Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-10-14
Exhibition Of the West Oxford Agri-
cultural Society.

Exhibition OF the west oxford Agri-
cultural Society.
rhi. exhibition commenced on wednes
day the 9Th inst, and continued three days
The number OF entries in the several do
par,men,s was very small in proportion Il
the number Of pcrsons in attendance. Tn,
Society hyet young and the farmers and
mechanics in the vicinity do not soem tC
b aware Of the great benefit to be derived
from these annual exhibitions. About on,
thousand persons were in attendapec on The
hrsi day aud on the two succeeding days th,
grounds were visited by more than three
thousand persons. Large Numbers were in
Attendance from each town within the lin.
It's If the Society and had all those who
ought TO be personally interested in the sue.
cess Of the exhibition brought something
from their farms and workshops, though
but little from each. the occasion would
have been much more interesting and pro,
htable. Western Oxford is very rlch in az.
rieulsurAl resources. and this Society might
be made ono Of the very best in the State
The ground. Of the Society are pleasant,
situated in the midst Of plne growth
which completely protects them from III,
winds. They are ,omewha, ur.yen yet. a,
they were cleared Of the trees only abou,
two years ago, but when the s,umps and
roots shall have been removed, they will b
all such society necd..
do not propose 10 give in detail all the
entries made. but duriag my short stay,
whatever attracted my attention as being
worthy o! notice, noted down, aud these
bcief notices must constitute my report.
\ meeting Of the Society was held in N,
hail Of the Soeiciy's building a, ten O'Clock
on the tir-, day. AT hi, meeting the con.
.utution VAS amended 50 a. to require mem.
bers TO make an annual paymen, Of fifty
cents. and be entitled TO two tickets to the
ground. during each exhibition.
John Moul,on Of Porter was elected a
menboS Of the Maine Board o, Aericul.
iure.
The following entries were made during
the first day Bulls. : entric. Steers, 1
do IIorscs, q do; Ilor.cnan.hip, do
Brad. do; Batter and cheese, - do
Trotting llor~cs, 6 do: Honey. Sugar and
Syrup. do: Wine, Jgllics &c. 20 90
Household Manufactures. u do; Special
improvements, DO sheep and Swine, J
do ; Drawing Match. 10 do, Psnman.hip,
do Miscellaneous Articles. 6 do; Cows
and Calves, 5 do; Farm products, - DO
Garden do, l..
BCLLs.
Wentworth, Hiram, 5 Clemens. do
Eden Barker Lowell, each entered bull, OF
native srccd. Fwh,icomb, sweden, en-
tered half blood Durham. and = J Hall
entered fne Devon, thrce Iears old.
S5EERs.
Ivory Wentworth Hiram entered a PAIR
pair Of ! year old grade Durham. aud a
pair Of native steers
Among the ontyie. 81 bread noticed enc
brown loaSe. by Mss l. Woodbury., Sweden,
and Mrs Il Weston, Frycbure.
Mr. ; Suekney presented good .peci.
men. Of June and Fall Batter. Cyrus
Wentworth Of Bro~nGel rre.cntei nice
looking honey, both drained aud III the
comb.
= l. Rice OF Denmark two ars Of honey.
John Evans OF fryeburg exhibited silver
mounted harness. Specimens OF fern tan
ned leather, also patent, sole, upper and
harness leather from the extensive tsnncry
Of II NJ Boswell & TO. Fryeburg, looked
very we'll. A case Of mems ,hick boo,s..wa,
presented by the same trm.
Jellic- Of black cgrrant.. ounces, craft
apple. aud red currnnts, were tAstefully ar.
ranged and looked particularly tempting,
Mrs J o Mcmillan Of Fryeburs presented
earrant wine II years old. Mrs Il Smith
Denmark exhibited 1 pairs foO,ing-. . pr.
gloves, prs miitens, pair long stockings
aud piece iulled cloth. Mrs W + Davis,
Denmark. u nice piece ofdomes,ic irockinG
Mr. j Frye, az ed 20 years, presented spec
linens Of stocking yarn, flannel and diaper
Mrs 5 Hall. fryeburg, presented rug
Mrs U , Charle,, Fryeburg, June and Fal
butter. TG Pingreo Denmark exhibited
nice clusters OF Isabella Grapes, also, T. '
Barker. Lowell
John Moulton OF Porter presented 20 va.
rie,ies OF apples. j NJ Bearce Of Brown.
field eish. varieties Of apples. A beautiful
hair! wreath was exhibited by Miss A Wood.
bury, aged IL years, daughter of L "
Woodbury. Of Sweden, another by Phebc II
saunders Of Sweden was equally fine.
Mrs T. II ID Drew Of Fryeburg entered
several specimen. Of penmanship, which
for beauty Of design and neatnes. Of eIeeu.
ton equal anything Of the kind we have sy.
err seen. One which was designed for eI.
hi'i,ion IA, she state fair was particularly
noticeable.
NICE Nevers Of Sweden, exhibited &
wa,eh-makers lathe made by himself, from
the rough material, from design which he
saw figured in the patent Office report, il
was finished up in workmanlike manner,
ard would compare iavOrably with those Of
EUROPEAN manufacture.
Mi's NJ A Barnard Of fryeburg was the
only entry Tor skill in hOrseman'hip. Car.
riagss and sleighs-no entries. Thomas