Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-10-08
Oxford County Sho,o and Fair.
A Successful Agricultural Exhibition.
tLewiston Journal Notes.

OetWtcD oOutu Il dIle anu NOIWhy Nliihgo.
The Secretary. Mr.. A. G. L. King. with
his o6liglng assistants. found thelr ,ands
full in entering the numerous sruc'e- Tor
exhibition. IL is one OF the pea-Yr'est
scenes in connection with tbs anruai lrics
10 zee The farmers with their wives. *
hibi,inS with commendsbie prid'', The
results of their work for the season.
TRYING THE YOUNG HoRsEs.
At O'Clock p. M. the match Tor tour
years-old colts occurred Tho purses
offered were $40 for LIST; SO to I'd; So to
Sd. There were three entries tor the
race, of which the following is the sum-
mary:
j. n. Mason, b. g. Billy Knox, II
Adns TueIl. C. s. Detective, %
T. A. Tufts, b. IN. Belle Tufts. 80
Between tho trials there was n trial oil
lhree-yesr-olds, for which premiums
were awarded as follows: LIST, Sc; %,
81; 81, 81. The following is summary {:
l.. Il Berry, C. 5. Lone Star, 222
Jos TUFTS, b. 8. Seth T., ) )
+ NJ. Thayer, blk u. Gazelle. Al l
G. A. Russell, cs. Young Bonner, 4 A
The following are some OF the notable
things to be found inside the exhibition
buidlng:-
The call was made on TUGS lay after
noon, that more room must be provided.
II more entries were made. This dl-
Gates the crowded state of the exhibition
building. The lower floor had only u
pas sage around either side.
In the center. was the best exhibition
OF carriages ever made by the Soe-ty.
A. III. Trull exhibited sleigh aud an eK-
tension.top carrysll; Joseph Whitman,
Bryant. Pond, q sleigh and Top FuygY {;
X. T. Allen. Milton Plantation, wagon (;
Hiram s. Libby. Norway, top LuEgi
and sleigh. The Paris Hull M,uu;nc-
turiug Co. make fine exhibit OF their
chidren's wagons and sleds. TheJ also
have samples of steps tina, are NJ At
affairs.
j. X. Hammond exhibited two break
ing.up piows oil Massachusetts m,1r. +.
L. Merrill, the popular Sou'h Pan. pow
manufacturer. entered full line oi his
plows, harrows and cultivators. including
his swivel plows, both eIeAAiug up and
seed.
The dairy WAS never so well l,pro-
seuted aud the exhibition was p,urcu-
larry fine. The South Paris Dairy ing
Association exhibited plain and sage
cheese, The only factory exhibit. Mrs.
A S. I.ovejoy. NORWAY. exhibited fall
butter and cheese; Mrs Lydr, Tuconb.
Norway, cheese Mrs. &. w Gtrisnd,
PARIS. fall butler; Mrs \ W. Nj 1T.
Juuo and fall butter; Ms David Gnr-
ncy, Norway, fail butter joel Mu"ii,
Norway, chr,s es; MIS- +. A D4Elotih.
Norway. cheese; Alex. Edwards. Paris.
ball buu,r; Mrs Hai.et y. Stevens.
Norway, fan butter; Mis- +. A. Mi.lott,
cheese and Jane hurer; Mrs f.. 5. Eaton.
Paris. al cutter, Mrs. & +. NJ IL.
NORWAY. tail butter; Mrs. G,o +. ii n
mond Paris, tall buuor; Mrs. +. +. LAM
ders. Pa,i-. tai bui;oT AID cheese, Mrs
W. y. Thomas. Oxford, fail butter; Mrs
A. G.. Parsons, Buckfield, cheese; II. l.
Croker, Norway, June butter and
cheese; A. Bonney, Norway. plain and
sage cheese Mrs. +. L. Pike, Norway.
June and tall butter.
The table devoted 10 vegetables bore
es. melons and beets were abundant
The exhibit oil corn attracted great atten-
ton. Tho mammoth traces OF well filled
and perfectly ripened corn made fine
show. lchabod Preble of Oxford pre-
sented a variety of garden vegetables,
with watormelons. squashes aud toma-
toes j. G. Rowe, Oxford, some noble
specimens of onions; Geo. Shedd. Nor
way, beets and squashes; Geo. w. God
win, Waterford. suntiower, something
less in size than a cartwheel; +. K. Pen.
lev, Paris; iona. Whitehouse Paris; j
+. Moody. Hebron; and c. II. George,
Hebron, water melons; j. c. Marble,
Paris. fine lot of garden vegetables; w
%. King, Paris. specimens OF beets; J
+. Moody. Hebron. specimens OF squash
es, pumpkins. gourds and citron melons {;
David Quincy, Norway, some fine Dutch
cabbage; Don c. Seitz, Norway, sweet
potatoes; w. w. Maxim, Buckfeld, But
man squashes. The visitors fingered 10
admire the specimens OF gourds ON the
tables. The mammoth traces OF seed
corn were entered by Ichsbod Preble.
Oxford; Simon S. Billings, Oxford; Peter
Frost, Paris Geo. 5. Libby. Norway C..
II. George. Hebron; S. NJ. King, Paris !;
j. +. Moody, Hebron +. w. Bartlett,
Norway; w. c. Cole, Norway; David
Quincy, Norway Justin Frost, Norway {;
j. +. Fuller, Oxford; + +. Scales. Ok
ford Nathan Walker, So. Paris; w. .
King. So. Paris; A. G. Parsons, Buck
field. Seed wheat was exhibited by ,J
F. King, South Paris. and w. o. King.
Paris, who also entered Tor best crop of
Lost Nation wheat. There was variety
OF specimens of pop corn, beans and
other farm products.
Oxford County has a soil peculiarly
adapted TO fruit culture. The hills give
such exposures as the apple delights in,
so that wherever fruit can be found in
Maine, old Oxford will show it in its bost
estate. One is not disappointed. there
fore, in finding the fruit tables driving
into close quarters other exhibits, and re-
curing new tables. U. Ii. Upton, Nor
way, the veteran fruit grower. has tour
varieties grapes, six of pears, rs fine O.
dish OF peaches as has been seen in Maine
this yer. crab apples and plums. j. G
Marble of Paris, some fine fall and win
ter apples. Concord and Delaware grapes.
J. l.. Horne. Norway, forty varieties APP
pies, all good specimens. james l..
Chase. PARIS. six varieties winter apples.
twenty nice varieties iall apples, four va
rielies grapes and four OF pears. w. fl
SWEET, So. Paris. thirteen varieties ap-
pies. Geo. +. Hammond Paris. eleven
varieties winter apples. Lemuel Quincy,
Hebron, seven varieties of apples, six
varieties grapes. A. NJ. Brown, Paris,