Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-10-05

There were hut two horses entered.
"whirlvind." hay stallion. years old,
owned by Geo Amc-, Of Norway. driVen.hy
owner. and sorrcl mare owned by Mr.
Staples. Of RoIbury. IN thc'dr., heat, the
latter. broke a spring 10 his 'ulky, dstnch-
in. the shaft, and the mare was withdrawn.
whirlwind trottcd two heats in time. making
, - and , -. H. came down 20 the work,
NJ times. handsomely The marc mad" a
single halfmilr in l36. After the trot. the
track wa. occupied by several horses, some
II which wers not entered for premium
The horse. ovnri nv A : Bartlett. u.
T. Noy-.. T. f. Stone. ". X. Saplc-,
AMI Mr. nclan3. ,rotied very we'll hut
the Bounce horse of Sylyarus Cobb, LEFT
them MI in the rear. The chief intsre., vas
then entered on the inside track, where was
held tho
DR,wINa March,.
The weigh, 10 10 moved wa. two and'one-
hall ton, of granite blocks. on stone boat
over sandy bottom. about four rods and
hack to starting point. Time allowed, ten
minu,c'.
Tho fr., team attached VISA pair Of
seven loot cattle raised and owuei by Free
mao Allen of BlckGeli and driven by iona.
than CLARK. ct South Paris. These cattle
moved the load 81 a, about rod 10
stretch. setting !, hack in .h1rtpull'. They
pulled we'll. vcr, kind, well disciplined, aud
capital, driven
Mex, came fiery pair OF cattle, griffin;
isy, aui 10 inches, belonging 10 Mr. Jc'.s
Bumpu., Of Hebron, and driven by samuel
Bumpu.. Toes cattle seemed never to have
secn thoroughly trained. II such thing
would have been possible, and had no, work
ed long. together. when they could 30
Trough, d" up to the bow, " the load novel
handsomely. Tine up, and another pair
helped tho al hacs.
Prescott Pike, Of Norway, hi,ched on his
cattle. after the load was turned about.
After some dallying he took the load the
distance marked, IN three pulls, bat did not
get in in time.
Tho cattle Of Charlie, II Curtis, nsI,
started the load down and back. in time
His team was managed we'll and behaved
admirably.
The lat team. was pair Of light, white
oxen. belonging to Mr. Bryant, u Wood
stock. IL seemed more than match for
them. bot they took bold with the energy
that wins, aud brought the load back.
Their power and discipline a'tonished every
one.
The son Of Mr.. Gilman Tuell, Of North
PAR. then brought m his trained yearline',
which attracted - much attention at the
State FAIR, in Portland. lie caused them
to perform a variety Of mnncuver', which
could only have been taught them by Ion;
and patiru, training. The performances
fllNlEtA much commemorative
SrcoND Dr-wrpNEpir MoRNNG TRor.
rSC March.
We thought the assigning ofscvcn o'clock,
\. NJ, for a trottins match, to BE- a foolish
affair and the people are with US, for they
didn't -. The Committee inform US that
the horses didn't 90 either.
The people began to crowd in quite early,
20 that at an early hour the grounds were
thrOngcd They swayed in waves. from one
point To another, as some new thing or other
demanded attention. Tho South Paris
Band W., pre.en, all day, minglins their
notes with the buzz OF the multitude. At
nine o'clock, came the address in the Hall.
which was delivered by the Editor Of the
Democrat. Ill, .uhjec. was " Agriculture.
a. an occupation" Having alluded to the
Patrinrchs. who carried on agricultural OPP
erations 20 a considerable extent, and on
rather grand scale, job being reported the
pos.essor Of II, 900 sheep, COO camels, 1900
yoke OF oxen, and 200 shc.as,es. 10 pro
c.cdcd to show that I, was a most honorable,
honest. and profitable occupation, as well
a. the mos. useful.
The idea that It was not honorable pro-
cecded from education. aud the farmers are
themselves TO blame for il. Train up the
boys and girls to respect it, and they will
become attached 10 the old farm. The
speaker was pleased to observe that there
had been progress in this respect.
|, was the mosi!bono.,, because the farm
produces what he uses. lie occupation was
the basi. o! all society, OF all business and
hi. prosperity suAee- the prosperity Of
nation. The labor Of produein. is the true
dignity Of labor. The man who produces
hi. subsistence is the most truly indepeadant
man in the communicable is one Of ma.
lures noblemen. Beyond this. his con.
slant exercise and exposure give strength
and robus, health. 80 necessary for the true
enjpymen, OF existence, and give him a
sound mind in a sound body.
Good farmers. too, are our wealthiest
citizens. True tho gains are not always