Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-11


crowd attended the cd annual fair at
Topsham fair grounds. The cold day
kept a large number from attending but
those who went saw big exhibition. The
Midway was a big one. everything from
the Ferris wheel and merry-go-round
down through the list to Baby Jim, the
worlds largest person. nine feet around.
and he weighs 1872 pounds; thousand dol
lars for his equal" wheels of fortune
Smiths Famous Mummies from Next
co." Nine. Zulla, who can tell you all
about your past and future" baby doll
and Teddy Bear booths galore. and hosts
of people willing to take anything from
your picture to your watch, bankers
barking music Of all sorts, and over all
the pervading odor oe the ever-present
hot dog
The Midway
The Midway at Topsham is a clean one
this year and on Tuesday the crowd.
chilled to the marrow with winter coats
buttoned tight, hung around the hot dog
kennels and passed the ice cream cone
artists without second glance. In the
forenoon neat stock Judging was held at
the north end of the fair grounds. where
fat oxen. steers, calves. sheep and swine
of all sorts filled long rows of pens and
stalls. around which We're gathered eager
groups of people who came to the fair
mostly for that very purpose.
Awards Made
Tuesday forenoon the following awards
were made:
Town teams of oxen-Est, l.. r. Will
liams of Topsham; I'd, s. w. Fisher of
Sabattus
Three-year-old steers-E. r. Tedford,
Topsham.
Two-year-old steers-1st, Henry Fisher.
Sabattus; I'd, L. r. Williams. Topsham.
Yearlngs-W. l.. Polly of Sabattus.
Calves-W. L. Polly of Sabattus.
This concluded the list of cattle awards
on Tuesday.
Exhibition Hail
The big exhibition hall was the chief
object of interest during the forenoon. On
the first floor the various Oranges were
represented by large exhibits of all kinds
of farm produce, fruits of all descriptions,
the finest examples of New England cook
cry. cakes and pies and tarts and roast
chicken with all the trmmn's. jelly and
rolls and vegetables of all sorts and de-
scriptons. till 1t truly seemed as If any
one who presumed to Judge as to the in.
dividual merits of the several displays
was taking his life in his hands. Some
of the Oranges thus represented were Di-
rigo, Solid Rock. Merry Meeting. Progress
sive. Topsham. Merriconeag; and it would
have been some job to make any distinc-
ton in favor of any of them. the good
things to eat and piles of fine vegetables.
butter, eggs. honey and other things that
make the back-to-the-so people shout
for pure Joy being so EVENLY distributed
as to make choice next to impossible.
Millinery. jewelry and a big booth
erected by a newspaper occupied the
remainder of the ground floor in Exhi-
bition hall.
Judging from the exhibits on the
ground floor Thanksgiving in Sagadahoc
county must be a feature to draw wan
dering boys from all parts of the ma
ton as a magnet draws metal filings.
And upstairs the big hall was also fill
ed to overlooking, the south wall COW
cred with samples of the drawing and
work in manual training done by pu-
pills of the Brunswick and Topsham
graded schools. The west side was
simply covered with every conceivable
kind of sewing, embroidery and weav-
ing samples done by the skilfui men,
bers of the Oranges of old Sagadahoc
county, lovely laces, fine rugs, quilts
of various kinds and designs, dainty
lingerie doilies of marvellous patterns.
pillows with every sort of design that
could be created by the human hand.
clothing that a mere man can never
even partly appreciate, towels. mufflers.
scarfs. mittens and all the products Of
the industry of New England house,
wives. The center Of the room is de-
voted to tremendous display Of pre-
served fruits, jam and fresh fruit and
flowers. all the colorS of the rainbow
blending into one big pile at the south
end. Wylie's candy booth has been rep
resented at this fair longer than any
other booth. The candy was first shown
at Topsham in 1876 and is still going
strong. The apiary of w. L. Maloon
comb and strained honey. wax and 9TH
err bee products and its feature is a hive
of bees so screened as to enable the
crowd to watch the busy little insects.
Dairy Products
Next 20 the display of honey is a
huge display of butter from various
diaries none of the diSDlaVS are Ia