Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-10-08

of. For tho four year old purse, there
were three entries and quite lively con-
test wa. made, with the following result.
-FOUR YEARS OLD RACE.
( Curtis Bro. naue Cray Thomas 2,J, 3 )
! Croker Thayer name Lady Buck, ;, -
". stevens name Cen. Grant. ~, l. l
A protest was entered against Gen.
Grant rs being too old to come into this
class. and he WAS ruled out The race
aud purse was then given to Lady Buck.
Best time S:H.
+. &. Merrill. South Paris had his usual
/ good assortment Of Flows on exhibition.
! The new Swivel or Side-hll Plow. which
seems to he fully perfected now and the
best thing out, attracted much admira-
ton. A new thing. really tho great
necessity rmong farmers, was an Or
! Cpltiva,or. which pulyeriZss the soil
/ beautifully. |; WORKS admirably and
musl come into general use. both on ac-
count ct - wors ard chcopne". 1t is
one @, Pcit"nsiif. inventions. and IS
manufactured 10y Mr. Merrill.
Col Wm SWEET. Paris. had an Ono
] SuiAy Horss Rake, which seemed 10 I've
/ Just the thing in its liae.
Mo,sr, Whitman * Libby BRYANT.
Pond, entered soma beautiful carriages
top buggy, open wagon and sleigh,
| handsome and well made, a. all of their
work is.
/ We desired to speak OF Capt w. Il.
Swans displ,y ot fruit bul the pre-
niums show.
Several Sewing Machines were on eH-
hibition, from d. II. Young's Agency
the Florence and Elias Howe. and the
/ Improved Wilson, G. W. Hammond,
Agent. which did fine work.
J. D. Williams, South Paris, hal u
! handsome HARNESS entered. which is
hi.hl, creditahle as showing his style OF
work. {. ). Tucker Norway, had ,
nice Harness, also.
/ Paris Hill skill in the industrial line
WAS represented by some handsome s.ds
and chilirens Carriages. manufactured
, by G.. b. Crockett. X CO., aud some neat
/ Chamber Sets, in ash aud walnut, and
extension tables from the mandatory OF
. II,,l,.,v,r n,yi. A. 4,
The first of the active exercises of the
second day was the
PLowING MArCH.
Thi. came OF al O'Clock on the field
below the grounds. Bot two teams were
entered. each four ox-tsam- One driven
I by Jonathan Clark. the plow ons Of
Verrilrs, held by Mr. Field. did its work
very handsomely See that iurrow
follow the mouldboard" was the clear re
mark of the by.standers, and tho COM
mittec saw it in the same light, and
awarded thom the first premium. The
second driven 10y Nr Pottle, the pillow, a
Jameson pillow. held 10y M. Pike, took
the second premium.
DRAwING Cattle.
/ At O'Clock the point OF interest is the
! drawing match. There were only four
entries for this match, and those All by
noted teamstcrs, who always aim 10 hayo
in hand strong and well.discipln-d oxen.
I The ground is sandy and The managing
of the heavy load OF granite on The drag
j. difficult task, bat each team acquitted
! itself with credit and made an animated
/ exhibition.
The following hoard Of officers was
uaaDiaousl, elected At the annual meet
ing
/ Prcsilcnt-uenry c. Reed, Norway
/ Vice President Sebastian s. Smith, Of
Oxford.
I Secretary anil Treasurer. 7. C.
( King Of South Paris.
Tru-,ees-I. n. Thomas. Paris Al
den Chase, Woodstock Frank 7. Pike,
Norway; B. Y. Tuell, Sumner; ]. w.
| Written, Buckfield.
Delegates to elect member of Board
! Agricuture-N iliam SWEET, Paris /;
Sumner Burnham, Norway; |. NJ. Thorn.
Is, Paris
The member for the next tsrm is to be
chosen from the West Oxford Society.
Wednesday afternoon, there was trot
for the sociotys premium Of $40 for the
best Trottins Horse raised aud always
owned within the limits OF the Society.
Three cntries-the race was between
Black Dutchmau, Erwin Rrobinson's
horse, Sumner. and ChaS, fuckers Spot
the former winning three heats, in 3:05.
THIRD DAY, THURSDAY.
This was principally devoted TO trot-
! ting. In the forenoon, the best trot Of
tho Fair was had, five horses being en-
tered for the best t.otting horse owned
in The State. Croker & Thayer. Nor.
way, entered Lady Harlow, w. Stevens,
Gen. Grant. j. Thompson, Slippery Sal,
Dir. Young, Lady Ann. and Mr., Chas.
Tucker, Spot. The race was between