Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-09-24
.wo rokel. Alhert Andrews, c. Il. Pen-

NtWo sohSj' nue.
ley.
The Norway town team of oxen was
furnished by N. w. Millett, |. +. Tit
comb. Mark Richardson, l.. A. Carter,
w. II. Buck. Abner Jackson, j. ii. Mil
lett, S. II. Millett.
The Paris town team Of oxen was FUR
nishrd by l. X. Farnum, j.. +. Everett |
w. n. Cummings, j. c. Cummings, n
II. Andrews. w. +. Durham, h. II.
Stearns. n. G.. Elder, A. j. Penley, T.
X. Penley.
It was the same old merry-go-round.
with the same crowd OF riders and crowd
of spectators. And it played the
same
old
tune.
Henry l.. Taylor, the popular Oak
Street llyervman Of Portland, took IN
the Oxford County fair. Henry u an
Oxford Bear. and he has aD eye Tor
good horses, especially OF The bod
Dean" breed.
The children found great source OF
amusement In feature Of the fair which
called for no money. This was poor
innocent" whose aimless wanderlngs,
mutterings aud gambols were funny at
first, till they got over being funny
An observaut visitor says that the
funniest thing lac saw 10 connection with
the fair was brush through Paris Hill
village between man and his wife on
their way TO the fair, one driving a colt
the other the old mare.
According to the sale of tickets, there
was a crowd Of about ! 800 on the
grounds Wednesday, and nearly o'Vo
Thursday. The receipt; OF wednesday
represented about 6 400 paid adult admls-
sions. and those OF Thursday about l,O0O
adults.
A the people were leaving the
grounds Thursday night, two teams col
lided. Neither was going fast, but the
two Surrey wheels on the outside turned
wrong side out like parasol In gaze
of wind. The carriage belonged to John
Cummings.
Talk about the snake charmer or the
merrv-go-round drawing crowd when
Brer Uartwick gets the Folding AUTO
matte Spring Washer To operating on "A
ten doll ill aui y dirty h"rS" hitnbct
al the same time, there's . density TO The
crowd around him that you don't una
anywhere else on the grounds.
A grade Holstein COW owned by b. j.
| Hobbs Of Norway gave the second day
Of the fair over 80 pounds Of milk, test
/ ing by the Babcock tester 2.GJ pounds
! OF butter 4 grade lIolstein COW entered
by J. II. Martin OF South Paris tested
the second day OF the fair 2:O6 pounds
of butter. The awards in this class were
E. J. Hobbs, Norway, -; j. IL. Martin,
South Paris, So j. \. Roberts Norway,
81.
| The drawing contests were the most
| interesting 10 years, and on Thursday
drew about as enthusiastic crowd "a
that which watched the horses go round
the track. There we're . entries OF
oxen in the three classes, and % entries
OF horses. Twelve pairs OF horses
weighing over 1900 pounds each were on
the ground and contested. IL isn't often
that you see such field Of heavy horses
together.
Horse racing Is Il very necessary part
OF fair, and the chief thing that great
many go TO see. But the man who as
serts that People 90 to see the races
and they don't go for anything else Is
laboring under serious misapprehen-
sion. Some afternoon, while the races
are on, let him make tour OF the build
ing and the grounds In that vicinity. and
observe the thousands who not only
didn't come solely To see the races, but
who don't go near the races at all.
How is the ordinary man to Judge,
when he hears experts give three such
opinions a. these, about the vegetab!'
exhibit! Opinion No. ] There wcr'
quite big lot of vegetable. there. hnt
they weren't ilrst-cl,ss Ia quality"
Opinion No. : There was fair show
of egetables-just about an average"
Opinion No. 3 The show OF vegetables
was the best that ever was seen here.
The ordinary man il inclined TO the view
that Opinion No. , i nearest correct.