Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-09-27
ANOTHER COUNTY FAIR.
AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT WAS
ALL RIGHT
LARGE EXHIBITS IN EVERY LINE
THREE GOOD DAYS, A GOOD CROWD,
AND GOOD TIME ALL AROUND.

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THREE GOOD DAYS, A GOOD CROWD,
AND GOOD TIME ALL AROUND.
Once more the county fair h over.
Once mere the horses have r,ced, the
oxen and horses have pulled the drag,
the cows have lowed. the sheep have
oleAted, and through the cloud u dust
hanging over the highway, = big crowd
OF people have gone home, tired hn; sat
isied--thst IL, most Of ,hsm satisfied.
Tuesday morning brought q fair day
Tor the opening % the show, though
there came along with II a cold north
Nest wind which penetrated oae's
closhiax. and h,pped the tents % the
fasirs, aud ere~ through the secretsry's
cffice at forty-knot speed. Occasional
cold sprinsles Of rain Tell, and the
groands were rather uncomfortable In
the open. The attendance Tuesday WAS
ligh', - Il always Il the second day
Ouly few hundred.
Wednesday WAS a much better dsy in
point of weather. Only the remnant Of
Tuesdays wind, sweeping across the
grounds. married the perfection Of the
dsy. Really, there was little To find
fault with, though At times the breeze
was little too searching for entire CON-
tort.
The people began coming early We'd
nesdsy, and they kept coming 10
swsrms. The crowd on the grounds was
variousiy estimated ut from six TO eight
thousand. with possibility Of more
As the tickets sold that dSy account for
the presence OF 6l00 paying adult per-
sons, IL can be seen that seven thousand
Is low estimate.
Thursday was an ideal day. Ii was
dusty, Of course. The dust hung In
cloud over the countryside, and Law an
eighth OF an inch thick on the duck
trock Of the "swipe" and the most deli
cate silk waist, with absolute impartial
ity. But overhead everything was per-
feet. In many respects the third day OF
the fair IL the most enjoyable, and three
thousand or more took note of this,
many of them remaining until the noisy
vendors had closed out their last bunch
Of bananas, and darkness closed down
on the final scenes OF the fair.
FINE LOT OF CATTLE.
IL gives me much pleasure to be able
10 report big lot Of extra tine cattle on
the grounds for exhibition at our coun-
" fair.
The long strings OF oxen and steers, as
they were driven on TO the grounds,
made IL sure that we were 10 have really
cattle show that we have right to be
proud Of.
Here come Moses Young and Oscar
Turner of Hartford. with ten pair OF
oxen and steers from two farms, all fat
and sleek and beauties too.
HERDS.
c. L. King OF Paris enters twelve
head, very good lot.
{. Il Penley Of Paris runs milk farm,
enters a mixed lot OF different breeds.
lie likes a COW that gives lot OF good
milk OF any breed.
Ben Tucker OF Norway keeps forty |
cons of all shades and colors. He is
here with 81 head.
A. A. Moves has herd OF twelve,
Holsieins and Durhams, all good ones.
pURHANS.
Y. W. Milleit Of Norway likes the
Durhsms best. He has Is head OF
and grades, and is sure TO
lug offs good lot of premiums.
John Henry Millett and son OF Norway
are OK men, and always drive in a good
lot OF oxen and steers.
HEREFoRps.
: II. Millett of Norway is sure to be
here with his white faces. He has nine
teen head here now, twelve steers, all
~ ~ lnr N
the grounds.
Young farmers Of Paris, is here with
thirteen head Of cattle. Among them
are six oxen and steers.
Will Mason OF Paris has six good
steers.
Eldron Stearns OF Paris enters ten
head. mostly Herefords.
Ora Bird Of Paris brings in eleven
head OF white faces, mostly oxen and
steers.
l.. =. Holmes Of Oxford has five head
% Herefords from the R,wsou Holmes
farm. celebrated for its fine stock OF
Holstein cattle.
r. y. Stetsou Of Sumner has good
lc, Of Herefords.
Ellis Whitman Of Buckfield Is good
deal % An OK fSncier and IL always here
" ith some good oxen and steers.
Frank Stetson OF Sumner brings In
p,ir OF six foot vesrlings, hard 10 beat.
David Curtis OF West Paris has Il lie
Hereford bull.
WI. Durham Of Paris, big pair OF
oxen.
z. ] Penley of Paris has seven good
c tile.
THE noLsrElSs.
Whist 10, Of them ere here.
". W. Durham Of Paris brings In
eight head from his fine Holstein stock.
Edgar J. Hobbs OF Norway has A.
teen head. Mr.. Hobbs Holstein cows
look like good mixers.
John II. Martin Of Paris led In his old
Hol>tein cow with her two-year-oio
n ifer beside her and grade bull calf.
". W. Maxim, the Hermit OF Mt.
Mica, has two good cows aud two good
calves with them.
o. VI. Boaker Of Paris has pair OF
black oxen that are fat.
John Z Penley Of Paris has the big
gest oxen on the grounds, girthing
fcNt ltCtlt-. huu ~ttSbibS ooNSN .NN-
four hundred pounds.
Levi Thav-r of Paris has very tine
grade Durham ana Hereford bull with
other stock.
Charles II. Pride Of Norway has ten
fine grade Holstein cattle. Mr.. Pride
takes pride 10 pointing out the good
qualities OF his oltck aud white Cattle.
We will not forget the JERSEYS.
=. VI. King. the most noted breeder OF
Jerseys in this part Of the state. has
Twelve head OF thoroughbred Jerseys |
that have scooped in the premiums from
the big fairs where they have been ex-
hibited.
II. VI. Tucker Of Paris has some fine
Jerseys.
Albert o. Wheeler of Paris has fine
AYRSHIRE bull and heifer.
TOWN TEAMS.
Paris and Norway have town teams
Paris had a team of twelve yoke OF very
heavy cattle, and took the first prize.
Norway had eight pair OF good cattle.
Paris had team Of 3-year-olds, team
of 2-yesr-olds, aud = team OF yeariings,
all good ones.
/ have noted few Of the cattle on ex.
hibjtion. We will match our oxen and
steers with any county in the state, ana
n we cannot beat them We will try
again.
shaan In tho