The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-10-14
The Montville Fair

when the frost is on the pumpkin ane
the fodder in the shock" there is some
thing in every nstive of New England
which is nearly or quite a communit.
instinct impelling attendance at an agri
cultural fair, These Autum nal Festival.
draw together the young and the old at ,
common center from wide radius. They
are occasions where new acquaintance
are formed and old friendships are re-
neWed; occasions where social distinc-
lions are forgotten and the poor and the
rich meet on level and jostle each othel
In good natured crowd. The editor oi
The journal, in common with three OF
-FOUR thousand other people, felt this sea-
sonal gregarious instinct, and last week
spent a rarely beautiful October day at
the park of the St. Georges Agricultural
Society in Montvile We left the old
stage road from Belfast to Augusta via
oearsmont, at the schoolhouse near South
/ Montville, and after perhaps mile of
moderately rising road past fine farm
homes we followed long down grade on
a somewhat narrow road, forest shaded
on both sides, till very unexpectedly,
when we were wondering where our des-
tlnatlon might be hidden, the automobile
turned at right angles, darted through a
hole In the woods about twenty feet wide
and two rods long and we had arrived on
thcf fnir I.
which we had left was dim memory
We were in a beautiful sylvan ampi-
theatre the floor of which was gravel
SOIL, level, circular, ample, and gave the
impression that it had never been forest
covered since its creation.
Not building nor clearing was to be
seen anywhere outside this ampitheatre.
On every side rose forest covered hills
made beautiful by The myriad tints of
autumn foliage. On the westerly side of
the park the st. Georges river full bank
ed and bordered by trees shimmers in the
monday sun and darkens to blackness in
the twilight There is nothing magnif-
cent about this spot but there is type
of scenic beauty here which, in our some
what extensive pilgrimages in the State
of Maine, we have seen nowhere else.
Inc men who own this property are pro-
gressive men who have but recently really
been preparing for the future This year
they have built substantial and COM
m
river facing, as we have indicated, a rest
full and beautiful foreground In the lower
part is an ample exhibition hall They
have an excellent track which, with
little expense, will be as good as any half
mile track in the State. They have plenty
of stables for trotting stock and the ex-
hlbit of cattle, sheep and hogs, is shown
In a conveniently situated grove of pines
with broad spaces between and sheltered
from both the sun and the wind
The farmers who live on the hills and
IN the valleys which are on or near the
divide between the Penobscot and Ken
nebec waters should support this enter
pilsC anu JOlll III making IL a success,
The soil is good and the people are of as
genuine New England stock as can be
found anywhere. They certainly should
make each annual fair of this association
not only great community festival but
an inspiration for better agricultural re-
suits. Earnest competition is a wonder
full stimulant in the worlds work what
ever mans calling may be.
RESULT OF THE RACES
2.30 Pace, 227 Trot Purse S1O0
Dan Calder, Fred Barlow l / /
Flora NJ, H. S. Blaisdell 2 3 3
| Dummy Braden, E. P Piper. 3 2 4
Time, 228 l-2, 2.29 IL, 230I-
Farmers Race, Half Mile Heats.
Purse $100
Dan Mac, P. A. Clement 1
The Queen, R. j. Mayo 2 2 2
R. F. D., George Rowe. 3 3 3
Time, 1.29, L. "a, 1.26.
Free-for-all. Purse $I25
Violet Patch, H. c. Buzzell 2 1
Early May, Fred Gray. =. 2 i
George Guy, Walter Flagg 8
Altissimus, A. Moody 4 4 4