Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-09-20

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The next thing Ia the state fair, In the
heart Of genuine Oxford Hear, IL the
county fair; and 70 IL the Interest the
farmers and farmers wives, sous and
daughters take In q. In getting their ex'
hlbits 90 the grounds and helping To
make the display . representation OF
What the county can do when u tries,
that makes the fair the success Il has al
ways been.
Tuesday, the first dsy Of this years
fair (which MAS billed for Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, sept. IL, IL
aud ISL Was q good day, and prepsra-
tiou. went merrily on. The crowd wasn't
much; even for the first day u VAS very
small.
Wednesday morning there Was moth
Ing doubtful about the weather. 10 blew
and Il poured all day. Nobody had any
question what Ca do about going Ia the
fair. The managers apparently had no
question about what 10 do; Il seemed to
be generally understood that the pro-
gramme would BE- set ahead one day.
Everybody accepted u that way, and
the managers certainly didn't need to
advertise !. much.
riig ni6 DAY.
Thursday morning Was bright and
fair, warm enough aud cool enough,
With the dust all laid, the track vet
down In good shape, and everything
about all that could he desired. The
people all went aud filled the grounds,
the number present being safely estima-
ted At COO 10 700. All day the ma
chlnery Of the various departments, mot
omltiing the fsker. and aide shows 81
all kinds) Was In steady motion. aud
when night came there was crowd of
tired people, some pleased competitors
aud some disappointed ones, some pco-
pie richer than they we're In the morn
Ing aud boat Of them poorer.
riir CATTLE.
One ~ the frat things farmer wants
to look at At the fair IL the cattle. We
we're surprised and delighted To lind en-
many fine looking animals on the
grounds, amounting 10 ~ head la all.
besides the oxen and steers for the town
teams, of all grades aud breeds, from
the great on down Ca the week-old calf,
and almost every one Of them animals
that q farmer might well tr proud OF.
We ind our friend, y. ". King, here
With hIs herd of Jerseys, II head In all,
Just from the New England fair and the
state fair. with his many ribbon. Justly
Won at those fairs; and he carrie. on a
fair share 10 the premiums nj this show.
We next come Ia q fine herd Ut cream
colorcd Jerseys of IL head, from the
Mountain View stock Farm, q very
smooth, handsome lot 10 animals, that
will attract much attention.
IL. a n. L. Horne Of Norway, show
q strong leaning towards the Jerseys, ex-
hlblting - head 10 Cattle Club Jerseys.
consisting 81 three pure 80. lambert
bulls. six COWS, three 3-year-olds, three
a-ycar-olds, i've ycarlings aud i've
heller calves. Ex-prrsldent u. l.. Horne
shows q commendable pride In showing
so many hne looking animals.
but the Jerseys are not the only ones
to carry on all the honors. We Away.
liked the noble Durham. Here IL y. w,
Millett of Norway with his herd 10 Dur.
hams, - head Ia all, good specimens 81
one III the beat breeds of cattle Tor all
purpose. known la this country.
Ora bird of Paris likes the white
faces, showing II head of llerefords.
Ills neighbour, Eldron stearns, also Ia.
10 head of IIer-fords and grades.
A. !. Penley % Paris has twelve head
% cattle. Among them are some nicely
matched steers.
Hen Tucker % Norway, Who runs q
milk farm, hz. eleven cows II different
breeds and colors, showing that they
are kept for milk especially.
Hut We pass along to the liolstelns,
aud the first one We look at IL the splen.
did bull of ". W. Durham 10 Paris
lie beats them all on the grounds, bcing
= feet Ia girth aud weighing about 2ss
pounds. Barnum In all his glory with
the exception of his horses) never es'
hibltrd so handsome an animal as Mr.
Dunham's llolstein bull. Mr.. Durham
has six more registered Ilolsteins, all
hn- animals.
P.J. Sawyer OF Otisdeld Gore Ia.
i've thoroughbred liolsteins.
/ Here !. our old friend, ID. l.. Brett oi
Otisheld, here A. usual With his fayorits
breed Of pure bred llolsteins, including
q very handsome 2-year-old bull aud q
pair Of J-year-old steers measuring feet
4 inches.
C.s. bacon Of Paris has q pair Of
grade IIolstein calves so nicely belted
that YOU can hardly tell them apart.
Grant ROYAL Of Paris has some good
cows on the grounds.
n. 4. Ellis enters ak head Of grade
Jerseys.
We saw quite . lot Of other cattle
worthy Of note, but We will notice the
one good COW Of our friend, william
Wallace Maxim, the poet of Mt. Mica.
We must not forget our enierprising
farmer brothers, y. II. 4 ii. 4. Millett of
Norway, Who beat them all In their fne
display Of stock, consisting Of - cattle,
81 sheep and lambs, aud ~ hogs aud
pigs, making LOO Ia all, aud q liner lot
Of animals can hardly be found from
any Que farm In Oxford County.
An unusually good lot of oxen and
steers were here, and on the whole the
show Of stock MAS one OF the beet ever
seen at any fair In the county.
The long strings Of oxen and steers
making up the town teams always draw
the crowd.
An old farmer made the remark that
there Was nothing that looked 80 much
like property to him a. good yoke Of
oxen.
There were 4: entries Of sheep, among
them several fine bucks and nice nocks
Of lambs.
Wallace Everett Of rari. has = big
buck.
q. N. Everett Of Norway has u sheep
and lambs, good ones.
T.. W. Penley Of Greenwood and X.
X. Morrill, Of Norway have some line
sheep.
There were nine entries OF hogs, In
Guiding Ave lltters of pigs. The Ches-
tiers seem TO be the favorites, and every
body wanted to see the little pigs.
TIE Town TEAMS.
The Paris team Of oxen, which took
first premium, was Furnished by the
following: william Mason, william
Hall, y. X. Farnum, Samuel Locke, J. T..
I'enley, W. l.. Libby, {. II. Pcnley. j..
T.. Howe.
Norway team, second premium;
Samuel Millett, Daniel Watson, Nathan
Millett, town farm, L.. A. Carter, ID. w.
Frost, J. II. Millett.
Buckfeld team, I'd; Ellis whitman,
Clarence Foster, &. A. Warren, A. T..
Bonney, J. T.. Howe, II. w. whitman.
W. y. Bumpus, %. q. Turner.
J.year-old steers, Paris: y. N. Penley,
Albert II. Andrews, II. II. Gaetf, q. A.
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