Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-01

winslow Grange Fair opened Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock. at the
grange hall. with fine lot Of exhib-
its. including all kinds Of vegetables,
canned goods, most unique lot OF
exhibits which were shown by Dr..
6. c. Hooper, exquisite fancy articles,
display Of paintings. draw
ings, manual training and domestic
science as accomplished by the STU
dents Of the various schools Of
Winsl0w, and with a most bOunteous
dinner served at noun TO hundreds Of
people by the Grange ladies. This
was what made the fair a success,
and with the beautiful day there
were crowds from Waterville, Wins
low, Fairfield, Oakland. Benton and
many of the towns around, who
came by automobiles and teams to
attend the fair, and partake Of the
dinner, for which the Winslow la
dies have already established a wide
The exhibits, although not very nu-
merous. were Of the finest quality
and received many compliments
from the visitors. and there were
many blue and red ribbons seen on
the articles later in the day.
Old Fashioned Articles
The exhibits are in the upper part
Of the hall. and displayed that they.
may be viewed by everyone. As one
enters the hall. on the right Is seen
the fine exhibit Of DR.. Hooper, which
consists Of articles from 200 years
ago up to the present time, and one
might pass a whole day at the booth
and then not have seen and heaSd
the history of the various exhibits.
They consisted of many of the arti-
cles as used by the Doctors father
and grandfather and great-grandfa-
Their, and people kept the doctor busy
in telling the history Of the various
which may Of the pres
ent generation do not know anything
about. Many of the older ones were
able to tell about just such articles
as used by them when they were
boys, or by their fathers. There were
numerous articles, which the doctor
prizes very much, and some of the
most noticeable were. the apple parer
that was used by hand. showing just
the way the apple was pared: q
small churn, which probably was used
in small family: snuffers and tray
which was used in 1900; piggin and
moggin which were $50 years old; a
coin tester, which was used IN
Blacks mills by the Quakers over $50
years ago, for the purpose OF test
ing shillings and six-pence; rum
in which rum and molas-
ses was mixed and taken to the
fields during haying time, used near
ly 200 years ago; and was handmade;
a flint wheel used in 1886; foot stove
such as the folks $50 years ago took
to church with them in the cold win
ter days when furnace fires were not
known; British navy pistol and
pod auger which was used in boring
holes years ago. There were many
other articles which were too numer-
Gus to mention, but is we'll worth
the while Of any person to take
trip to the Grange hall some time
during the day Wednesday to look
the articles over.
Mrs. Oscar Reynolds and Miss Sa-
die Morrow had charge of the vege-
table sale table and many dollars
were taken in from the sale OF the
articles. The line included beets, po-
tatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, apples
and several other vegetables and
fruits.
The flowers were arranged very
prettily on the right hand side OF
the hall and consisted Of asters and
potted plants, which are priced by
their owners. A beautiful Star of
Bethlehem was displayed.
Jellies, preserves. pickles and
canned goods were displayed in
quantities by the ladies Of the
Grange ana the cans were tasteful
ly arranged by the committee in
charge.
Although the display Of honey. but |
ter, cheese and eggs was not very
large, there were some very fine ex-
hibits by the Winslow people.
At the end of the exhibition hall
was a large display Of apples. over
a hundred plates Of every kind OF
apple as raised in this part Of the
State Big ones, little ones. reu Onec
and white ones were seen in the va
rious plates, and it was very
to a spectator to walk by.
There were grapes displayed which
were raised by Winslow men and
a Though there were only a few
punches they were perfect in color
and shape and 1t is needless to say
in taste.
The Gypsy lucky pot. or grab bag.
as it IL better known, was In charge
OF Mrs. Nellie Ellis and for a nickel
or dime and Is cents at the most.
some very valuable articles could be
grabbed from this pot. At the same
booth, Mrs. Frank Smiley served
dainty lunches and Coffee and she
was we'll patronized. The booth was
very artistic in design, being mace
to represent q woodland.
School Exhibit
No better school department ex-
hibit has been seen at any fair than
the one exhibited at the Winslow fair
The exhiuils showed
great deal Of hard work on the part
of the students and teachers. uut
they will be well paid, for II moth
ing more they will gain a reputation
for having the finest display OF
school articles, which consisted of
hand paintings, drawings. articles
made by the boys at manual train
ing. sewing by the girls in domestic