Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-13
THE BABI SHOW AT TIE
MAINE STATE F.iTR.

/ ~ 1INE STATE Eel IN.
| From tho Lewiston Journal
The infantry was marshalod in strong
and enthusiastic battalion behind the cur.
tain on the spacious platform of the Cay
Hall. amid theatrical castles, ancient for.
est. and Kitchen scenes, moro or less out
of Joint.
The mothers with their infants were in
J attendance on the plnilur:n-tho chaps
being OF that age in which it is necessary
their moIhcls should know they arc out
and 60 with them The curtain was
! rni>ed ever and anon TO 10 display the
angelic throng and TO allow those inter
ludes of feeding which il is proper every
healthy infant should be allowed nj regu.
lar Intervals.
Tho Committee OF Judges were the
Executive Officers of the Society-gen.
tlcmen learned in these matters, ol widu
observation aud large experience in tho
roughbred stock
To show the high minded course which
the Committee elected 10 lake, We may
SAY that Airs. Blanks baby insie,l,l oi ap-
pcnring as Mrs. Blanks, appears as No.
so.aud.so--lhvs obliteIating from theiI
judicial minds every influence that might
come OF an infants high lineage. nristo
cratic parentagc or other disturbing
causes-and so leaving their minds high
and dry on the rock OF pure infantile
merit. This much in the cause of even
banded justice and the salvation oil their
uSn hair. did the commit e--to their
rnr- sighlrdness and discretion let it be
credited. Yet, in pursuance .: our duty
as absolutely faithful historians, We are
constrained to allude 10
4 HuTCH ~ TIE ARRANGEMENTS,
Tor which we prepare the minds OF our
readers gradually us becomes 80 weighty
theme.
We should have thought that any force
Of intelligent Trustees OF q State Fair,
unless. lorsoolh. they were childless, un.
wived men. ought TO have understood
that every well regulated yearling infant
at eleven O'Clock in the morning OF each
day. is supposed 10 be sweelly dreaming
in that sacred ark--the cradle And vet
this hour in which Morpheus claims the
cherubs. is blindly billed as the crisis for
The State Baby Show. II you wish TO
take the infant Mt disadvantage, take the
infant debarrcd OF The regular eleven
O'Clock Iepose. The infant is then luri.
Gus, bnrbnrous. little untamed animal.
In all sincerity, We protest against such
trca,ment of a large and respectable and
increasing portion of out community.
TnE wHoLE LITERATURE OF CROWDS
might bc ovorhnued. and we doubt il
any such crowd could be found as the
crowd HIST the tables drew together at
the City Hall, At ~ O'Clock on Friday.
To us an inelegant phrase, il was the
boss crowd ol the whole affair. At least
three thousand faces 90, in sight of the
inE,ulie platform. and rs many more
people }cilrned in vain Tor chance 10
get the sight Corridors. stair cases.
sidewalks. were covered with people OF
all sizes. 70 get through the jam was
impossible, to get out of il. especially
impossible. From the platform at was
Il sight To behold" this crowd-all eager,
converging from The galleries and floor,
4 very sea OF faces towards the babies
BEHIND THR SCENES.
1t WAS allowed few choice spirits OF
the male gender only. fathers ol large
families, TO get foothod behind the
scenes. The preparations for the awful
hour of eleven were on an immense scale.
Ladies gathered aud tossed their babies
in air and compared biographical facts.
There were aborl thirty liltle urchins and
urchinesses in all--some too old to join
the competition healthy n lot of cher
uhs ~ YOU very often see together, with
cheeks like beds of spices, lips like lilies
or any other properly cultivated veget-
able.
The select audience behind the scenes
tive Agricultural officers who tossed fret.
ful cupids into the air, emp,ied official
pockets of watches, keys and knives in
vain effort to repress their untnlored 70.
cal organs.
Elegantly were the infants clad-tucks,
lace bibs. trills, sashes, long white robes.
such as were put into angelic groups so