Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-12-13
TIE MECHANICS FAIR IN sosTos.
A coon ENANrLE roR AGRICULTURAL
SHOWS. I>rrsssriAG NV
MACHINES.

While many fair associations Ind J,
/ difiicult 10 Keep h.ad. above water ths
Mechanics has always bccn sa.Sessiai'
Fir,t IL hold. q fair but once In three
,eAr., asa rule, and the publ1c never
,ou,e to hook uI,on it AZ a bore or a bur
d,n. Ou .ccOunt of the Worlds fair Ia
Chicago next year the association broke
m. rule thi. year aud some pr~ilcted q
failarr la consequence. bat Ga. attend
ancc has bc,n large all through the sea-
sou. II Il NV opinion thai the assocls-
ton takss morc money ~ the gAtes with
a at~euty-tiye Cvnts admission than II a
halt dollar w,rv charged, the usual rate
al most agricultural tair.. Que of the
prime objevts many persons have Ina at
tending any fAir l. Ia so the pcople, aud
friends especially. with small admis-
.ion fy., a fsir like the Que la Mechanics
building make. an excellent meeting
place Toe friends 10 spend a day or sn
evening visiting one another. Nor Is
there even the objectionable bcdlamlise
noise aud contuslon so common at too
many of our agricultural e>hibiiions.
Neither hA. the gambler any place
hsrr, nor any form If siie show Ia en-
ticc away dimc- from the oScr-cur'ous.
The original aim of the founders Ia show
ns~ Inventions aud mark the prOgrcs.
of the axe has not b-cn lost sight of.
Nor docs th- association lind IL Dcvcs.ary
10 Oder large money prizes To iiliae.
l.ef.au. Ia make exhibits. Articles ~
merit arr honorvd by awards of medals,
but under TIN. system there !. Do slaab-
bling Tor prize moncy nor any laid plans
10 SCOOP in the priTcs. The exhibitors
know ing the elias. ot people they NIL
mc,t ATv glad ot the opportunity Tor
shaw Ing their Inventions regardless oi
any award. aud they arc also willing to
pay literally for the space allowed thcul
Ia Mhich Ia make their exhibits.
would lie "a sec an agricultural show
.o we'll Organif~d and managed that
breeder. Of rally choicc stock would b.
glad a. pay for space In which TO show
N. such a fair woah call cut real buy
or. mo would attend the lair 10 lcarn
y no had the very best stock Ia ssll.
Among the ncs Invention. shown TN.
wear 4. a power drill Tor drilling squar,
hole- through iron or steel, machine
that attracts a grat deal of stteutl"n as
IL /. the iirst thin; % the kine that ha.
appeared thoroughly practical. u makes
|. tsffs,t hole of any desired shape. An
other automatic machine cuts cut barre
bead. better than they can b. made by
hand aud about % fast they can II
counted. This I. also claimed to b. ths
frst successfal machine for doing this
work.
Among the new agricultural machines
[ specially noticci potato digger VI h'ch
dig., sifts, sorts aud leaves the crop M
pile. In the field all ready To be plckei
ap ani load.d. .hogld Wish Ia scc u
Al Work t..for, endorsing u, bat doubt
not Il would DO well la plain land ir,'
from weeds and clois. The Brced'
ws.sler on ~hc.ls. an entirely new aud
much improved machine, l. shown b,
the in,sntor wbo promise. To have u
In market next year.
Maine Jersey milk l. hsiug well ai,er'
tl..,i by the ArOo.took Condensed MIA
Co., Who have samples coustsnily ""u
tap" for all Interested, and Who u no'
interested In having pure milk ~ Tor ln'
f.nts aud inVallds alSsys within react
regardless ot weather, ..sson of distAnc'
from the original source of supply >
Ncw England Farmer.