Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-09-25
THE FIFTYSECOND FAIR
or the COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
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Another success.

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The annual fair of the Oxford County |
Agricultural society u always . ssccess
has been for mov than any years.
There are lots of people In On. county
Who eouldnt be hired tn stay away;
they would M more miss " than girl
would miss an opportunity to attend
wedding.
Everybody goes. Everybody has
chance Ia see some good cattle, and
some good horses, and some good veec. |
tables and frolt aud flowers, and lots OF
other things. Everybody has chance |
to spend his money Zoe things that he
needs aud things that he doesn't nerd
and more than all else, everybody has
chance Tn see everybody else. Aud that
last fact. "a fair msnsgcr- well under |
stand. has an immense amount Ia do
With the sucrss 10 fair.
The panctuslity With which Interested
parties show up On the grounis IL gov |
erued rather by the money than 'he honor
To- he gained. The takers and slle-sho~
people, Who turn an honest always
strictly honsst) penny, cut OF the hir,
slwsys appear With the first signs of life |
an the grounds. This year some of
them were at up by saturday night, |
and took In q stream 10 nickels for sou,e |
time pr,yiou. tn the fair; the exhibitors
whose display means advertising Tor
their business eudesvor tn get ahead OF
the crowd az all events; while those ex-
hlbltors whose rewards consist az large
share Of glory aud an approving con-
science, with . chance to ~in premium,
sometimes don't get around until some
minutes after the eleventh hour.
rskers' Row Was lively place Tues
dsy, as far az the takers part cf u vent,
but the crowd ~as ~ usual for the nrst
dsy pretty small, and the prevailing
.oand Was not the murmur 81 voices,
but the rattle Of the hammer. The
grange delegations we're o busy s becs
completing the arrangement OF their ex-
hlblts In the hall, and the sictuAlin1
booth. we're lively With preparations for
IN. big day to-morrow. The weather
wss all that could he desired.
/ "Wednesday opened With an east Wind
and drifting clouds. Probably some
were kept away BY the threate MIN.
looks % the weather bat " 80, their ao-
ssnce made no marked diference In the
appearance % the grounds. People
~ere q little tsriy about arriving. bat
they got there Just the sane" The
erie. Of the hawke and the rattle OF
voices Of the people, the lowing Of the
herd. and the general nolses mingled In
that hum and roar which u Just Ike
nothing else on earth except . county
fair.
l, WAS unanimously declared that ther.
Was the
| LAgGEsr DISPLAY ~ Iiir HALL
that has ever been SEEN there. rhs
spacious buildlug. erected after the old
on. vas burned. never had It, capacity
, fully and severely tested until this year.
This year II Vas strain aud crowd
Ia make thu bullding accommodate What
, Was required % u.
II was certainly good year Tor
VEGETABLES ANp riELp cRors.
They overlooked their allotted space
aud spread out on the other eide of the
hall. Mammoth squsshes add pump
kins. handsome traces of corn, aud all
the other forms "a exhibit In that line,
we're In bswildering profusion. Herbert
VI. Tucker % Paris showed over sixty
varieties % garden vegetables aud
tw,nty-ei;ht Of field crops. And TIL.
VAS bat one exhibitor.
Among the novelties In vegetable.
were ne.ts 81 gc"se eggs goards aud
hens egg g,'ari. so natural anil 81 well
arranged a. almost "a deyel,c the eye.
The
fRuir coyNrER
; didn't sho~ oa the f.c. 10 u. that the
apple crop his f.il~,i to fulhll the
. promise 81 blos.oming tiu", aud thst
orchards hich were expected to yield
Hundreds 10 barrel. will ''psn out" only
few scars. Some orchsris, however.
have prtty nearly an s,er.sv crop, and
the quality 10 IN" specimens 'hosu VAS
good. Hebron !. perhaps the leading
orchard town represented, th"ugh Paris
and Norway are not f,r behind.
The houseMiye. 20 Oxford County are
all good cooks. but they don't seem 20
want any glory ou account 81 10, Tor
there were only some halt dozen eutries
each % white brad. brown bread aud
domestic butter. The creameries are ~
sponslble for the falling OF Of domestic
butter, which used Ia d. Que Of the
features of the show.
Iur ORANGES.
ANY benefit In the grange' Well.
when the oranges strive as hard and
make such exhibits ~ this year, an OBJ
tuse Intellect eau perceive without effort
that ther. .. some benefit somewhere.
Three grabges made exhibits, Paris,
Norway, aud Frederick Robe % OILS
field. Norsay Grange occupied the
most space. and In point Of decorative
display and probably In quantity, VAS
Enthusiastically In the lead.
n The other grange. did less In the way
81 decorative work, but their space WAS
literally squeezed and packed With the
products Of field, garden, kitchen and
sewing room.
People of good judgment, with good
opportunities for comparison, declared
that there MAS nothing st the state fair
% approach the exhibit of TN. Norway
Grng,; for that matter. comparison Of
the entire show In the building with that
at the state fair gave everybody q very
satisfied feeling with regard to Oxford
County.
Two artiCle. on the fancy county
which attracted much attention were
fye-foot screen Of peacock feathers and
q mounted peacock exhibited by y. III.
I'ehihinks W N"'"a'
MISCELLANEOUS MATHIS.
J.k. Chase Of Norway made . good
display % photograph work, Including
enlarged portraits Ia CT avon aud oil.
Miss Libby ofNorway had some art !
istic photogrsp work on exhibition.
flsgg 4 Plummer of Lewiston made
very clean aud artistic Photographic dis
play.
Only q fe~ entries Of canned goods, |
but large assOrtments and very taste
fully arranged.
There we're ten entries Of cheese.
W. J. Wheeler OF south Paris showed
a number Of hne organs and pianos.
4 reminder Of winter MAS the array OF
parlor stoves and ranges shown by w.
4. Lssvitt % Norway.
The Aublrn stove Foundry Company
showed = numter Of ranges aud stoves.
J. ~. Rs~son Of Paris showed . we'll
arranged line of his horse aud cattle
medicines.
A. l.. a E.F. Goss Co. of Lewiston
exhibited q variety Of dairy implements.
Merritt WEIGH Of Norway made an en-
ticlng display % cloAks.
:. II. a T.. =. Prince Of Norway
showed a line of cloaks.
The White sewing machine exhibit
was In charge Of y. II. Hunt. tbs Nor
wsy agent.
some novelties In the line Of furniture
n II