Dow, embroideree shirt waist Mrs
Lura Richardson, fancy pincushion,
70
cap, huckabuck pillow. Mrs. G. F.
Morrow, solid work dolly, crochet che
mise top. crochet tidy. fancy wooden
pitcher, three-cornered wooden hat
box carried by Capt Titcomb in the
Revolution. Mrs. Myrtle Holiness two
guest towels. baby's embroidered
jacket, pincushion, baby's handker-
chief bonnet. pair embroidered rom
pers, 2 crocheted doiies. Mrs. Bessie
Hardy, sofa pillow. apron over so
years old in Mrs. Hardy's possession
% years, briar stick dolly. knit slip
pers by Mrs. Clara Kincaid Is years
old. Mrs. Naomi Groves, sc years
old, I braided rug, shoe-string bag.
Mrs. Lorinda Holiness French knot
dolly embroidered pillow slips, Coro-
nation braid dolly. Mrs. Clara Gage.
SO years old. | quilt crochet tidy, l
chemise yoke, l dolly. Mrs. George
Smith, embroidered dolly made at the
age of 10 years. 8 fancy towels, fancy
apron. Mrs. Daniel Witham, pair roll
mittens Frank Condor. quilt
Flag of the Nations" Mrs. Lizzie
Harlow all wool quilt nearly 100 years
old. crab apples. Mabel Hartford
knit wash cloth by Susan Simonds
Locke. 99b years old Mexican work
handkerchief chemise yoke. Miss
Veda Humphrey. Mexican work hand
kerchief, tatting collars. crochet
corset cover. Mrs Sherburne Bick-
ford tatting collar. tatting party bag
Dora Lawrence. sofa pillow cover
hand woven linen towel given by her
grandmother when 10 years old. Mrs
Halle Holmes. crochet mat. large
mounted owl. Towering maple Irene
Clark. vase paper flowers Charles
Harlow. vase dahlias. Mrs. F. Clark
vase flowers.
CHILDREN'S WORK
Blanche Monkloon, sofa pillows
lillian Hartford. apron. coon cat
Leona Witham, sofa pillow. Eula
SteafnS, cfOcnet cover Top.
THE CONTESTS
In the pulling contest, Ernest Mosh-
er won the blue ribbon, hauling the
load 60 feet. inches.
In the foot race Clarence Down won
LIST Alger Cunliff, End.
Boys race-Charles Hardy. LIST;
Clifton Lands, End; Lloyd Grove. Bird;
Brainard Hardy 4th; Alton Savage,
5th.
VEGETABLE AND FRUIT EXHIBIT
j. e. Downs, l plate Wolf River ap-
pies. +. d. Stevens, "A fine display of
apples. G. A. Groves, pumpkins,
turnips, parsnips, carrots, cucumbers,
beets, caulifiowers, cabbage and ap-
pies, making the largest collection of
anyone. A. N. Avery, pumpkins and
squash d. S. Witham, plates apples,
beets, carrots and pumpkins. VIM.
Ellis, pumpkins and apples. Boys
George and Maynard Tibbetts, pump
kins; Henry Berry, pumpkins; Will
liam Witham, squashes and pump
kins; G. l.. Morrow, squashes.
COLTS AND COWS
Vernon Clement year old colt, LIST
Virgil Clement IL year old colt, LIST.
f. ID. Stevens, 3 year old colt, LIST. AL
ton Rowe, / four-months cold. 1st. A.
Cunliff, years old colt, End; II. l..
Kilgore, l calf, months old, list;
hefer, l year old, list. Fred Clark,
Jersey heifers. l year old LIST and
End. w. p. Duley, 2 Hereford cows,
LIST and End; 2 calves, list. Charles
Morrow. Jersey bull, End. Frank
Condor. pen pigs. list. Alger Gun
lin, End, Also two traces corn, one
sweet and one popcorn. also nice
looking honey. VIM. Cunliff exhibit
ed some fine whitfield work. a long
chain and artistic work made inside
battles. r. II. Groves showed | pen
Seabrights, also l pen X. l. Red cock
erels. Roland Kilgore, pen White
Wyandottes. pen rabbits. & II.
Dow. pen Pekin ducks, pen Black
Mallard ducks. Leon Witham. | pen
English Red Cap hens. | OF cockerels.
pen Bun Orpingtons, ] pen Fart
ridge Plymouth Rocks, | pen L. X.
chicks. | pen White Wyandottes.
II. = Witham. | pr. eve sheep. LIST,
buck. | year. LIST: lamb. LIST.
SkoWhegan Band furnished delight
FIJI music afternoon and evening. The
Indies Of the Grange served nice
dinner and supper IA the hungry
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