Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-10-08
NUMBER Al.

quite a quantity Of apparatu. used In
bee-culturr.
W. l.. Holden of Otisheld showed
glass case ~ handsome comb honey.
ART woRK.
Mis- VI. y. Libby, Of Norway, had the
usual spacc filed With crayon portraits
Of her welI-known standard ~ excellence.
J.K. Chase of Oxford showed quite a
auantliy of Photographic work, also
number ~ portraits In cayon aud OTIS
Ml.s Matte Richards. 81 south Paris,
had on exhibition thrce oil painting and
two crayon portraits, one In hand
made frame. The crayon of Bryant was
particularly hne.
Mr.. Nellie Durcll exhibited an oil
palnting ~ deer.
Mr.. Harry white % WelchVill" eNiib-
lted q painting ~ fruit.
Mrs. =. =. Plummer ~ south faris
showed two paintings, - an old wlnh-
mill. aud a snow scene.
Mr.. q. r.. Johnston entered i've
paintings, two ~ them being land.caPes'
the other. flower pieces.
1 Atuttt ifihAl tNflthfNlrs
The well-known Manufacturer, y. Z.
Merrill. II south Paris. had samples of
MI. various line. ~ goods ou exhibition
lie showed the -. n. level land plow in
several siyes. also the -. u. swivel plow,
which l. considered perfsct level land
plow. II has double cutters and a self
adjusting clevis. IIesilc- the ploNs, be-
had the -. n. steel coulter harrow aud
the Dirlgo spring tooth harrow. These
implements Mr. Merrill manufacture
himself. la addition Ia thein he exhibited
an iron frame spring tooth harrow and
the Adrianoe buckeye mower, Tor which
b. l. agent.
u. :. Backett, of Oti.held, exhibited
gapplc horse hay fork and dead lock
carrier.
| rIE hippiEs.
1 The poultry exhibition i one of the
largest ever on the grounds. There are
.lNty-one cage. on the grounds. and they
attracted considerable attention from
both ladies aud gentlemen.
Wm. Blake. South Paris, shows two
cages ~ white Plymouth ROcks, each
containing fine trios.
L. Shnrtlen. Chairman ~ the COM
/ iuNAffs NAA- 'fNfNAA fAAf- N'A'f sW'f
arr fine blrd., but do not compete Tor
price.
4. 4. Mlllett. West Minot. CONES here
with three cages. one 10 White Nyan-
ioftes. one ~ silver aud barred Plym-
outh llocks. Mr. Mlllett has Won hrsi,
second and thirl on Plymouth Rocks AZ
the state fair. but being from Andro-
.coggin. cannot compete to-day.
A
eleven coop. for competition. They arr
White and Brown Ieghorn.. and White
/ MysudOits's and aTv fr-t-class hirds.
Master George \. Wilson, junior,
show. some good Barr~i Plymouth
Rocks.
Brnhmin Bacon. Jr.. Norway. i an
extensive breeder. IT, has ten cagrs.
RroNn lsghorn.. White plymouth
llock.. Dirigo tame Bamtams, White
wyandotte. and Light Brihmas make
up his family.
\. y. morse, south PART, has two
trios Light lirahma. aud Plymouth
Rocks. and pair of Plymouth li"cks.
| Ray Bradbury, Norway, has two
,agr., one of Brown Leghorn. and one
~ Light Bnhmas.
A.a u. True shows seven cages ~
standard breeds.
C.F. stanton, oxford, IA. credit
able display.
wIlus Backett has Pekin Ducks.
q. \ Upton, Norway, !. competitor.
| II. l.. Farrar, North Buckfeld, shows
Spanglci llamhurgs aud Turkeys.
u. \. Tuttlc, Buckheld, has some ~
ccllent blri..
AMONG rnE cArTLE.
Trustee Petieugill of Rumford .. gen
eral Superintendent ~ the stock depart
meni. assisted by that thorough stock
man, ". l.. stanton ~ Oxford. 1his de
pariment l. we'll looked after. Hosc0e
| Tuell of West Pars. l. marshal. y. T..
Putnam ~ iumford and 4. =. stanton ot
Oxf,srd. have charge of the exhibition
hngs.
i. l.. aud n. l.. Horne of Norway, have
their Jcr.ey herd here. At the head stands
Ella'. stbke rogi., purr -. lambert
bull. - - pr cent. ~tok POgis, thr""
year. old Last August. The COW. liufa-
line, l. - solid color. She l. great
milker. running largely to the blood ~
II. Heller Another four-yeu-old heller
l. Lemon. Louisa, Imported from the
leland of Jersey. She Ia light-faNn,
with black markings. Next of the same
age 9. Diploma 2nd, granddaughter ~
stoke Pogi. 5th. the same color and
marking. Van Nina Pogi. J. pure -.
Lambert heifer. Her grandmother sold
for ~ .SO0 At the ring. hi. heller I. q deli
cate light faNu. l.omeo Ortan l. the
.ame age. aud l. granddaughter ~
stoke pOgi. 81 color aud marking All
right. Jennie of DOryal. Rioters Mul
berry, granddaughter of stoke pogis 81,
lemon. Pet. two-year-old, very light
fawu. and several other fine offspring of
these COWS follow la line.
h. Locke Of West Paris. Vice-Presi-
dent Of the AssOciation, l. here. Mr..
Locke l. owner ~ the High View Farm,
a mile from his enterprislng and growing
village. Jersey stock was hi choice,
and four year. ago De- started hi. jersey
herd, which now consists of eighteen
head of thoroughbrcds. IL believes
that the beet strain. are the cheapest
and the most profitable In the end.
service bull. Columblne's John Bull, by
Canada's John Bull. out ~ Columblne ~
II. Lambert. heads the list. lie VAS
dropped March 80, lsss I. solid color,
with black leg. aud switch; bred by
Nalancey T.. Fuller, Hamilton. Ontario.
This bull !. pure II. Lambert, ~ - per
cent. of the blood of stoke Pogis 81, AMI
almost full brother Of Mary Anne 81 ~.
Lambert. average butter rc-orl Of dam
and sirc'- dam, ~ pounds and u IL
ounce. % butter In seven days. Nina
I'ogi- l. next Ia maturity. She l. pure
IT. Lambert aud l. one of the finest aud
beet bred la Maine. Ninella Pogis,
dropped April gnd. ISIS, ycarllng
hcifer, speak. loudly for hls herd. VI.
ID. fOss has charge Of the farm, aud his
stock shows good care. Mr.. Locke sold
a choice bull calf to u. ;. Brackett of
Otisfield Gore.
y. =. sawyer. Oti.held Gore, has i've
thoroughbred lIolstein.. lie has owned
thi. stock for four year,. Miss lIeural,
hi slx-year-old COW, u imported, aud
has produced twenty quarts of milk per
day. Ills four-year-old COW, Commar-
dcur kastine. l. large aud good mixer.
She !. also imported. Their calves show
up we'll.
a. \. bird. Steaus Hill, Paris, says
~ find. hi stock In good condition. lie
has twelve head here. leaving nine good
ones az home. Nineteen Of his herd are
white heads. 4 yoke of four-year-old
oxen, grade Durham., girthlng seven
feet, shows just what our farmers
need ON their upland farms. They are
all right In every particular. lie shows