Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-13

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! Of shovel handles.
Outside. MN entirely now feature is a poultry
show. Considerable interest has sprung up In
this vicinity, amounting TO quite isser' Sna 40
result there are eighteen entries Of fowls Hh
Clark. So. Paris, enters Partridge Cochin fowls
| and chicks: > q Jones, Partridge Cochin chicks;
A n shurtlen, 80. Parts, Plymouth Rock foWis
and chicks, bun Cochin fowls. Partridge Coehin
fowls and chicks, white Cochip fowls, white Leg
horn chicks, brown LcFhorn chicks, Aylessnry
ducks, and a cross OF Aylesbury and Rouen ducks;
= Richards. so. Paris. hss six partridge ooch'ns'
light Brahmas, dark Brahmas and Golden Polish
chicks; La Cleasby, Sos Paris, Hbudas fowls and
chck.; o UPTON, Norway, coops of fowls ana
| chicks; PC Lsrvey. So. Paris, fowls and chicks
Willie Clark, so. Paris, chicks; James Crockett
Norway, light and dark Brahnss; Rev Dun
ham, BRYANT, Pond, has 10 varieties OF fowls and
a pair Of Spruce partridses. This display 10
novelty and attracts great attention
SECOND DAT.
TIL. first exercise Of the morning was the pillow.
ing match. Bat teams were entered, a. follows:
Po,ile, Norway, 4 Hereford cattle and ilersey
pillow Moses Parsons, Norway, 4 cattle aad Her
sey plew;T I Pjke asd ID wardwcll, Norway,
1 oxen ami n iEiCkrC pioNs iheg aA 'i' N'f'N~''
work.
While the cams were being made Mp FOR the
blowing match, the chairman discour'ed upon tie
Pct,ingill hsIee-hoe, "ln my dist 'rt,' he saws,
I'VE use it for repairing the road. Put IN big
team lo,d il with Ave hundred pousds OF rock
and it digs down about three inches, pulveriEhig
it hnoly. This shovels easy aud leaves road
bed a. good "a = race course. II is the best thing
YOU ever saw for the business. We never had 80
good ruais before -
Your reporter counted on m. ground. above
two hundred head Of neat stock. In sUch uum'
Der il Is mpossibl in the limits of this report "
.ay more than that the display WAS such "a no
Oxford farmer was slow 70 commend. besidcs
thc large number VI working oxen, herds are en-
tered ~ several parties. Alex y Thayer Of Paris,
has splendid stock. This herd IL headed 10y
noble thoroughbred Durham, Of the stock intro
duced 10 sumner by Charles Howe. The animal
/. three years old AMI weighs lS.6 pounds. hs
b 20 al.o pair o. grade Durham oxen, and fam
| lily OF cove and calves OF Durham descent. Hs
pronounce. the Durham good for dairy while ex-
cesut for general farm purposes. WIN. Chase,
Paris .Nhibits n fall blood Durham bull one year
old i've fee, four ia sir1s aud volgb 30 pounds.
W > King, raTs, b Peniey, Paris, l. swan.
Paris WIN. Hall, Norway, Z 5 Hayes, Oxford,
have herds. In several are promising grade aui-
malt the Durhsu, Devon. and Hereford stocks
having become pretty we'll Incorporated into the
stock OF the vicinity. pca. Morse OF so. Paris,
" o King ~ Paris, I Pcney OF Pare, exhibit
mich cows. There I, large number Of stock
COW, and beef cattle. W . King. Paris has n
grade Durham bull; VP Decsster, Buckneld,
n a huIt A A a grade Dur
sam bull; l. soule, Oxford. grade Duih ham bull;
W l. Harlow Buci neld. grsdo Durham bull aud
Durham heller.
urish II Upton, Norway. solomon "insio~'
Paris. J Il peco.ter, Paris, entered matched exon
J A Holmes, 80. Pari'. pair OF grade pnrhan
aad Hereford four year slds Hayes, Oxford.
| matched tWo year old, and three year clds; Ran
-om Ripley. nStcaed throe year Odds; l. swan
Paris, and q " Thomas, IT,, oxford, matched
year olds: Weston fiosi. Norway, matched calves
all indicating greu care In mating their cattle.
Thor provided for the exhibition OF sheep
proved catirciy inadequate, and new sues were
lmprovi.cd. There aro L. lot. entered, Including
some me animals Besides natives, the south
DoW,, and u 'rno- arc represented.
Thrra are sixteen rntr,e, Of horsss. y Mason,
Paris, snd T Holsroot OF OTisri. enter -tal-
hou.. The latter. Highland Patchen," was
! foaled On Highland fsrn IN OXFORD. His siro IS
Tom ratchen, ont Of wi,hersll Messenger mare,
&, four year. oil and weigh, so pounds. lie has
been exercised on the track somewsa, and gives
promise OF making good I,ne when brought to
work.
NNA.on enters the only pair OF matched horses
on tho ground The other entric, nearly all
brood mares. with promising families or colts.
The creates, interest was manifested IN tho ex
hihilion ~ town teams that occurred At 10 l.,
O'Clock. Three strings oftvcnty pairs each were
made up, snd the work Of eliminating the extra
pair. to the required nreon was not easy mat.
ter. II was pronounced the best display Of work
iug oxen ever seen IN oxford county, while euthu
.astio observers began 10 draw comparisons I'M
favorable to the state Fair. In the Paris string
there were pair asnci by Horace Knight OF 80.
Pari., very Eat They were : feet : inches IN
girih, aud we gh over 1000 pounds. A g Dudley
OF So Paris has pair Of twin cattle, seven Zee
three that are ne perfect match a. eau hc found
Jas : Holmes 80. Paris, had pair OF Iour years
old steers. grade Durham and Hereford. that are
perfectly matched. end promising pair ofcaite'
Thcro we're many other pairs OF splendid oxen III
each team. The Committee gave 1T premium 20
Pari,; ~ TO oxford, 81 to NORWAY.
- Baker Of wa,erfcrd exhibited two pairs OF
four rcars old cattle. Tho iour arr nearly equal
in girth, AMI ea IA par exceeds $40 IN weight.
one pair arc red Durhans aud a. perfectly match
al ~ possible Except a little difference in the
horns. It would b. difficult 10 distinguish them
when ~, IN tbs yoke.
WcIucs, ny. u little alter noon, n cry Of terror
ran through the crowd. Tho dense mass svayed
10 n bt aud LETT, while the air rang with cries Of
horror aud pain. Tho wildcat excitement pre-
vailed, aud The m5st absurd reports or persons
Injured and wounded were circulated. II appear.
ed that a horse. driven by Chss. Packard of Nor.
way, had rpp away from the middle OF 1ie grounds
towards the bvildlns, had leaPed Ihe railing, and
run directly into the mid.I OF the crowd OF several
thousands Of people. lie was caught only "hen
he reachod the reireshmout stands. or course
the carriage to which he vas attached was smash
ed In his course he locked wheels with the car
riage OF Mr. BuCkuan OF Mechanic falis, throw
ing out the occupants OF the carriage, breaking
| the aka, and crushing the wheel fortunately
| they escaped without serious injury. In the
/ crowd tho people wore thrown about promiscu
ously and many slightly hurt. hrs Jefferson Need.
| ham Of Norway, was th-own down and injured
quite severely; Mrs Pierce OF Norway, was
thrown down, and her head was hit in some way
| so rs 10 render her insepsibio. She had some
teeth broken cut. For All hour or two abe was
nseusible but seemed TO be recovering, and her
| phy sicans could not discover that she had sus'
| tanned much injury. Mrs Palmer OF Norway. was
\ thrown down and hit on the back OF her meek.
size reported stiG neck as the only dimcnity
| after recovering FROM her fright Gus Bryant oil
West Paris, was run over, and had his leg bruised
but sustained no further injury. 4 little daugh-
ter OF Alex. Thayer OF Paris, was ran over, but
was not injured, though thoroughly frightened.
Addison LoveJoy OF SO. Paris. Was run over but
! only slightly hurt The event created an intense