Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-09-17
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Tho weather clerk showed favor never
lefnrr cqual~i o. Mslne's hig show.
ihc state fair. lat week. While tidal
waves and = West India cyclone were
rounding the Atlantic coast 90 pi"c-s
anI .trvwine u with Wrvgk.. a. Ear
north a. lloston, the fair grounds a
trsiston Wcrr csnopic,l by halmy skic.
where ths suns raVs wefv tempered hy
light haFc. Whilc light northeast hfrvfc
Insur'si ihr comfort ~ The assemhlrt
Thousands. That the fair was great
.u,'cess under such conditions nee not
he sald. o. ans one acquainted With the
hisior, ~ ihc state fair. IN every le-
pertinent. not ~ rpilng The department
~ hnsncrs. u surIss.c'i former exhibit
ilnns
The Hear county shoWri up we'll ln
several departments. aui W. viii make
hrief mruiiou ~ some ~ the Oxford "a
hihlior..
VI. King ~ Paris AMI =. l.. 4 ~. l..
'iornr ~ Norway exhibited their her IL
~ Ier.sys Nc King took ihiri PREM.
iun on h~ui. aud a number ~ premiums
Nerv carried 90 hy individual members
~ bath heul.
AaMNN'N " hANNNN ~ NNNAN'A y NftANtNf'f
his herd ~ Devious, taking iirst prcmium
Goa herl and Va every other clnss, h-sidc.
several seconds ani thluls.
IIeury lrish ~ Buckheld sccurci ilrsi
premium on pulling oxen q f-~i 10 lnch"s
AMI under.
Nlfrci T.. More Of south rah. took
PREMIUM ga pair ~ steer calves.
Handsome exhibit. ~ butter we're
made hy the West raH. aud liuckheld
rramerirs. several premiums wcrv car
rici ofi hy bath lots. aud the We, rars
creamery got second premium for lcsi
general display, the hr.i going to the
famous Turner ,sutrv creamery.
2. 4. Merrill ~ south rari. exhibited
a number ~ samples ~ the well.knoWn
agricultural implements which h. manu-
faciurvs.
Mr.. Georgc u. Bisb-c ~ Buckhcld
rvcslSel premium uu an afghan.
The Union srapple 60. ~ Norway ~
ccl,cd mention IT their pat~ut grapplc.
ONford's representation In the exhibit
~ The Maine state Pathological N"ciciy
gas nnt so large a. Il might we'll have
hc-n aud should have be-n, Yet va. ~
goo.l quality. Two wcll-known Hebron
fruitgrONrrs werr on the grounds,
Irmucl Gurney with 2! varieties IL ap-
ple. aud 4. n. George With j., :. VI.
King ~ Paris showed 20 varieties of ap-
plcs. :. A. Dave. 81 Harrison, Who j.
not resident 81 oxford County bat
whose exhibit at the county fair last fall
attracted much attention. had a large
display arranged Ia his usual ta.ty man
nef.
" the meeting ~ the socirty. the fol-
low iig ofiiccr. wer- chosen;
pr..ii.nt. Rnfu. Prime. South Turnsr.
~sgrttary. \. l.. tlsnnisan. Portland
Trsasufvr. tisn q. ttshth. Auhuru
Trustr~s tsesrEv a. hailsY, belfast :, q jsf.
Prime. souih Tansr. Aouio Libby saocA.
appa.
TIIE noRsrs.
Oxfori County horse. acquitted them
.elNe. at the state Fair with honor to
themselves and the cuuniy. The most
striking feature at the speed line through
out the entire fair went to Baby Dean,
owned by Robinson Dean Of Buckiield,
Nho trciied an exhibition mile In 2;sl
Ia i,eing the fasie.t mile ever trott,d on
a Maine track. although such noted ~
rr. a. Flora Temple, Princess and Snug
gler. from out Of the state. and Nelson,
Auhinc. Dictator Chief and Glcnaun, all
Well-known horses In the state. have
truited both public aud private trials.
Baby Dean /. a brown hay stallion - il
hands high, with some white markings,
sired by Daniel lioone, by Iy.dyk's
lIamhietouiln. dam the Quincy MARI. by
Ilo.North's BrandVWine. lou of tohb's
original BnndyNine. -e,ond dam said Ia
he by Ri.lng sun. The dam Of Baby
Dean was also the dam ~ the hay gelding
Robert II. Ihi. was a public exhibition
aud does not constitute a record.
Ia class 81, for four-yesr-old stations,
Mckusick. from East branch Farm,
Buckhcld, was awarded the first prcmi-
um over ten competitors. This award,
a. we'll a. all other. Who competed for
premiums. was made on a scale Of points.
Judged by a noted expert from Vermont.
In elias. "a, colt cups, for four-year-old
stations, there were three entries but
only two starters. via; barrett Bros.
Westland aud Bi.bce's Mckuslck; the
cup was won by Westland. time = ~.
Mckuslck's beat time Was : 81 81 which
I. now his four-year-old record a. lac
trutted for consideration. The cup
trials were made against time.
Black Nathan, sou ~ Baby Dean,
owned by 4. T.. Russell. Buckfeld, Won
fourth money In the 2;IO class, a fast
aud holly contested race.
While the line stallion Hebron owned
by Mr.. III. l.. Horne Of Norway did not
win his race he won second money and
made very creiltable showing for a
green horse.
The stallion 4. =. l.. from Canton won
third money la the ~ class against
Free Trade aud Dudley buck.
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