Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-10-14
Union Agrieultural sOeiety.

OF this society, ana can only touch upon
is most prominent features.
The show Was held at East Sumner. on
wednesday and Thursday Of this week.
IL Was designed to have the principal dis
play on the Fret day; but BY misunder.
standing the stock was not al on the ground.
and mos; Of the trials came OF on the Sec
ond.
Wednesday, however. was one Of those
Beautiful October dAys, which star, every
one out Of doors, who can ct out and the
people came in by crowds. They came for
good time and were NJ, disappointed.
The stock exhibited - a. principally work
in. oxen. and mostly o. native breeds. A
few bad some portion Of Hereford, Devon,
~ parham blood. but not enough 70 give
Character TO the stock. Many OF the oxen
were Of good sire, well disciplined. and bet
tsr than the average Of farm stock.
Four or Eve bulls were presented. One
Of thcse. a two-ycar. old, owned bv Mr.. T.
Hayl0rd OF Canton. weighed 1890 lbs, aud
measured : ieet. lie Wa raised in Read
field. and b. called sfull.blood red Durham
Beside the road was pair Of working
bulls. owned Nv Edward Shaw Of Back.
scld. One va. halfblood Devon with
native. and the other grade Durham.
They were hardy looking fellows.
The Others were yeArlings. some good
bull caly,. we're on the grounds.
4 stallion. entered BY Mr. Shaw Of Back.
ssli. We at not So. There were two or
three br,rding.mare., .ome work.horses,
and several colts
We saw one enc French MeTino buck f,
aud a single dock Of COOL sheep We en-
deavcrcd TO ascertain the owners Of these
without success.
There were several teams ready fsr trot-
ting These were al farm hor-ss. ani trot-
ted in The sandy rad. One match was
made. between two years old .orrcl colt,
owned ~ Mr. Russell q Hebron, and a
colt owned BY Mr. Brown OF Buck6eli.
The sorrcll took the lead in each heat, and
showed s5me good tr5ttius, Tor - young
horse
\ partial trial Of drawing came or at .
J. Colby, \. Russell and Ous Turner drove
thrcs-ycar. old .tcci. The two fr,t per-
formed we'll. The latter, iron frish, or
lack % training, seemed almost unmanasa'
be. They made the crowd scatter in every
direction.
Da.tine Spauldins and Elisha Jordan Of
Buckfeli then hi,chcd ON their four years
old cattle. They each moved the load we'll,
and were vsll-trlined, a. oxen for effective
service need TO be.
The plowins-mateh, at4, We did not scc.
There we're three or tour competitors.
z stevens Of sumner. presented eight
ducks. aud pair Of Burmah Pootra fowls.
The latter weighed about - lb,. The Lex
Of The rooster would Afford as much eating
/. that " moderate sized lamb.
The great feature Of the show was the
display Of garden vegetables. The whole
number Of entire. was -. and there were
mammoth specimens Of every variety. We
noticed specimens Of the Kohl RAbi Mr..
Shaw Of BuckGcld. presented some Chinese
Y.ms,-Nhi,e, bat resembling Iheswcc, 10
tAto. Rev. W. Hurlin, had good clllec-
ton Of garden vegetables, in which was =
hne bunch Of Satisfy. Or Vegetable Oyster,
= plant but lisile cultivated m this County.
John ;. Robinson entered box contain
Ing u varieties ot potatoes, standards and
.eedlug,-all good specimens lie bad al
- some noble beets. carrots, and pArsnip'.
samuel Palmer exhibited three .quashes,
raised from a single seed, the aggregate
weight Of which was l52 10 lbs. The
lGrs--: weighed over 80.
Col. Parsons had Winter squash, that
weighed So pounds monster.
Nahum Moore OF Bgck6eld, presented
,hree Boston Sluashcs that must have ay-
sraeod over 80 pound. in weight
John B,nney Of sumner exhibited some
nice looking eastarI .quashe', which we're
very large.
Va. BIZ Cary deserves particular praise
Tor Der collection u lowering plants. They
were much admired.
We counted - lots Of sesi corn, aud
found lG entire o, fruit. The latter IN
eludeI the standard winter fruits, fcw
sc-dlinr.. and three or four tall apples.
The grapes were exgelIcntani weIl.ripen.
ID. I-abeIlas entered by Capt. Bisbee OF
Hartford and Orrcn Robinson Of sumner.
Coneori.. by Gilbert Barrett.
Erwin Robinson exhibited three varieties
ofeIcclient pears.
A ehurn combining the dishsr and crank
movements. scemeI.well adapted for stirring
up the cream.
Passing to the department, occupied eE-
elu.ivcly by the ladies, we end frst s0m0
excellent butter and cheese, though the
quantity j. snail. There are shrce lots Of
nice dried apple. No bread was entered.
There i one piece Of domestic flannel by
Mr.. Barrett aud near by 1. substantial
blue couuterpane. There i. the usual Va.
risty Of quilts, one Of which i. made from
cotton eloin over century old, the original
CO., Of which was 81 per yard. A very
bea, quilt was entered by Mss Briggs.
Grreian and Oriental Pictures were pre-
sented by Nrs. llurlin and Miss Wiley.
Mr.. llurlin has very curious picture, en-.
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