i: iaajftQok Vol 62. Houlton, Maine, Wednesday, September 4, 1912. No. 36 nett. Limestone; F. N. Yose, o f, spoke wheel. The next double booth was oc­ Fredericton o FIRST ANNUAL FAIR Houlton, proprietor of the Fair-! The International Harvester Co. cupied by die Dunn Furniture Co. \\ ednesdav s game was another view poultry yards, and Harry j represented by Geo. H. Taber dx who showed a fine line of the new variety cf ball sometimes played Circassian Walnut furniture, the by the teams in the league, and Moody of Houlton, beside many j Co. showed a very large line of celebrated Crawford ranges and our St. John brothers had no diffi­ Houlton Agricultural Society others. ! their goods. w a s h i n g machines. Souvenirs culty in landing a 7-inning game Machinery Exhibit j McCluskey Bros. Hardware Co. were also in great demand at this to the tune of 16 to 4. booth. Many labor saving devices were j had on display,^the easy running Thursday's game offered still Many Attraction*. Fast Horses, Aviator Terrill Thrills Thous­ another variety of baseball, a class shown in this department and at- i anc^ we^ know n I aber fai m wagon ands by His Wonderful Air by itself, and the spectators saw tracted a large number of visitors. W. L. McGee showed the Oliver} the home team win, lose and win __ j; A Terrill F ligh ts. The Putnam Hardware Co. had sulky p 1 o w. Worcester K e m p | again in a closely contested game, ■ v ' ■ ■ E f T manure spreader and the DeLavalj Prof- F. J. Terrill of Worcester, the final score standing Houlton <?,• a large exhibit consisting of gaso­ Mass., gave a splendid exhibition Cmal Fair held by , public. Separator. j Woodstock 5. Agricultural Society I The program as arranged for the line engines, potato diggers, har* making beautiful flights each day •All three games were closely vesting machinery, etc. The New Mineral Fertilizer Co. 1 as advertised, and these flights in their nfw $50,000 park has three days went along smoothly watched by the thousands of spec­ Brackett, Lunt & Shaw of Som- represented by Mr. M. C. East-j were witnessed by thousands of. tators, and many times during the ornate and fone {nd is now a thing with no long waits. spectators who waited patiently on ersworth, N. H. showed gasoline man, had a display that attracted games the police haa to warn the •f the pfst, b|gt the impression Perhaps no feature on the pro­ the fair grounds for this thrilling engines and threshers. The ex­ all progressive farmers. crowds back off the field so as to which is Jhnlt behind will remain gram caused mote interest than event. give the fielders a chance to play hibit was in charge of L. J. Paren The New Liquified Gas, the Tuesday's flight was made from long in ibe memory of those who the airship flights! given by Prof. their positions. & Co. of Caribou. Blau—Gas demonstrated bv Mr. the enclosure inside the park, in weft enough to be pres­ Terrill of Worcester, Mass, in his ThefM Idw ay e n t The^inhole affair from start Curtis biplane and he made a good This important feature of the impression by his three successful fair was well represented, booths to finish has ligen an unqualified of every description filled the space success. flights and he demonstrated be­ allotted to this department. The Despite the threatening aspect yond a doubt that air navigation merry-go-rounds, the African f i the weather the attendance for is practicable. His flights on Wed­ dodgers, the coon on the ducking nesday and Thursday were started stool and the side show all received days has been very sat­ their share of the visitors who from the parade grounds on Gar­ Wt&t; isfactory and it is estimated that were looking for amusement. fnlly xo.ooo people visited the park rison Hill. T The attractions offered by the on Wednesday. The committee Among the exhibitors of cattle Cantara shows were high class performances, and t h e Italian in Charge have labofed hard to w ere: D. H. Tingley & Sons, Readfield ; T. G. Burleigh, Vassal- Band gave daily concerts in the make thin year’s fair ouch a,one as square which were appreciated by boro; J. A. Wilson, Brunswick; testify to their ability to our visitors. anuitettent tend entertain- E. Y. Shaw, Topsham; A. C. The vaudeville acts upofi the i * mint Ipf the thousands of pleasure Sylvester & Sons, Mars Hill; E. lu ?, .3 - 0 platform erected in front of the grandstand were good. Keston’s jifihlw who have usually gone to Wellington, Monticello; Bliss Bubar, Lifltleton ; A. E. MooerS, comedy dogs made a great hit other dlies end towns for their an- with the children. fmaJ outing. Nothing but words Cottle Bros., E . X . Cleveland & Bryson’s Band furnished music :0l praise and compliments were |bo., Rot>t. Peabody, Oscar Shirley ~ y *-.£v '■ during the fair and a fine program Jtn M tui to the complete satisffc- and Ira Porter of Houlton, and al­ was rendered between the races. Taken as a whole the Fair was tioa given to everybody, and this together about 200 cattle were ex­ hibited. a grand success. The officials ' fact phows conclusively that in the worked hard to make this fair a gllMtfon of officials and committees Ponttly John Watson & Co. showed the L. H. Green of Portland, was the the get away Mr. Terrill was record breaker, and while a few the. Amfla chose wisely. celebrated Reuther potato digger. center of much interest. badly handicapped for room so mistakes were made the lesson has This exhibit, competent judges large was the crowd, but at 5.45 H. M. Rhoda & Co. showed been learned which can easily be t 'h e attractions offered were pronounced one Of the best seeu in Uuder the Grandstand by skillful manoeuvering the ma­ remedied for future celebrations. ihsmerons, consisting of trotting, % years. The poultry house as built Gray engines and threshers and The display of wares by the chine left the ground, barely clear­ JThe Trotting Events haaphall, airship flights, vaude­ mud arranged especially for this Aroostook potato digger, also a merchants in the hall was visited ing the trees that encircle the Thousands of spectators cheered ville, file works, music by the general line of farm machinery. by throngs day and night dui mg park, and the citizens of Aroos­ •display was ideal in every way, took County were witnessing the themselves hoarse while the races M ads, end the always interesting HU and while large and commodious The John Deere Farm Imple­ the fa;r. .first airship flight ever attempted were in progress, so closely con­ ‘Midway. The exhibition of stock Was found to be inadequate to ac­ ment Co. had a large general dis­ As the hall was entered the first jjn this section. After circling the tested were many of the events 'natlfonltry was probably the larg- commodate the large number of play of their goods, James T. Pea- booth was occupied by the Staples | fair grounds several times Mr. upon the program. :*Jt and best ever shown in Eastern entries, and emergency shelter body, agt., who also represents the j piano Co. of Portland, Me. with I Terrill’s engine developed some “ Stingy Dick” in the 2.18 class won his race, and also bettered ’Maine, and the Teady response of tents were erected where the over- Johnston Harvesting Machinery a large display of pianos of differ- j ^’ade^a ^a^^^landing^just Ibf'MStehants of the town in tak- the track 'record held by himself low entries were displayed* Co. ent makes, the tones and tjualities ! Y.usUle ufe p a t \ 6 by 1-4 second. in the exhibition hall Among the prominent poultry j Wm. A. Gellerson had a fine of which were demonstrated bv| ( )u Wednesday so large was the The racing card was vveli filled shews that they are alive to the raisers who had exhibits were A.'line of wagons made by the Miffl-J Misses Helen and Louise Buzzell ■ crowd that it would have been and many horses from New Bruns­ fact of theadvantages derived from J. Kenniston, Bangor; *K. A. | ingburrv Buggy Co., Mifflingbury. j and Miss Florence McPartland. ■. foolhardy to have attempted a wick were entered. The summary for th e three thus offered to the Drinkwater, Sabbatus ; W. Ben- Pa. equipped with the new 18-| Fred Drink water, plumbing and rill had his machine towed to the days : heating engineer had a neat dis­ Garrison Hill about three-quarters TUESDAY'S RACES play of bath room fixtures, etc. J 0f a mjle fr0m the grouuds and 500 2. .50 PACE-PURSE $400 m Mi H. N. Thibault courteously 1 feet higher and ill plain view of Thomas s. big. (Stewart) 1 1 Print* Baron Uiallagher) explained the workings of the !the assembled thousancs, the sec- Moxie bv (Tinsley, 3 3 goods displaved. jomi 'vas '"*<■}* at 5 '3°, P* M‘ Time 2.20 i-‘_\ 2.21 1-4, 2.22 1-4 . under ideal conditions the stcv was Raster Brown anti Mary Daniels also .sta.it- OUR STORE IS THE HOME OF Remington Typewriter Co Inc, ;cleart scarcelv a breath of fresh air e<l. was the next in line, \\ . B. Clark. | was stirring and as the airship F< > U R-Y E A R-0 1,D TROT ANI) PA C E— local agt In this booth was also {came rushing toward the pal'k at PURSE $30o Dan D *Jr., (Reed) 1 1 1 showb the U.