Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-10-15

aud one from Ira Smart, do. Sewali 81
Richardson, Fryeburg, two coops brah'
ma fowls and chicks. Randolph Howe,
Fryeburg, coop Bruhma chicks, coop Sill
yer games. coop Rouen ducks, and one
pair Toulouse geese. John Stuart Bar
rows. Fryeburg, one coop plymouth
Rock fowls and one coop Ply mouth Rock
chicks. A. X. Junness, Fry eburg, one
coop Brahma fowls and one coop Ply
mouth Rock chicks. A. l.. Shirley Frye
burg, coop Rouen ducks.
Trotlng horses were exhibited by the
| following gentlemen: Wilson Webb,
Fryoburg; III. w. Cousins, Fryeburg; 7
c. Hartford, Lovoll L Garlnud, Conway,
n. Ii. The committee consisting oI
James f. Hutchins OF Lovoll, John w
Thorn OF Fryeburg, and MIR. Rankin Of
Hiram. award the iirst premium 10 Webb
lime 2 so; % do 10 Cousins, lime SOL
The weather for the la.t day OF the ex'
hiblion was very favorable, as the thun
| der shower of the evening previous had
cleared and cooled the air and settled the
dusty roads. The display oil stock aud
crops. of lruit and garden products, oil
household manufactures, and OF needle
work and fancy articles wac as good and
perhaps better than that OF iOrmer years
The receipts, however, iall behind, 1t:
the usual attendance WAS reduced on the
first day by the forbiddIng weather
The accompanying report I'll the cOm'
mittee's award give a fair ard general
idea OF the character and qua Ivy 81 the
articles exhibited Special mention may
| be proper Of some Individual contribu
tons.
K. +. Peavy OF Fryoburg, IA skillfu
taxidermisi. exhibited "A fine col elton ul
birds, prepared aud mounted Gy himself
/ A. X. Jenness OF the same town added
much To the value VI the stock dupart-
ment by his entries OF pure blood and
high priced sSinc-some OF thGm ut the
well Sn1wn Joseph Harris strain. A fine
span OF horses from slr. Hayes OF New
Hampshire, and The large colts of Mess
r.. Ballard IL Walker were quite notice
able. Miss Lillian Ingalls, OF Denmark
IN sk;lful and lady nke manner exhibit
ed her trained TWO year Old colt Ml0nie,
OF which she has had the entire care aud
training since its birth driving it srouud
the course in gig-ordOring il 10 ODE '
tho word. TO come and 90, and 10 lie
down when directed. Among the vege-
tables thirty or forty samples OF seeding
potatoes were shown by Messrs. Bar
rows, Burbank and Barker-some OF
them OF the third generation from the
potato ball. A fine specimen OF Water
loo oats. weight 43 lbs. 10 the bushel.
from +. +. Lsmson. Conway, n. Ii.
Peanut vines. fresh and green with the
ripe nuts attached, from + w. Burbank,
FryebuTg.
The exhibition OF fruit was quite re-
neutrality-suspicious. 10 the display AT
the average State fair. Tho Isabella
Delaware, Hartford. Clinton and Con
cord grapes were ripe and lsrge-the
latter having the preference OF exhibit
ors. There were seven plates Of pears,
and more than hundred OF apples, oil
all the well known and standard kinds
Maple sugar Snd syrup were OF excel
lont quality, aud the samples Numerous.
The thirteen packages OF butter, and six
of cheese, deserve special notice-as
well as the table filed with bread and
cake. In the department OF household
manufactures and needle work aud fancy
articles. time would fail should we At.
tempt description or enumeration. al
though they were worthy OF both. Prob
ably many deserving co ntributloos tail
TO DO noticed merely from lack OF space
(Sotcs 10y our own Reporter
The 2S!h Annual Exhibition OF the So
ciety WAS hold at their grounds in Frye
burg, on Oct. Sth. 9th and 10Th. The
grounds do not comprise all that Is
necessary, rs they have no ground &c
plow on, 1t least so says the agricultural
reporter or editor OF tho Press. and he
suggests something. But there is one
thing they do possess enough of, and
that is woods (tdrd pine. hryty-so
sa, the press. but the citizens arc no
aware OF III where rum and Intoxicating
liquors can be slyed in aud about and
drank much 10 the disgust aud danger OF
good and resps c.able visitors. Consid
cradle drunkenness was seen during the
three days. and much disturbance al
"horse jocky corner place that de-
serves the name during the fair each
year. Every bodv but that element, shun.
the corner. only when obliged to 60 thai
way, or for curiosity. Reformation ought
TO be begun by the Society, under some
regulation with police force, and lock-
up.
The exhibition OF stock was unusually
large, and in better condition than form
or years; the hail entries were better
and greater variety than usual, not 81
much sameneSs. A. K. Jeuness, OF Frye
burg is deserving OF much praise anC
credit for the interest he shows in hi:
breeds OF poultry and swine and putting
them on exhibition. for it is done only a.
a benefit 10 the society, and not Tor gain
rs does the garden potato raiser, anC
farmer.
c. w. Waterhouse, Fryeburg. showed
a sample OF potatoes OF which be raised
4S5 bushels on one acre and tiily-eigh
rods OF land. A decidedly large yield
The attendance was very good consid
ering the threatening weather mornings
and Wednesday and Thursday. the trot
ting course was quite bad owing TO TIT
dry weather OF late, although good tim'
was made.
We give below the following premi
ums:
CLASS I.-HORsEs.
l.. A. Ingalls,, Denmark, trotting stallion, time
3 10, lst prem; 4. Charles, Fryeburg, trottng
yr old, time, :Ij; T.J. Bragdon, fryeburg. tro
ting yr old James Walker, breeding mare AM
stock; Moses Chandler, family horse and road
ster, lst; Eckley Ballard End do. Geo. w. Moul
ton, Denmark, horse OF all work, LIST; 4. V. Ste
vens, Fryeburg 3nd do; +. >. Hayes, Conway, y
H., matched horses, gratuity; Elias W. Andrews
Stow, } vt old colt, Let; Z. +. Wakefield, Brown
field, End do. a. V. stevens, yr old colt, lst
A. w. Gray, BrOwnneld, 2nd do; J.. A. ingalls,