Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-09-23
ABA, 90 SUNSHINE.


"ralr Will ~ on " II clears OF Thur
lav noon. aud either conflicting runiors
had gone cut. 90 that many of the fsrm-
e.. away from the telegraph had M,
hccu able, on so short no,i,c Ia l-sru the
true state ~ Affairs. Consequently the
aitenianc. Friday was Pcrhip. slio les
than the largest .econi dsy'. Attendance
Ca rrcorl aud az least that number lc..
than woald have h-.n on the ground.
"wednesday. u Ne hal had wc.k ~
good weather.
T,RarRs' IMPLEMENTS.
At the right ~ the big gate YOU nnd
the haiiling Zoe agricultural implements
well filleJi. y. q. Merrill. the msnufac-
turrr ~ the yell knosn raris sni -. n.
plows, make. good display ~ hi.
plow.. culiiyator. abi harross. Tl,ry
arr Ca, going Ia the front aud arr stand
ard goo,is.
Ths buckley. mower, which Ia. M lin-
iAlnci high nnk among the leadiug
machines, 1. herr "a inert competition.
Among hs compctiiors No hni the
Do.ring. manufactured by william DYER
log IL chicago, q native 10 our toWn,
Who enjoys the rrpat.tlon ~ hsing Que
~ the largest manufacturer. IN our
country. The several .ifc.. incluilng
the single hor... thu field mos.r and thu
Giant arr on exhlbltIon.
rur rouLtHi.
The poultry shaw ~A. the lishie., for
some YEAR.
willie Bracket, o,i.hcld Gor-, Bsnl.
nacon. IT., Nofvay, and :. X. fllis,
south Paris. shaved i'rkln ducss.
4. T.. More, south r.ri.. sho~~i one
talr of piymoaih RoCk Chlcks, aud Ma
II. True. Norway. showed four cOop. Of
Ilymouih Rocks.
Howard e.. wh-.ler. South Paris,
showed trio ~ Light Brahmi..
rII wooLti RACKS.
Not q large numb-r 10 sheep on ihs
grounds, the exhibitors bclng y. VI. Nv
srrtt. =. ~. a n. \. Mlile,i, John ",
MIllsti a ~oa. y. ". MIlictt, and \. y.
Jackson, all 70 Norway.
SWINE.
4. ". Walker, Soath Paris, exhibited
Chester hnar, .ow and P'gs, also
grade .o~ ani plg..
". .. Duhham, North Parts, showed
a Chester boar.
s.I. a n. 4. Mlllc,t. Norway, show
| 81 Yorkshire hoar. sow and plgs.
AZ. Mors., south Paris, showed .
Chester sow aud pig. HI. !. tn
eighth YEAR he has exhibited thu. .ow NJ
the county fair. and la that titn" h. has
.old from her sBIu worth ~ pig..
Leonard Whitman, South Paris, show
81 so~ aud pigs.
IuE HORNED iIrHps.
Dor week. our representative farmer.
have had An eve cut for cattle show, and
n l. safe a. say that their stock has ~
| e-rlV..i more than ordinary carr. Ihs
boy. have ben busy With curry comb
aud card. While IN. owner has stuils-i
how b. can bcst bring oui the winning
point. 20 HI. meritorious animals. 1h'
visitor "a the stock department u ~
minded "a former years, for as q rule
the exhibitor. az, not az changed as IA
many other departments. Oxford
County Ia. many brceder. ~ hne stock,
ani th-y arr gaining high reputation
among thosr of New England. II u
4 evident that the.s wili b. our advance
/ farmer. Tor year. Ia come.
Vermont has lieut. "a. q helping hand a
make our show Interesting. Mr.. Joslah
:. krnnl.on frum Barnett, Vermont, la.
the celebrated triplet steers. >he'n, Ham
ani Japheth, 90 show u. They are .lx-
teen months old. being born MAY 9Th
l>~a, weighing - pound. each whet
seven day. old. They nov weigh 81
Ionnd. each aud glrth feet aud (, lnche.
They are rrd having white stockings aud
with other white spots exactly ,h. same
Gu each. They know nothing of ths
yoke, bat are broken to harne.. and arr
driven In q Roman chariot. Nou cant
Afford Ia leave the grounds until you
have seen these steers.
"Ne.~, say Joe aud Harry Millett,
I'VE brought cur rubber boots "a dri,.
cur herd through the mud Ia the show.
We have ~ thi. year. our working
oxen are = feet .. The herd IL made az
| of oxen. COW. and heifers.
r.. T.. Eichar,ison, West Paris. has one
pair ~ drawing oxen girthing feet 4,
| r,d DurhAm..
&c. Howe, West Paris, has = close
built psiro pullers girthing feet ..
They are I'm. form.
D.. u. stearus, Paris, has q very tne
pair IL two-ycar old steers, white heads,
girthing q feet.
william :. Mason, Paris, shows a pair
% thrceyear-old grade Durhams girth-
Ing feet, y inches.
Woodbury. l.. stanton. Who has
allowed stock since the society has o.
cupiesi the pre.eut grounds, l. on hand
this year with hl. fancy string of white
heads, numbering eleven. Prominent
among them Il the Hereford ball hlling
the chain nj fe~t and Inch. only three
year. old oxen four years old, perfectly
matched, girthlng feet, :, weighing
1910. They may be the beet Ca BE- seeu
on the ground. 4 pair of two-year-olds
q feet aud inch n SURE match.
4 pair Of matched calves aud heif-
ers al up the string.
n. ". Whitman, Buck6eld. has choice
pair of thrce-ycar-old Hereford steers
girthing Z feet strong.
=. ~. a ~. A. Millett, Norway, have
thlrty-nlne head of cattle herr, mostly
Hereford grade. They are old exhibi-
tor. aud never could give so good an eK-
hibltion. 4 pair of fl,e-year-old grade
white points. girthlng ! feet 2 aud
weighing about JtOo. A pair IL year
ling. girthlng feet . inches are marked
perfectly.
y. J. sawyer. Oti.aeld Gore, has a
IIolsiein helfer calf months old. girth-
Ing 5 feet. She IL q beauty In every re-
spect. Her mother gave twenty-five
quarts of milk Ia one day, the 18th Of
January. making 4 - Inches Of cream.
During the months Of January and Feb
uary she gave over ton nj milk, being
MIXED three times day and the milk
weighed al each milking. lie has q
thoroughbred bull. four months old,
measuring feet; both from imported
cows.
John wyman, Norway Lake, shows q
registered iIolstein bull, Tindahl, bred
BY J. r. Carviiic. Lewiston, calved De-
cemher =, Iss., color black. somewhat
marked With white, girthlng q feet II,
has served % cows this season. lie 10
all right In every respect.
ID. l. Brett. Otisheld, has three ycar-
old thoroughbred, which took alone GA
In prrmiums at the Lesistou fair.
W. w. Durham, West IAris, says he