The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-10-05


Among the performers were Lorraine,
Harry Fisher, Valley 6. Thomas, and
Miss Lulu, contortonist of unusual
grace and ability. Crownes' train
ed dogs were also greatly admired,
am & Samantha amused the crowd
with their acrobatic stunts and the
cyclist and roller skate girl were real
artists.
Archie E. Roderick of Pennington
was back at Skowhegan Fapr last
week and served as starter for the
races in his usual admirable manner.
Mr.. Roderick is one Of the well known
horsemen of the state although his
business Is that of real estate deal
er. He had already established an
admirable reputation as starter on pre-
vious occasions and certainly lived
up to his old mark at the 1922 fair.
One of the attractions at the Skow7
hogan Fair last week was the Lane
No. l special saw mill for tractors
and light power exhibited by Bracket
Shaw & Lunt Co. OF Somersworth, N.
H. This mill was operated by one
of Holt & Hights Fordson tractors. 1t
is an unusual thing to see saw mill
in actual operation saving lumber on
fair ground and made a very inter-
esting exhibit.
Miss Elizabeth Russakoff, out of
some fifty-six students in the high
school won the prize offered by Bis
l,A Ixrhi
best advertised their store. Miss
Elizabeth's poster showed rain fall
of different kinds OF shoes, descend
| ing on an umbrella beneath which
was colored lad 1T was given the
appropriate title of LET Bisson Il
Conant Reign" The awarding com
mittee was composed of E. l.. Ford
Harold Savage and Mrs4 George l.. H.
Smith. Miss Elizabeth gets SIS pair
of shoes from Bisson & Conant as
| souvenir of her artistic skill.
One of the most notable exhibits at
the Somerset Central Fair last week
was the moth and butterfly exhibit
sbswn BY Mrs. A. S. DaArks OF Biag-
! haM This exhibit was displayed ~
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building and included 595 specimens.
OF these 1862 were Maine moths, s3
Maine butterflies and t97 foreign. The
rest were a few specimens from the
Western states and few moths.
There were only seven insects, and
these we're local. The very brilliant
coored butterflies came from the Tro-
pics and these specimens were not sll
different species as some were mount
ed in pairs and others showed both
upper and under sides of the wings
| az the under side is often the prettl-
est and also shows wonderful pro-
tective coloring. Mrs Burke had al
so in her collection some freaks and
some different markings which col
lectors like TO get. The collection Is
a real museum in itself and the fair
management considered themselves
unusually fortunate in being privileg-
ed to have them displayed at the ex-
position. Mrs Burke INFORMS the In
dependent-Re that she has been
five years getting the collection toge-
ther.
sample of corn ut the fair mea-
sured thirteen and one-half feet. This
corn was grown by r. NJ. Tinkham OF
So High street, Skowhegan the B. F.
Eaton garden from seed in the dres-
sing used.
The automobile show at the fair this
year was big one and patrons were
given the latest ideas in cars. For
the most part they were shown in
big 200 foot tent and included among
, the makes shown were the following:
, Buick, Ford, Franklin. Nash, Oakland,
Studebaker, Paige, Chevrolet, Steph-
ens Olds, Durant, REQ. Dodge, Gray
, and Star. The Chevrolets were ex-
hibited in tent close by the big
tent. About the usual number of
( sales of cars were reported during
= the fair.