Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-10-20
Reported specially for the Democrat.
ANDOvER FAIR.
AxpovYn. Oct. IA

Tuesday, Oct. IS. was unanimous,
voted a success The exhibits. though
mesgre In some departments. were on ih'
Whole. far beyond the expectation Of the
mos, .abguine, and very eredi,able Toe
tosn Fair.
Notwithstanding indications Of rain
abou, one thousand people were on the
grounds during the day. We have not
q, the prssen, date. been able to get IN
exact financial report. bu, the receipts
including the si26 realized from the sale
Of admission tickets. are sufheien, TO
NEE, all expenses and leave meet egg in
the treasury.
catering the grounds. the frs, thing
10 attract our attention va, q one spring
wagon. exhibited by the inventor. Joseph
Abbott, Of South Andoyer. The sPrins
is in the centre. and 20 perf,e, Is the adj
ius,ment that il Is s,esd.er than the Us.
usl too .pring style. Ar. Abbo,ts in
veniion Is protected by a clvea,. as he
intends 10 further peifec, !, before ,akins
out a patent. Next We pass 10 the stock
pens, where there WAS a gcoily array OF
bulls, cows. oxen. young stock. sheep and
~ Inc also horses and colt. Of all grades
We have no wish 10 brsg Of the stock Of
thi. section. ~ We are aware there .
plenty OF room Coz improvement, bat
each animal entered was good enough 10
receive Individual notice. but space for.
bids
Coming TO the ten, ia ~kieh farm
crops. fruit. dairy, fancy articles. etc
we're displayed. we fad grea, variety
Of things 10 srrcs, A,,en,ion. A, the en-.
trance Was an organ exhibited BY W. j.
Wheeler Of South Paris This ws'
fsnksd by two Singer sewing machines,
whose merits we're shown by ahable and
aaen, statesmen. 90 fruit. Caldwell
Bros. Of Andoser. display % varieties Of
apples also Abbot, Bros, & A An
drew,, Emery Dresser. T. VI Bailey. Of
Ando,sr. J G Taylor Of RoHbuy. and
John Hove Of Rumford. had q good die.
play.
Farther on were can. Of Jelly. canned
berries, bees honey, bread. batter and
cheese. On the opposite side Of the tent
were huge pumpkins, esbbass.. ,arniP''
potatoes, ,qua.hs,. onions, bee,'. carrots,
etc, Of many Kind. and ,irss, shown BY
HID Hanson. FS Smith. II W Poor, }
y Talbot, John W Newton, p Newton,
Arba Pratt add Emery VI Dresser. Ando'
ver. z VI Edwsrd.. J G Taylor. Rosbury
and RI Martin. Rumford-ani o,hef'
whose names We mus, omit for van, Of
space.
In passing. however. We mus, no, fail 10
speak Of the twin pumpkins, and Wash
insion s~se, corn. feet $ inches high,
Of J c Farnums: 7 M Ed~ardss Is ID.
taraip; Emery Drss.srs . IL 10 Pota-
20 and A $ Jordans mammoth sun
aower War club. and shield from the
Fugeian Islands. exhibited by Oliver
Merrill, attracted much attention. .. did
a fancy table made Of sos pieces u wood
.ho~n By Tuner Silver Of Ramford.
In fancy work Mrs o II Poor exhibited
stamping. Afghan and needle work.
NJ, George Gregg. fancy articles. eario'
and plate Of psn,is.. Mrs Emery Mef-
rill hand.ewing Of eSoellen, quality
the more notable from the fact tia, Mrs
Merrill /. nearly Is years Of sse Other
exhibitors Ia the ladies department we're
Mr.. r Barrett, Mrs Nelson Austin. Mrs
X A Grover. Mrs Farnum. Ramford,
Mrs ] r Caldwell. Mss Annie Address
Nj. Hattie Newton. Mrs Cora Adam
son, Mr., Louisa Grover. Ramford sa'
die Bailey. house plants. Addie l.
Bacon, West Bethel. mica air castle, add
Mrs n II Crockett, Norway.
Below We give q complete hs, Of prem
Jun, as awarded by the several commit
tees
Gnilemaa's Driving Hor's T II
Burgess, Peru. lat: Frank Merrill. An
dover. %; r 5 Smith. Sd
TroHing, = minute olaD WIN Gregg
Kitty Webb. lat; T. Abbott. RumfordI
OIford Lily. "a; wm Gress'' GiP'ey
Queen. 81.
FRET aR.-wm Grgss Kitty Webb,
let: DA Cofin's Milton Lady Eelair
la: wm Bailsy's Canton Nellie y, sd
Braod Mar,,.-wm Grgs, Let ; W
"A Caldwell. (Rumford.) %.
lf1fcief H0uo.-S A Abbott. lsi
| l. z New,on. ID.
Tire, ysar "a stations -Cshsel
Bros, l.t; n ID Hanson, ID.
SiaHi0as for general gss.-J A Thus
ton. Newry, ls,.
Y,arling coh.-w II Caldwell, lst
Too ysar "a ooli,.-Wm Gregg, let
" G Robinson. ID.
Tire, gear ~ coiL-Cald~sll Bros
Let
Sueting oohs.-G 7 Thomas. lst
J y Howe. Hanover, ID.
Dra0 orsn.-E $ Poor, l', A A
Jsnne. "a.
Matched ,,ssra-J ID New,on, ls,.
Matched ealrm Fred Merrill, Rox
bury, lst
Calro -C.ldwell Bros, l',.
Ysarling and t,ro year Old steers
Caldwell Bros, Let.
Siock Cow.-Abbo,i Bros Let; II
W Cutting. "a.
DAIRY Cou.-Gsorge Huiehias. l''
n w Poor. I'd
DAIRY buN.-F T. Akers. ls.
.Stock LaN.-A c SegAr. l.i: p
Aker.. "a.
Soc and Paw & FPThoma'
Let.
Po,aioes - r Talbot, LIST; X l. Mar
tin. "a.
Garden Tegeidbies-H ID Hanson
Let; 2 NJ Edwards, I'd
Bets and Carrots p ) Smith, IL,
Abbott Bros, ID.
SEED Como T Silver. ls,; =
Smith. ID
Butter MIS- = T. Ake-, ls Mr.
VI A Blossom, "a.
Cheese.-George Andrews, LIST; MI
l. ID Hanson. %.
Canned Berries Mrs = II Mitchell
li.
.Mapls Syrup.-Mr. ID q Berry. lst.
| Jdiy.-Mr George Hoigdon. IL,