Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-10-09
TIE fAIR.

ell the other fairs IN the state IN the
matter Of weather. with the notable ex.
eep,ion Of the State Fair. The rain had
been pouring down nearly all night. the
the road. In every direction -ere muddy.
the Shy had . gray November appear
snee. and wraps ~sre necessary for any
one Who had to ride.
A visi, 10 the fair grounds. however.
revealed the fact ths, the farmers were
no, dsan,ed by the sloOminss. OF the
~s.,her. ba, were coming through the
Wind aud cold. bringing their products
and making entries Of their stock.
Secretary King aud . force Of clerks
wsrs KEEP, busy attending to the entries.
oa the ground. the horse stalls wer.
gradually filing up, the pfoPrietors oi
the various eating booths were rushing
about In the completion Of their arrange
ment.. and more than tie usual number
Of .ide..how. and f.kin were paitins
up lay outs Of y.rioa. kinds. 10 the
ball fruit va. bsias unp.eksd and ar.
ranged. and enry quilts. works OF Art,
and fancy goods began to ad0rn the
walls Ani counters.
Bat no guard. we're .,a,ioaed at the
gates, and the erosd came aud vent a
Il listed. for the trustees announced that
the fairs program Vas "set ahead one
day on account Of the ~ssther.'
Tuesday nish, IL nined jus, as !,
has acquired hAbi, Of doing this fall.
In the morning . blue streak appeared
.lons the western horizon aud slowly
grew wider. while TIE space beloS u
alled With broken snd windy clouds.
The Wind swept across the grounds. and
made the .hiyerins people ,urn up over
cos, collars and ero-d their hands ialo
their pockets TO keep comfortable.
Notwithstanding the weather. the f.l'
va veil under way. there ". no qaes.
ton sbou, that. The DsmOcr., heard
the pe,,i,h remark. "s.y. Jennie, ,hi, Is
the frat day. did you know ~ Ain.'
you sorry: " I'd known Il | -oaldn'
have come" Bat there ". . crowd
there, for the frs, day. and the indie..
ton. were .ll Of a day Of activity.
The breeze brought the old familiar cry,
Ere you 20, now! S0sd Concord
grapes, ten cent. poand. three pounds
for . quarter" while in frOn, Of q 'ho~
ten, an orator Of burn, cork Afrieani'm
.. s,p.,ia,ing on the wonders OF the
dime museum inside.
A, the rish, Of the biz entrance gate
". the poultry exhibit. Toe space de-
voted to ,hi. va. .ome~ha, le.s than last
year. snd the display hardly up to the
usual amount A. +. Shur,lsa. the vet
sr.n fsneisr Of South P.ri.. had % eooP'
on the grounds. BENZ Bacon, Jr., ol
Norway. had 8 ecOPs; Geo. L. Tucker
Of South Pari.. aud Others, also bad
fowls on exhibition.
Below the poultry Was quite l.rs'
display Of the agricultural implement,
manufactured by r. C.. Merrill. OF souh
P.n.-no,sbly his 30. X. goods an
Pan, plo~.
The entries in the hall did no, al
come In Wednesday. so there were gaps
leit In the space devoted to exhibits
The advertising exhibitors, who wer'
there no; to compete for premiums, but Z
show their wares. were early on hand
and .oon got their establishments 10 ran
ming order.
Al the right, IS one enters the lo~e'
hall, VI. stationed an oil stove. owe
which . whlie.sproned man fried "srid
die cakes" made with Horsford's Brea'
| Preparation. which be bu,,ered an
.ussred and passed out for the crowd L
sample.
J. n. R.~son. OF Paris. showed . lin
| Of hi. we'll known horse aud cattle msdi
eines.
s. Z. Maxim & Son. Of South Paris
had = fs~ speeimsn' Of sash and mould
ings.
10. Croker. OF Norway. showed
line Of stoves and granite ware.
The Water. Batter Worker Was show
by Capt. II. n. Bolster
A. l.. & T. +. 0o.s Of Levis,o
showed . creamery, . ehurn. oat,'
worker, q line Of stoves. sc.
Across the back end Of the lower ia
WAS q show table. on which wD taste
| fully arranged one of toe large', an
h.nd.omest display. Of fruit often show
=. the product Of one farm. This fru
vas from s. IL. D.~es Of Harrison. an
vi. for exhibition simply. no. eomPs'
tive. The assortment iaeluded 'ever'
v.ris,ie. Of apples, crabs. pears. peaches
handsome ooes, ioo) plam', grape
and . number Of ,.risties OF esnne
fruits. IL was IN sppetiring array.
In the upper hall there were thr'
display. Of Photographic work. Ths
Of Miss Libby. Of Norway. con,sine
some foe coast views. S-an OF NOtws
.h owed mostly pOrtisi, work, Of eIee
len, quality. ]. X. Chase, Of oIfor,
also showed . quantity Of portrait worl
and advertised = new and superior pro-
ess.
s. ". Buck. Norway. had . sho'
case Of guns and rifles.
Paris Manufacturing Company had
large and we'll arranged assortment
their goods, including . sample Of nea
ly everything made ., that factory
sleds. carts, wagons, wheelbarovs, 81
kies, folding tables, chairs, step ladder
dssks, cot beds. &C., sc. Mos, Of tn
work WAS In native hard woods. fl
ished on the wood and handsome
ornsmented
A few handsome chairs In emboss'
leather. from the West Paris chair 70
tory. were shown.
IA. Thayer, South Paris. shove
two chamber sets. one oak, the other
blue handsomely ornsmented.
8. Is. and z. s. Prince, Of Nor~s
had on exhibition q number Of ladie