Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-02-26
NORWAY. Feb. 20. 1878.


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NORWAY. Feb. 20. 1873.
Mr.. Editor:-Not easy is your cores
pondents task this week, lor he has been
to the long -expecte Fair. lie has been
to fairs before but never 10 such one IS
this, aud ike lhe profsne man in the
story, he cans do the subject justice.
However, here goes, and may the patron
saint of the newspaper Che printers
devi2) protect him ii he omiiS mention
Of some objects oil attraction in the effort
to compress an acre OF Information into
q sheet OF paper. Ga entering the hall
the first thing OF course was for The gen
tloman TO secure tickets Tor supper while
the lady instinclively turned 20 the pos.
Office for u letter. After short survey
OF the busy throug from the sAio stand
point OF the CLOAK room, one could pess
along the lett side oil the hall ana LOOK AZ
the tas;elully arranged tables loaded vi q
goods OF every description. o. the fir-i
tables were 10 be found fancy articles H.
GLIDING dolls. fancy mats. decorate j
pebbles, toilet articles. very mousey PEN
wipers, and - and q thousand o,her
things that made ones JOY increase and
small change diminish. One OF the prin-
cipsl attractions OF this part OF the room
was beautiful panel picture, executed
by Miss Lizzie Beal Passin z along TO
the kitchen table we are confronted with
an array OF shining tin that blinded US TO
the other utensils OF culinary art Ii We
could draw "a good teapot We would try
70 give you sn idea OF the illustrated
"hoders'-bu. alas, We eau Il, 50 We will
draw this sentence 10 Il tagging period.
Blu, q bell rings and an announcement
tha, "thirly--even more seats are empty
causes rush to the supper table. Oysters,
turkeys and coffee disappeared in guam
Titles which would soon have exhausted
a less bouDlilul supply, while hot rolls
and tea. cake and pies, formed an ad-
mirable reserve force with which 10 attack
the already conquered ieasler. The
walters were omnipresen. and their white
aprons flashed to and fro in frantic en-
deayors to induce people who had already
eaten enough aud mole than enough, to
Try Just a bit of something more. "
After supper came more wandering along
the tables, where everything from a
toothpick to a go-io-meeting apron could
be had for the money. Tha. is the one
bad thing about these fairs. The ladies
who beam out from behind these tables
will tease, coax, wheedIe, a fellow out OF
his last cent with no more conscience
than mosquito. 1t ought TO be stopped.
A New Years Party" consisting OF an
elegantly attired gathering Of - paper
dolls in diminutive drawing room. at
tracted great deal OF attention, and
only the fortunate got near enough to OBJ
tain complete view. Al the upper end
OF the line of large tables stood a smaller
one, the work OF the little girls, on which
stood g magnificent doll, surrounded by
more fancy articles. This doll was 70 be
given to the person who guessed The
nearest to her height. We guessed, but
appearances are very deceillul, snd we
didn't come within a rod. While exam
ming the table bell struck and the sec
ond part OF the evenings entertainment
was announced. The declamatory duet
by Don Seitz and George Howe, fairly
brought down the house. Turn Him
Out" farce, followed. aud the rosrs OF
laughter which greeted it were intensi-
lied as i, grew near its close. That lunch
was immense, actually and fgurativelY,
and surpassed the most desperate en-
deavors earlier in the evening.
The fair paper was freely given away
for day or two before the opening OF
the fair itself, and its able corps of editors
(f we are right in supposipg it not the
creation OF single mind) rendered it
fairly sparkling with original wit and
Astounding in local hits. A paper like
Our Fair. which old people sit up nights
to read and mediate over and wonder at,
for which the children cry, rery readily
c0nlmends Itself.
S124s7 was taken Thursday evening.
But there, our limits are already trans
crossed, and yet the half has not been
told. Friday evening and its events
must wait until next week, when we
promise as full an account of the doings
of the fair as is in our power. The So
ciety has never had u more successful
fair since its establishment, and great
credit is due to those whose efforts have
been so fruitful in good results.