Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-10-01
ENGLAND 1876

I showed some of their production. The
vegetables and canned fruits were of
unusual excellence, although the sea-
son has been SO very dry. The fancy
articles displayed were many and
show much very fine work on the
part of the exhibitors.
The stock shown was of the best
to be found any where. the largest
exhibitor being Ebden Dean and son
Of Madison. who displayed ~ head
of fine Hereford. This is the 25th
year that the Deans have shown their
stock at the Skowhegan fair and as
large as this years display was it is
not much more than half of the Dean
herd which numbers 40. Another
large exhibitor was Dana Robbins
who also showed Hereford numbering
16 head. Ansel Newton exhibited two
full herd, one of Guernsey and one of
Ayrshire and bull and two Holstein
cows. Cyrus Newton also showed
some excellent stock. as did many
other of the Somerset county pros
porous farmers. The display of
horses. swine, 4eheep and poultry is
said to not only be up to the standard
of other years but to excel in num-
bers and quality.
the ball game and racing which
have been reported were of much in
terest 70 many who attended. Frank
Sulley, the wire wizard, Wise and
Wiser acrobats, Consuelo and La
Veda aerialists. Louis Guertin, the
worlds a hn
nous Aldine brothers. barrel jump
ers, etc.. and Luther, who escaped
upside down from a tight jacket, all
excelled in their different kind of
, performances. Jones the Old Or
| chard aviator, was busy much of the
| time and made host of successful
trips into the air. A ferris wheel,
| merry go-rOund, and ocean wave
added mich to the pleasure of the
young people and some who were not
SO old. TIC music vas of most ex-
, chestra as always charmed its hear
ers. the Citizens Band gave splendid
concerts each day, and the music
furnished for the dancing was all
that could he wished, The midway
was crowded with all sorts of attrac-
tons for both the old and young.
The Red Cross tent in charge OF
Miss Edith Souic CT State Department
of Health who represented the Maine
Public Health Association of Au-
gUsta, the SkowEegan Red Cross with
Miss Alice r. Parker of Belfast, the
Red Cross Public Health nurse assist
ed by two nurses, Miss Dionne and
Miss Rowe from the kennebec VAL
lev hospital ant Mrs. Emma Frost
the District muse, drew much atten-
ton. In this tent during the three
days o5 babies were cared for, @
callers were received, 9 dressings were
made and first aid was given to two
patients. u
Those wh) attended the fair really
need no printed account of it's I'M
Qualified success.
During the three days of the fail
the High and grade schools began
their sessions at eight o'clock in the
morning and closed at one, having
only one session for the day, thus
following the pupils the afternoon to
attend the fair. A large number OF
the young people took advantage OF
the privilege.
Friends of Mrs. Victor Edwards, of
West Boylston, Mass, formerly Miss
Janet Gage. who was a Skowhegan
girl her home being on Mechanic
lstreet in the house now owned and
Occupied by Levi Bean and family
and who was graduated from Skow
hogan High school in '96 will be in
terested to know that her daughter
Miss Ruth Edwards, leaves this
month for year abroad. Miss Ed
wards is to be one Of twelve Amer
lean girls to attend what is known
as a travelling school, at Paris
They will pass the winter in that
metropolis and then go to the other
countries, speaking French the en-
tire time. People who know Miss
Edwards well say she is a fine girl
and has many of her mothers
charming ways. Miss Edwards Wis.
tied Skowhegan a few years ago for
a few days. accompanied by her
mother and grandmother, Mrs. Hiram
Gage