Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-07
Somerset Horticultural Fair

| Although the crowd was cOnsldera
bly, smaller than on the first day
there was a good attendance during
| the second day of the annual Cattle
| show and fair of the Somerset agri-
cultural society. The forenoon was
/ devoted to the examination of horses
and the pulling matches. Music dur
| ing the afternoon was furnished by
the Madison Welfare orchestra and
! a number of sketches We're furnished
! by the Funny -Four. Dinner was
served by the women of the society
/ in the dining room on the grounds
| both days. The best of order pre-
vailed and the fair has gained rec
! for its future.
The premiums awarded at the Sec
ond day of the fair were as follows
Horses: stations, trotting bred
| Ned Spaulding, Madison, l stallion
pony list and Bert Hilton, Starks,
pony gelding, LIST; colts, Dan Morri-
/ son, Arson, l colt, 2 year~, 1st and G
1 NJ Austin, Madison, l cold, l year
| list; family horses E. f. Hurd, Madi-
son, l horse, LIST; driving horses. Joe
/ Elder, Arson, l horse, . years, LIST
! and A. S. Beale, Arson, l horse,
! rs md draft bred breed mare and
foal G. E. Gray, Starks, breed mare
....u toai, Isl. q. +. Gray, Starks.
"A. / year. 1st and End, j. w
Cripps, Norridgewock, breed mare
a.nu loal, LIST and j. w. Grips, Nor
ridgewock, / colt, 2 years, LIST; Brood
mare and foal, trotting bred, G. M
| Austin, Madison, mare and foal LIST;
I draft horses, $500 pounds and over
| F. II. Smith. Arson, LIST, G. Mckeche-
| ME, Madison, End, and +. +. Maroon
Arson Sd.
There was good showing in the
| exhibition hall of dairy products
| fruits, vegetables and fancy work
and premiums were awarded as fol-
| lows: Plain cheese, Mrs. Mark Gray
! Starks, 1st; sage cheese, Mrs. w. b
! Witham, Arson, LIST and Mrs. Mark
| Gray, Starks, End; best display of
canned fruit, Mrs. George +. Gray
1st; best display of canned vegeta
| blcs, Mrs. George Z. Gray, LIST; best
| display of jelly, Mrs. Grace Webster,
| Madison, list; doughnuts, Mrs. Ger
trude Spaulding, Madison, LIST; best
! display of apples, Mark Gray, Searks
! 1st and Wilbur Hilton, Anson, End;
| best display of pears, Wilbur Hilton,
Arson, LIST; eight rowed seed corn
Arthur WEIGH, list; shell beans, Wal
| lace Weston. Madison, LIST; beets
| Wilbur Hilton, Arson, list; potatoes
| Roy Caldwell, Arson, LIST and Wilbur
| Hilton, Arson. End; best display OF
peppers, George Simpson, Arson. LIST
| best display of tomatoes, EVE Wes-
| ton, Madison, list; best display Of
watermelons, Everett Hilton, Starks
| LIST; new Guiena beans, A. NJ. Corson,
| Madison, LIST. Fancy work: Best
wooden quilt, Mrs. Florus Nichols
Starks, LIST; and best cotton quilt,
Mrs. Walter Lynds. 1st; best fancy
rug, Mrs. Florus Nichols, LIST and
End; best braided rug. Mrs. Stillman
| Frost, Madison, 1st and Mrs. Florus
Nichols, Starks, End; best drawn rug,
| Mrs. Will Witham, Arson, LIST and
! End; best specimen of drawn work
, Mrs. Julia Tinkham, Arson, 1st best
! display of drawn work, Dorothy
| Brown, Madison, LIST; best display of
| fllet crochet any kind, Mrs. Vina
| Nichols, Starks, list; Mrs. Mary Hill
ton, End; best display of lace work