Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-10-05
THE FARNERs. FESTIvAL


A GKKArrR Success TuAN EvIR-AS
lNNrNsr GAruIEiNo AND A ~
cIIE~r FAiR. - NrANIY 1000 Pro
PHI o. rur OEorNns THURSDAY ~
lHr RTCurrs LAEGEE THAN E,ERI
BEToEE. - TIE Bfsr oF KAcEs. -
SioHrs AND ScENrs - rur fAiE
GEouNus.
What make. them fsller look %
sober , " inquired young man o. HI.
associate a. the OKf1rt County Fair
Groands lat Tuesday "Oa. thsns
Trustees was the response. an ihcy't
ruihsr see the devil comm "a tbs rain. "
AM the young man wss 20, 20 flr from
nah, a. he might have bsen. Or those
Trustees did wear look Which bore 3
close resemblance o. the ovsrhanging
clouds. even though one q them a,'emp,-
81 10 psr,uate = DrNoCRAr reporter nat
be ~as "tfying % make everybody hap
py. Ard vel they might look sober.
Cor The peli!ng tain and wind q The night
before bad continued 70 diirlle through
he day AID u wss evident % every body
that the Cosniy Fair ~ss dismal fail.
IRE a. iAf a. that day wss oorcsfned ;
and toub,y 30 % those who had ihc later.
ss;s q The great stos 90 heart 70 wss
cherished a. q ''p,i" lea With ihis ne~
boAri u Trustee, iha; ihe exhibition %
lss6 should exceed In ell f,spsc's ibe
iormsr excellent rspaia'ion attained by
the seriss q slccsssill shows g.ven IN
past ysafs. - - managers shivsisd
around Ia 'he rain q TUESDAY aad decided
20 push TIE program hfward ore DAY.
They lo,k-d equally dependent Welre..
day morning. abd 90 did The weather. bat
before noon The clouds commsuced 90
roll away. The shekels commenced 90 ar-
pear a. the ticket wintow and the iras-
tee, bsgAn 20 lookharPy ander,ek lks. On
each other. ,spscimers % which ne DrN.
cCEAr has preserved 10 alcohol Or l.e IN
the nsxi e.ecii3n.l Everybody lo.k-I
happy for ihe great shos lad commeuc-
Cd 20 move snd before I've o'clock nearly
a thousand people hai come h.. booked
over The exhibitions. witnessed fns
horse race and gone home determined
20 come again the heat day and bring all
their friend.
Thur.day morning VS. a. bright sud
beautiful a. a Maine autumn and q clear
ky can make 10. and loag before old Sol
had rissn 20 cast bis glory over The bril- .
hanily painted forests. teams Of every
hind AID description began 70 come from
every direction % The Fair grounds. and
they came thicker and faster un,il reAily .
noon, ard s'ili they kep; com.ng until
The number was sssl.sd % almost scyen F.
thousand. By actual count Of the tickets. /
.not political seven Thousand but god .
measure aad .haksa dosr'. They came
no; from Oxford County aloas bat from
al arognd-from lewiston and Portland .
and or sister towns 10 neishboring
Counties contributed their fau quota. |
One Of the me-; prominent objects that
greeted ;hs eyes Of DMocRAT reporter /
whsa be catered The Hal vas The oli
white bat beneath which smiled The -
nial face Of "Unels S1lon" the eS apos-
ue q Greaba,k.sm. Uncle Soloa .
thought the Oxford Bears were pretty
thick there bat be could s,and Il for
Turner was formerly part Of Oxfl't
County ard be VS. born "cab" Of that
same variety: ihe setting q bis m.
tive town on % Andro.coggia wss sin-
ply his misfortune. he sad that Chase's
Nils bad a larger delegation present
than attended the State Fair a, Is~is-
ton.
One of,he fe~ blessings attending the
life Of Newspaper MAJ j. free pass o
shows Aad when one u The editors Of
The DENocEAr showed bis pass and vas
ushsred on 10 the grounds be was e0a-
fronied by rural Sgricul,urAlist With
"sAy Mister. le'me take tha; 70 70 out an
feed my boss ," With suppressed sadness
and an inordina'e degree q inbora hoa.
es;y the editor wAs obliged 70 inform BIZ.
grAbger frisad that the rules o.; The soci-
ETY. were 20; constructed on tia, plan.
The eomm0ii0n AID os,le in the Hall
VAS great. bat that on the grounds was
greater. The medicine qaaek. the ven
dors Of fruit aud peanuts, and the orators
Of the side shows aad pounding machines |
al blended their voices in one very M.
harmonious uproAr. The clash AID ela,-
ter Of knives and forks made music Of
more welcome variety. attracting
grea, attention daring a portion Of the
day. and le; as say ngh, here that the
Ladies Circle. o. Norway. deserve CON-
mendsiioa Cor the excellent dinners
which they served. They deserved pat
rons and they bad them in abundance.
As the cattle. the ball and the races
will be talked about under their sepA-
rate heads. We will take e stroll around
the grounds and among the vendOrs.
Here an snisrprising citizen has "won-
derfaf machine for giving = correct ike
ness Of your future husband OF wife; an
other u selling gold" svslry and
watches at fAbalOusly low prices; still
another Is placing money into envelopes
and selling il to the uninitiA;sd; and all
End customers. fOr there are always
plenty Of people ready aad wiling to Be
s-indIsd and Who never learn the great
lesson that men DO no, give t~o dollars
for one in this unsenerOus world.
"Hsres where you get your moneys
worth 0nly Ave cents to see the baby
bear :" shouted sturdy young Snowman
q the sntersnes Of . canvas tackled
sroaad four trees, - and hithu our re-