Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-11-17
FOR the DEMOCRAT
COUNTY FAIR IN COLORADO.

Fair, and feel impelled 10 tell 20" 'o"
thing Of II.
Fair in Colorado differs In some re-
.pec,. from the New England fAin'
f,r, there are no long teams OF oxen
here. have not seen a dozen yoke OF
o,en since coming here, fifteen years 40.
All heavy work j. done with horses sna
mules.
.Th.r we're many fine horses. among
hem the Clydssdale. Norman and Eng.
li.h. and some hne specimens Of cattle OF
dia,ren, breeds-Herefords, Polled An
gus. Oalloway.. Holsteins. friesian''
s.i.s. Jerseys and Sbor,horns-repre'
.en,ins the kinds nos, preferred Tor 'hs
dairy. farm or family. and the most OF
them DO well on the range.
There va. the usual amount Of troiting
and racing. for "a q doors sport. The
FIRE department, ran with their ladder ana
PLANTED il for a mar 10 run 20 the TOP,
showing grcs; agility a. well a. good
training. The obstacle race attracted a
srea, deal Of in,erc., and afforded much
.mu.emen,-di.tance 900 yards. -Four
men ran na time. being obliged 20 20
under a pole ~ inches from the ground
add over one Eve feet high. jump through
a barrel suspended by a rope three feet
| from the ground. and run around a pole
~iihou, touching IL. pick up from the
ground and drink q bottle Of pop. and
las, crawl under q wagon shesi.-,his
las, being made Of heavy duck and fast
ened 10 the ground by its four eorne's-
the sheet being Abou, the sise ola bed
.hee, add used 10 cover loaded wagons
Firs, prize fifteen dollars. and each mAn
trying the race paid an en,ry Zee Of hhy
cents. 10 make a second prize. One man
came out ahead bat bis race was not con-
,idered fair inAsmuea a. the greater part
| Of the soda water ran down outside q be
throat. Three men proved themselves 80
nearly equal Ia this race that They had 70
run the neat afternoon 10 decide ~ho va
the victor
There va, quite a gooi display Of foe
carriages, farm machinery. Nsl'. pis.
con. and rabbits
The garden and farm products were
ane. Oae man exhibited thirty % DIFF
fercnt kinds u garden produce
In the dairy and pastry department
~ere seen June and September packed
batter. honey. J%slliss, Preserses. Piekle''
white sni Boston brosn bread.
The ATT department furnished some
beautiful painting. q Colorado scenery
aud ho~sr'. portrait painting from our
home artists. pencil add efeyon drawing
Unhke any other Fair | have ever At
tended, We bad = school department
Prize. had been offered fof b,si draii and
plan or = country school house a. 10 con-
venieroe, ventilation and economy iof
be.t oailins map. ior school purposes
drawn BY any scholar. for bet three
map. by pIpil under thirteen years iof
besi and second best letter Of three hun
dfcd word, fof be-, letter oft~o hundred
and fhy ~ords and Of ore hundred words
BY pupil under n years iof bet ssm
pie Of penmanship BY pupil between u
and IS, iof best free hand copy Of q
picture e.-wthout measuring ior
bet dra~ing from object placed before
the pupil, etc.
IL ~as claimed BY The ousinaiou u
this department that many people Ia oar
large county seldom visit our schools. and
they would here have an opportunity q
seeing VIA, was being done 10 The DIFF
ferent school rooms. and would naiufall,
become more Interested IN education get
erally. In ihi. depArimen, could b. seen
The moaihly examination papes OF The
different pupils IN various studies. The
papers bad been carefully preserved by
The teachers and we're a fair representa-
ton Of actual work done during the year.
.nd no, q enmmed process for this par
iiculAf Fair.
There we're also IN this department
specimens Of needle work by school chill
drsn aud specimens Of bread made BY
school girls One deaf and dumb girl Of
eleven years bad a very neatly darned
stocking on exhibition. Calico dresses
made by girls Of twelve drew prizes.
There was a large amoun oifancy work
wonderful specimens Of silk and worst
ed work. raised work on satin add plush,
fine quilts and rugs. One very praeii.
cal woman was heard % observe a. she
stood before a dazzling efszy quilt Of silk
and satin pieces. bordered with ,assels
and white lace. and marked "tof Sale
price s?5 a" "How could any one waste
% much time jus, think u the good
books she could have read danag the
time sLe spent ou-hAi crazy patch ~ofk
10 those women whose lives are 60
crowded with work that six pans Of hands
would scarcely seem sufficient 10 accom-
pli.h IL. and who ~ sbou, hangenng
and ,hirsiing for time ior seli impfo'e-
meni, such a lavish expenditure Of time
on fancy work seems morr:ihaa wasted,
but 10 women Of abundant means and
most especially 10 delicate ~omen this
kind Of work often proves . boon
Here near the door j. a cabinet Of use
fgl things. covered With geological sPeei-
mems from the Rocky Mouaiaias-ink
stands. small elock,. jssciry boxes, etc.
The specimens all numbered With minute
figures and the numbers and names
are found on a Zip Of paper accompany
Ing each article. These are ior sale.
e.. e. "a.