Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-10-11
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The race tor the -oei-,y'. purse, open to
ell horses owned in the State, came Oh a,
O'Clock. There were four horse entered,
though hn, two came up TO the stand. on
the call Of the Marshal. These were Kettle
bail, owned IN Auburn. mare well known
m this Part Of the State She w,s driven hy
son of the owner. The other was The
Chadhourne horse. rais'd In Waterford. and
aow owned in Harrison. lie wa driven by
". II Woodbury.. Of Norway. Ga the frs,
heat Ke,tlebAil bad The pole. The Chad
bourne horse gained on her for some time,
aud in coming up she broke and run. COM
ins in considerably ahead The Committee,
on this account, set her back, and decided u
90 b. a dead heat. The second beat wa.
Won BY The Chadbourn hoIs'. which came
in a length ahead IN 50. The third wa'
the mott sharply contested OF The whole
The horses kept very nearly together tie
whole mile. and IN coming in the difference
wAs hardly pcrcrp,ibls. The heA, Va, siv.
en- q Kettlebail.-time.2 .Sl. She alec wor
the iih and Sch heat. in 50 and 81. re,
spsc,ivsly. giving brT the best three IN Eve
and gaining the pure. |, va the beet
,ro,,ing and most exciting match ever bad on
the grounds.
The li.,. o, en,ris,. with The G-ari. u
tie COMMITTEES. give avery good general
idea Of the exhibition bit thee are = isw
thing. We wish further 20 alluis 10.
In the lower hall. NJ iIcr,ey. aud Mr-sr.
Brown 4 B,.sse. make noble di.pl,y Of
substantial and vel fn,.bei plo~.. Each
manufacturer ., Disposed % lct h.s plow re.i
on IL. Own merits. aud each deserve, cred,
or TIE addition made - The inter,s, Of iby
oxidation.
The Batter and Cbc,ss pre.en,ei hns
appearance. Many dairy woman nigh,
loArs lesson. IRON the lady who carried
away the hrsi premism. which would be
Of infinite advantage. What woman ha,
done. woman may 80" and in behalf Of all
strong butter eaters. we beg that the lesson
nav be learned. There was good display
Of vegetables. though no, 1.-THE Of wha,
nigh, have been done with little effort,
Urah II Upton presented some fne ,urnips
and caulhowers. Charles T. Mellsn had
samples from seeds obtained from the Pa
ten, 0fice, which promise good results
Among these are ID. Dutch Horn and Vel.
low Carrots, Globe Beet. Red Turnip-rootcd
beet. London Red Beet. and hollow-crowned
parsnip. \ cabbage head weighing 20 lbs,
a turnip Of Is pounds. and bees u IL lbs.
Col. White presented couple Of pump.
kins weighing about 10 lb-. each, and said
be raised 80 Of the same scr, 10 an acre OF
Of corn. Sir. Pottls exhibited IL large
pumpkins, all from one seed and Mr.. j.
Clark shew Eve noble squa.hs, from single
vine Cario-i,ies were exhibited in the
shape Of twin squashes and cucumbers.
Among the traces of .eci corn, was one en-.
tered by Mr.. q. y. Hammond. which We
resrc, to say va, stolen. lie has hi. eve
upon the perpetrator OF the theft. who will
undoubtedly answer in some way.
The ladies have contributed largely to
their department., in the upper hall. The
display Of rugs and quilts was unusually
large. as vel! As in good taste. There were
none of these monstroeitie- which have been
seen. On the table are many beautiful
specimens Of fancy work and embroidery, as
yell as useful articles. Prominent among
these was q novelty ,ietOrine Of musk
rat fur, bome.,anned. The fur was well se,,
and Tree from offensive Odor. making q nice
cape. syl'anus Cobb, IT,. exhibited q case
Of stuffed birds. Among these were three
Observation-Disclosures on the pOin, Of flying.
another percbed on = limb. while the third
si,s upon its tiny nest. Very few people
have had such an opportunity to examine
these little creatures.
Mr.. Rosenberg presented an olsgan, case
o! millinery, 40 Q clinchsr 10 bis argument