Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-10-11


Miss Elia s. I.Onsley presented very
rare and costly work. IA wonted iull.lens,h
picture Of Webster; the eolors, which
blend 90 admirably and present 90 rich
an appearance. beng formed with threads
o, wor,ied. The foil .ace, OF the picture
could no: be obtained. in 80 bad lieh, rs IL
Was placed in.
A beautiful picture. which We have often
admired a. the property Of q bachelor friend,
Is here entered by lady. There I. no
doubt OF the validity OF the claim and the
premium was we'll awarded.
Wednesday afternoon. Knitting ma
chine excited the curiosity Of the ladies. IL
Vas presented by nm agen, who resides in
Oii,feld. The machine consists Of as many
needles, shaped like crochet.books, with n
spring curvins the tooth, as there arc stitch.
60. arranged in cylinder form. A stitch Is
on the needle. back Of the spring the yarn
passes over the hook, when c movement OF
the needle slips the old stitch of over the
spring. which shuts at that instant, en-.
closing another loon. Al tho other eide OF
the cam. the needle resumes It's former posi-.
ton. ready to r,rea, the operation, 80 quick
that the eye canno, detect the separate mo-
tons, completing stocking, all but mar
rowing OF the toe. in Is minutes.
Virgil d. Paris, E.q., with h. rare col
lection Of coins, attracted the attention Of
large numbers. The collection Is the work
Of several years. and he has well improved
his oppOrtunI,ie. to add to ITS interest and
value. Among the most rare OF these coins
- a Macedonian coin. with the head OF
Alexander the Great, found on the island
OF Cre,s. The Emperor died 5s5 years be-
fore Christ, making these specimens At leas,
2lsi year. old Another was found in the
tomb si Scipo Airicanus, near Rome, abou,
hall miIe from the gate, on tho Appian
Way. There were specimens from Jerusa-
lem frUm ancient Carthage, the ruin. OF
Athens. and from llcrculaneum and Pom
peii both Of which cities were destroyed
by the eruption Of Ve.aviu.. \. ID. 20. Do
two Of the Roman coins the Z" crown Of
thorn. is very distinct. \ Mahome,an
coin has 1t. inscription in characters which
have been obsolete for 500 years. On the
coins from jerusalem, struck in The reign
Of tie Emperor Gallieuus, 1000 years ago,
the character, arc entirely lrgiblc. There
were al.o coins from ancient Alexandria,
aud Bethlehem, near the birth place OF our
SAVIOUR. The collection contains abou,
loco specimens. embracing those Of every
CIVILIZED nation on the globe. lie also cI.
hibi,cd two earthsrn amps from the Esyp.
tan Cataeomh., whose rough appearances
fully ju,,id,i their claim 10 antiquity.
Mc-r.. Goodwin and Mixer have some
substantial and vsll.hni.hcl furniture.
Tho display Of fruit va. larger ani better
than there was rca.oL 10 sIpec,.-quito
equal 10 the average.
We observe that the several Committee.
have noiicrd moe, Of the cIcsllen, stock cI.
hibiiel on the grounds. I, was the largest
sni bet display ever made IN the County
Particularly deserving oi notice were the
herds. Mr.. Head. OF Sanncr. entered =,
Dc,on..-all npbl, animals. AMI uniformly
coloreI. Amo. I Holt, d Norway. ami
A. u. forbe-, entered herd. Of Hereford.
Ani gr.dss. among which were several good
animals. We will have have statement OF
.oms Of the miikin. qualities q . CIV from
Mr lloli's herd. which wall tell ~,ll Cor his
stock. Mr. T. " Clark exhibited ,hrcs
ealse, and a ycarliug foil blood Devon ALI
cool animals T. Il Holmes Anl John :
lIolme,. o, OIiori, entered seven calvs. and
yearlins.. grade Ilsrci1ri,, from the sane
l.uily. al Of which were superior animal.
Several other. were exhibited. whose owner.
We d.l no, ascertain.
Gilman Tuell, OF North Paris. amused the
people With the exhibition Of us ,rains 1
.,osrs.-,he same exhibited l..i year. They
perform many ieais, which have required
much patience - teach, and they cIhibi,
great uac,Abiliy. n. training OF the-,
Young cattle will show how ready dumb
beast. are to perform when they can 10
made 10 understand what i. required. and
oder lesson tia, farmers will 10 well TO
prof; by
The bee, show was tina, o, the town team.
when the three were on the track. an ex-
peritnecd dealer assured Us tha, he hal
never sccp IS pairs Of better looking oxen
together. Tha, three towns should turn
out 50 many choice oxen. isa proof, strong
er than any other. OF the stimulus this So
eie,y /, giving to stock raising in thi. TO.
ciop.
Two stock hor.e., only, were entered.
One by Geo. 5. Ames, Norway, an English
Morgan. bay color, 5 years old. and weighs
1867 pounds. The other, Brandy colt.
entered by L. +. Stone, OF South Paris. lie
combines speed with his other good quail
ties.
Mr.. Thomas Wit, exhibited a colt, five
months old. sired by Stones horse. tina,
weighed $50 pounds very promising M.
imal.
TnorGnrrrL MES. The following Incl.
dent. related by the Gardiner Journsl, fits
either OF the comranies in which Oxford