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


porter saan,ered TO see the smalles, and
ecnninges, specimen Of the bruin variety
that IL Was ever his good fortune to OBJ
serve. even In this land Of bears. His
bruinshiP ~As exceedingly playful and
vent through bis various performances
Of rolling, standing and climbing In a
manner worthy q a wsll-brsd Oxford
lear; for be was Of tia, particular var
ieiy. having been captured Ia Byron
where he Il now owned. Al the time
that h. ~as picked up Ia the woods by
his prssnt proprietor. be weighed jus,
three pounds and six ounces. lie Is now
about 6rs months old and weighs ,ssn-
ty.ihIec pounds. and comparatively fes
p,opls in Oxford County have ever had
o. IN ever again have the opportunity Of
seeing 20 small bear
Another Snowman exhibits = pair Of
sheep With their heads TUNED upside
do~n. one Of those deformiiles Of ma
iure which are no, pleasing TO the eye
The vendors Of al kinds, PrOPrieiors
o. shooting galleries. &c, &c. ate num-
erous. in fact. too numerous 10 mention
% We turn our ATTENTION 70 the snieanee
wksre the throngs q people are CONSTANT
~ coming in 10 witness Oxford County :
biz .hos and sm0ng them comes an
cd lsdy. her husband following bshind
Nth the tickets. bot the gate keeper
DOESN'T notice the latter and holds ou,
his hand for Der ticket; totally missun-
defs,sndiug his intention. ard evidently
vel ~ IN The rules % social etiquette.
she sarm'y gfasps his extended hand
ard .hakrs /, With the vshemeue- OF a
buaco ,,ssrer: bu, j. calmly informed
that the SoSisiy are ne, ,akiag 'ha; for
fare this year.
Ons o. two young men, Who were les
hone, IN their intentions than the Old
LADY Just mentioned, attempted TO climb
the fence. bat had made bu, little head.
way after getting over before they
we're "oollsfed" by Trustee Newell
Thomas. Superintendent q The Grounds.
and willingly accepted ki' proposition 10
purchase i've dollar. worth Of ticket
The crowd was one Of the interest.
ing features Of the exhibition There was
the usual bAn,sring around the ticket
windows and lAughablc incidents by The
hundfed which our space fcfbiis giving.
There j. always funny eide 10 q erosd,
Which Any observer Of human nature vii
see and appreciate.
Men eminent in al the walks Of life
we're present. We noticed among others
.Goyernor Sidney PsrhAm. Col. A.W.
bradbury Of Portland; and Hon. Rufus
Punce. Prs,idsn, Of the State Asrieul'
iural Socisiy. Col. Clark ; Eissrds.
Of Bethel. The late Dsmocraiie eandi'
date Coz Governor. i one Of the
Trustees o. the Socisiy. and wAs one Of
the Supsrinisnten,s q Stack The o.
ford Bar Wa represented BY large del
ss.i.oa. inclsding May Of 10 leading
members. Among the ne~spapsf repre-
ssnisuws william A Pidgin. Esq.. Il
the Lsrsoa Journal. formerly Of the
DrvocRAr. ~as laboring hard In the Ia
,srs.i. % hi. p,psr; AID Mr.. and Mr..
+. ". Sanborn with a corps Of assist
ants were working up the .idrcrtisrr' .
repor, Of the great Oxford Festival
secretary Krlg and the Trustees did
al IN their poser % make The Fair the
By success that IL was, and gathered
around them such assistants a. Hon.
wald5 Pcusngill and Frsd A Porter.
E.q % Rimfo,d. J r Kins Of Psris.
Cbarls. "a Grorge u Hsbroa, Chief Mar
shal ". cole u Nor~ay. aud many 9th
sr.. al q whom dii their share toward
making The SHOW = success
The attendance Coz tie three days ~As
ten thousand. a. folo~s one thousand
ihe if.t day. aeaf.y seven thousand The
s,coai. nd over tw3 thousand the third
dAy The total receipts from TIE sale Of
tickets ~As about s2.i7O =, sgaiasi
S2.OtO In 1855