Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-07
SWEEPSTAKES
Oxen Pulling Contest,
at Lewiston Fair
Rain Prevented Afternoon Race.
State Fair Was Called OF rhv,1.
Noon-Suceess in Spite Of a.,
Weather Which Destroyed Last H.,

Lewiston, Me- Sept 6.-The 55th =,
nual Maine Stat air officially chs,
at 1870 Thursday afternoon ;.
weather ran Interfering sertor.,.
with the program and forcing y,
management to give up the ide, =,
doing anything the last dav p,
morning opened wet and cloudy A.,
it was anything but a day for tho
hibition but many people arrived d..
ing the morning hours in the bo,..
that it would burn off and the fair \.
continued as usual. The weather \.
came worse however and at ahor.
o'clock the rain began to descend -.
from then on 1T was case of STEADY
rainfall, until about noon ~,
grounds were thoroughly wet then az
the directors held short meeting ,ns
, decided to declare everything over ava
! word was sent out to the exhibi,,,.
and horsemen that the fair was ave-.
and that they were at liberty n NOS.
up and leave as soon as they war,.,
to, and Immediately the grounds \,
came a place of activity as the MAJ,
horses and cattle were made ready r.,
I the cars, the booths began 10 com,
down and in the halls the various Az.
! hibitors began packing up.
Packing Up Booths
Many of the midway merchants ho
gan 20 pack up their booths ear,v ).
the morning and the big Ferris wb..,
came down early and was soon pack.
ed up and made ready for shipms,,
, The other booths on the midway h,
gan to follow suit and long before IN.
fair was officially declared off AZ noon
most of the midway merchant,
had left for other places.
few Of the hot dog men and sor. =,
the whip vendors remained on n.
grounds, and the rubber coat man Ala
good business, the weather no doubt hahn.
ing him materially. The merchants ~bo
had booths in the buildings were doins
good business. however, as the crors
which had come to the grounds earlv IA.
in the building out of the rain for IN.
b 6iNthtSi pay VI the tlfIlt.
The Atherton Furniture Co had lara
booth with a number Of PLAYER p,ano,
and Columbia grafanolas and they en.sr.
tanned the crowd during the forenoon
They also had a fine male singer who
gave number of selections which ye-.
much enjoyed by all The men who v.-
"demonstra ting" various articles in tha
building were also busy and had a soci
crowd about them during the greater pat
of the forenoon.
Oxen Pulling Sweepstake.
The declaring off of the fair could not
dampen the ardor of the ox-pullins en-.
thusiasts and SO the SWEEPSTAKES for put
ing oxen was carried through. The rain
let up and the sun came out at times as
the contest started, and several hurdre
to listen to- and watch the efforts Of the
drivers.
Six fine pairs Of animals were en-.
tered in this contest and they put up
enc that was a credit to that section
OF the State. AS is usual, the Blanch.
ard boys of Wilton carried off the
liens share of the honors.
The fair this year has undoubtedly
been success in spite Of the bad
weather which destroyed the last day
The fair enjoyed two big days and one
reasonably good one and should be q
financial success. Practically everyone
was well pleased with the program
which was given and u was eviden.
that the fair management did all pos
sible to please the people.
One Of the features Of the fair was
an old man who was selling whips. He
has been there for ~ years now and
said that he was 81 years old and did
rot expect to come to Maine many
times more. He declared that the PEG.
pic OF Lewiston and vicinity used 10
be pretty liberal in the buying of whips
but that they were mighty tight" this
year. His talk was a liberal education
in itself.
Fair Association Election
The Maine State Agricultural So.
ciety in annual session THURSDAY
night elected the following officers:
President, L. NJ. Carroll Norway;
secretary, Harold v. Wilson. Lewis.
ton; treasurer. r. F. Callahan, Lewis
ton' trustees. B. A. Parker. North
Berwick; Frank H. Wiggin. Lewiston
l.. c. Morse, Liberty; D. w Campbell
Cherryfield.