Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-03-11

The .ogistie. not entered on th" above
lI.i occup, middle ground hetwc.n
these extf,ms.. While u of cOurss \.
know that the entry fcc. charged can
C,l a part 20 the purses, Vet With thi. al.
lo~ ancc u " easily SEEN that With some
.oglrtls. ~. har.s trot I. the main thing
hi. .. plalnly sppar-ut With the iso
new .ocIetic., kennsl,cc South anj th"
Nndo,sr. shl,h held their fr.i cNhlhl.
ilou under their incorporation by the
Legislature lsa fall. al lca.t 80 far a.
premium. paid go ,o shaw their work.
without rai.lng question against tr",.
ting at falr., u certainly !. we'll for OF
ficrr. "a consider to shat ,Nteni thl.
part 10 ~. exhibition .hould ab."tb th"
iund. ~ IA" ."ci.,y.
Ih.rr Ia another feature of managr-
meut which la. forv,Sl it.-lf upon our
attention in visiting falr. la dlnrrrnt
countic. ani to which W. would call at
,-niiou AZ thi. time. In case ot holding
. thrrv day.' show, ia. usuil practic- u.
g. hs,. the fir.t day the exhibition day
Tor cattle. y.t PREPARATION ,iay ouly fnr
the other part. 10 the exhibition. III"
uni,cr.al rNpericnc- u, under this az
finsvmsnt, that the ATTENDANCE 81 the
puhllc on ihr show ~ cattle \. light IN
the e,ivmr sni ~ little account any
way. Ia attending fair. la different
coantic. NJ have always made u poln,
to 20 the fret day. aud Ne hsN. found
the alo,e condition. to hold true. Ia"
conclusion by the officers u, snd this u
usually colnchieSi la by the few stray
,I.itoT. prr..nt, that "th- public carr
nothing for tie cattle. u take. the
hor.--tro, Ia draw" We take dccli-i
exception to such q conclusion. III"
lack 90 ATTENDANCE l. not that Icoplr
take no Interest In cattle, but !. due io
ih. management. III. great part ~
tho.e xho 20 to any fair attend bat two
dtI. al mo.t aud many ~ thcm only y
one. All hand. want to attend thos"
iay. " hen there I. the most to .-". It's"
fir.t day the hall !. la chaos, the fruits.
the foNcr., the plCtur-., the fancy work
and III. batter aud chc-.. cannot D.
.srn, b~csu.s tbcy arr not Yet thcr-.
Of course the public will not attend on
that day for the good reason tia, ihsrr
I. little Ia .--. People 80 io the fair Ia
.-- the full exhibition, not the cattle
alone. Tic .c,ond day come. With the
shaw ready io .--, AMI husband an'i
uifc. girl. and hoy. arr all there. but
ia. cattle arr not. lIenc- the Couclu'
.iou ~ no Interest la cattle.
The oxford .oci.ty, whose marked
.uryr.. was referred to In our columns q
few week. .lnc'', la. adopted dlr-r-n,
cour.. of man1gcmcn, to which we
would call attention. Certainly " !. im-
portant that thr visitors b. given an oI'-
I,ortunlty To l.. benefited from seeing
aud examining th. cattle. The thing
then to do I. Ia have the cattle on cNhl-
hilton when the pcople are there. with
the oxford society the flr.t day !. only a
day of preparation la any department
Cattle driven frnm the di.,ant part. III
the county come Ia on that day aud ~
main over night. llor.e. aud colt. come
la the same NAY. Exhibit. Tor the sew
eral department.. of th. hall. arr pat la
place aud made ready for show. The
..cond day the near by stock of all Kind.
/ 4. a,lde,i Ia the arrivals ~ the day b.
fore and ih. exhibition !. ready for the
ten to fifteen thousand visitors that ar,
.ur- To bc Their. Ia see IL. II any ons
entertain. the ilca that the public take
no interc.t la cattle, they have only Ia
20 to ihi. exhibition where the people
and cattle are brought together, when
they will find ample evidence Of THEFT
error. II may b- an error, but We b'~
llc,. IL quit. a. Important that the p.c-
pl. d. given a chance to Inspect the
stock exhibit. a. to attend on the races
and We beliey. too that there will be- M
lack of interest discovered when the cN'
hibitiou I. so planned as Ia bring thcn
together. Hut they do not attend whcr
the cattle are the only feature OF At
traction. 30 long az the mission o'
these societle. l. Ia promote the Inter
eat. ~ agriculture, certainly the ai'r
should b. to shape their work In a man
ner io show the beat rcsults.-Main'
/ Farmer.