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


ards. South Paris. Mrs. @. Y. Durell,
Oxford. Mrs. J. s. Wright. Paris. Mn.
w. X. Howe. South Paris, aud others
w. j. Wheeler Of South Pari.
had on exhibition an lvers and Pond
piano, in an elessn, mahogany case. lie
also bad two organs 81 the Smith Amer.
can Orssn Cos make. and two Es,sy
organs All these instruments were
highly commended by the committee.
An erhibi, which attracted considerable
attention was that Of Mr.. n. III. Perry. |
the South Paris mineralsgis,. lie had
three small show cases filed with speci.
mems Of Maine minerals. both cabinet
specimens aud stones Gu, for setting. |
They presented n brillisn, appearance,
and were ., ell times surrounded by 81
ero~d.
rHr Third DAT.
The forenoon of Friday was not one
that was calculated 10 bring spectators
10 the big show. The sky was overcast
and occasionally larry. driIIling rain
6lled everybody with uncertainty as 10
outcome q the weather. There IL no
doubt that this kept many away. Then
too. the fact Of the Fair running over
into an extra day had tendency 10 de-
moraliIe the attendance.
Despite all these disadvantages the
sun came on, bright and warn in the
afternoon and found between two and
three thousand people on the grounds.
Chambers Band. Of Portland. under the
lead Of Prof. Frank l.. Collins. enter.
tAined the crowd with some q the finest
music ever heard in Old oxford.
rIH ANNUAL NETTING.
Pr,.idsn, Horne called TO order the an.
nual meeting Zoe the election Of officers
scon after one o'clock on the afternoon Of
the third day The vacancies 10 be GIL.
"a yer, the Vice President Ia place Of J.
@. Marble. Eco. Of Paris and trustees TO
succeed Hon- George ID. Bi.bss Of Buck.
field. William A. Rockingham E.q. Of
South Paris. and John y. Baker. R.q.. Of
wsisrfori. ell Of whose terms expired.
The Pr.idsn, sppOin,ed Hon. Jane.
=. wnsh, Of Paris. sheriff G. NJ. wor.
nell Of Bethel. and william J. Wheeler.
R.q Of South p.ra. q committee to col
let. cor, and eoan, votes.
Vice Pr,.idsn, Marble TOOK the door
and said tha, be hsd served the Society
for several years aud thanking them fo'
the courtesy shown him announced ihs,
he would no, b, . candidate Zoe re-slec-
ton. The ballo, for Vice President vas
then taken With the following result;
Number Of votes cas-, for,y.ssvsn.
samuel Il. Locke Of ws., P.ris had
for,y..sv,n and vi. unanimously elected.
The bsllo, foe ru.,s, In place u Hon.
Gsors, ID. Bi.bce resulted {. follo-,
Number q VOTE. cas-, ,hir,y.nine.
Oeotge ID. Hi.bee Of Baekhsld. bad
thiriy.nine aud Vi. ., elected wi,hou,
opposition
Ga motion % Albert 4. Austin. H.q..
u Paris. the Secretary vi. authorized 10
cas-, the vote Of the Society Coz VIM. A
Rockingham Of South Pan. TO be biz
ON successor.
Ga mo,ioa Of Ueors, A. Brooks, Esq
II Nor-sy, the Secretary "a. authorized
20 cas-, the vote Of the society for John
, " Baker Of Waterford 10 succeed him.
eli
Ga motion Of Charlie. II. George.
E.q.. Of Hebron. the society voted to
publish the premium let In the Oxford
Dsmoers, aud Oxford Coun,y Advertiser.
Instead q r,adins the same ., the annual
meeting.
Meeting .djOarnsd.
ruE RACES.
The ro,,ins this year ". generally
excellent snd interesting. The real poin,
Of interest Ia the maj 1ri,y OF horse race.
i. 10, 90 much the speed .ho-n {. the
equality Of speed between the eon,ss,ins
horses. Thi, elemsn, "a. no, lsekias 10
the most Of the exhibition. this year.
The race. ,ro,ied the fr,, day (wedns..
day. -ere the ASA Gle. aud the three
y,sr-Old class. There we're three starters
in the 81 rsee fauniiTs. owned by
Theodore Thsysr. Paris; C. =. =. Own.
ed by G.. :. Page. Canton; and Kitty
Waite. owned by Howlsnd & Young Of
Mountain View Stock Farm. Psn..
F.iini,I. drew the pole aud Ia the Gre,
he., Va. sent OF = lens,h ahead. She
,rot,sd steadily snd maintained her lead
20 the finish. making the hes, in 2:iO9.
Kitty Waite second. G. s. Z. third. In
the second hsa, fa,ini,Es led the trio 10
the upper turn Of the las, quarter. when &.
$. T.. driven by ,hs, prince Of ',serer.
NJ. G. Dslano Of Canton. closed up the
gap and AFTER . elo.s struggle down the
stretch bea, her by length 10 2:S9.
The spectator. nov began 10 ge, intensely
interested and no one as ye, knew whose
race |, would be. IS Kitty Waite showed
a. much or more speed ~ her eomPe,i-
tor. but vas Wild and LEI, her fee, ., cri,i.
cal moment. Her friends hoped TO see
her act better a. each heat Vas called
In the third heat. Fs,inl,ra, Who shosed
the way around the hr, half a. usual.
was again overloaded by G. ). L. on the
las, quarter. but after ,ro,ting up even
With the mare on the home stretch. be
wen, into the air and although be was
caught In . mastery manner. he failed to
settle soon enough and fa,iniia -.
again the winner. this time in 2:i2
The iniere., in the race increased IS
the stubborn hsh, made By c. $. L. 10
the fini,h Of each hes, made him appear
like hard one to "down," bu, when they
scored for the fourth heat Kitty Waite
seemed .peedier than ever and many look.
ed to see her win the heat. After the
word she made . strong bid for H. She
quickly passed G. s. p. and ou,foo,sd
P.,lniir. on the back stretch coming into
the home stretch on even terms with her.
when she bounded into the air. caught,
and brok. again aud W. passed by c.
3. y. Who nov closed the gap between
himself and Ps,ini,z,, aud after terrible
hor.e.rsee for q shor, distance vas . nose
in from, when ten rods from the wire.
/ r. Il. ~. J..- al. whip on FatinitYa.