Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-09-27
TOWN TEAM KxH,nrroRs.

u. =. Everett, y. n. Porter, WI Dun
ham, sidney Farnham, A. J. renley
Charles Penlcy, A. G. Record.
The Norway town team OF oxen wa
made up OF eight yoke, With the fol
lowing owners: l.. A. Carter. ID. A
Watson, I. y. Titccmb, A. ID. Frost, n
W. Millett, Fred Grover, L. 8. G.. Alb
oott, S II. Millett-
The Paris string Of 3-year-olds had the
following owners: VIM. 5. Mason
yoke, %. N. Bowker, l.. s. Swan, ID. p
Curtis, 4. II. Stesros 2 yoke, o. A. Bird
The Paris a-year-olds were owned BY
these mea: Eldron ii. Stearns, VIM
Daniels 3 yoke, o. A. Bird, George
Robinson.
The Paris yeariings were owned as
follows: =. +. Harlow, A. +. Morse,
Milton v. McAllister, l.. r. Everett, L.
). Swan, o. A. Bird, VIM. n. Daniels.
THE POULTRY.
Irving A. Bean Of Norway shows a
pair Of White wysndotte fowl, pair OF
White wyandotte chicks, White Leg
horn fowl, White Leghorn chicks, White
| Plymouth Rock chicks, Barred Ply
mouth Rock chicks. aud brood Of little
White wysndotte chicks which took
the eve Of sll the children.
Ernest Crockett Of South Paris show
ed pair Of Black Minorca fowl, lusty
pair Of Buff Cochins, and trio OF Pekin
ducks-sll first premium birds.
Bryant Bros. OF Bucktield showed a
pair Of big bronze turkeys, old, and q
pair Of young turkeys, pair OF Brown
teghorn fowl, a pair of Brown Leghorn
chicks, and a pair of White Wyandotte
chicks.
A. Merrill Of Norway Lake showed
a THO and q pair OF Barred Plymouth
Rock fowl, and five pair Of chicks Of the
same strain.
Willie L.. Merrill Of Norway Lake
showed pair Of Seabright chicks.
Howard Shaw Of South Paris showed
two coops Of Bantam fowl.
G. Y. Francis Of Otisfield Gore exhib-
tied several coops Of fowl, including a
pair of young turkeys, Black Spanish
fowl and chicks, and White Wyandotte
chicks.
+. c. Thompson Of Norway was the
largest single exhibitor In this depart
ment. His exhibit comprised some fif.
teen coops, and included Barred Ply
mouth Rock fowl and chicks, White
wysndotte fowl and chicks, b. b.
Games, Rhode Island Reds, White Ply
mouth Rocks, Brown Leghorns, White
Leghorns, English Red Caps, Black
Spanish and Bucks County chicks. Some
OF these strains are new In this vicinity.
A few pets were exhibited In this de-
partment, including pair OF pigeons be-
longing TO Chester Merrill of South
Paris, pair of white rats belonging 10
Howard Maxim Of South Paris, a cage OF
Belgian hares shown by A. j. Abbott OF
North Paris, and couple Of wise and
solemn looking owls whose cage bore
no exhibitors name.
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.
The profusion Of farm crops, vege-
tables, and fruit, was great, but no
greater than WAS to be expected from
the general good quantity and quality
OF the farmers products this year. This
remark perhaps should not apply to the
fruit, az many orchards are nearly desti-
tute Of fruit this season, while few ex-
ceptions are well loaded. Such apples
"a DO grow are Of good size, well color
ed, and fairly free from imperfections,
and the fruit shelf presents creditable
appearance.
FEW OF THE ENHIRITs OF VEGE-
TABLE PRODUCTS.
Joseph Bradbury of Norway showed
II varieties Of winter apples, OF grapes,
1 Of plums.
Lemuel Quincy of Hebron showed
trace OF yellow corn of the Rocky Mount
ain variety, which he has raised for
forty wears; 3 varieties of potatoes, pie
pumpkins, sweet pumpkins, cucumbers,
some Of his famous maple syrup and
sugar. % varieties Of apples, = OF crab
apples, 3 OF pears, 5 Of grapes. In add
tion TO these displays, he contributed
towards the Hebron Grange exhibit.
J. T. Penley Of Paris has 20 varieties
OF potatoes and l6 OF apples. Says he
has five varieties of potatoes that pro-
duced AT the rate OF 500 bushels 10 the
acre. Some Of his potato seed cost him
at the rate of SO 90 per bushel.
Charles II. George OF Hebron exhibit
ed collection Of fruit, comprising about
forty varieties Of apples, pears, grapes
and plums.
Howard Swan Of South Paris exhibit
ed squsshes, water melons, musk
melons. and cucumbers.
5. II. kilgore of Norway Lake had a
handsomely arranged shelf OF vegets-
bles. comprising 5 varieties OF heets, OF
carrots. 8 Of tomatoes, OF cucumbers,
Is Of beans, Is OF peas, and variety OF
seeds and grains.
A novelty in the vegetable exhibit WAS
sweet potato vine, and there were three
potatoes on IL, which would weigh In the
vicinity Of pound each. They are not
an imported article. but were raised by
VIM Symonds OF North Norway.
l. h Stone OF Paris showed five vsrie-
ties OF handsome tomatoes and several
varieties Of beans.
W. II. Porter Of Norway made quite
nm extensive exhibit OF vegetables, In
Guiding parsnips, carrots. cucumoer''
beets, onions, csbbsges, tomatoes, corn,
wstermelons, canteloupes, squsshes,
pumpkins, &c. He had some big
squ,shes in his collection, aud two
specimens RI fruit, weighing upwards OF
fifty pounds, which two agricultural
editors, as well as many other people,
took 10 be squashes. but which Mr..
Porter explained were variety OF
pumpkin called the hundred weight"
pumpkin.
MANUFACTURERS EXHIBITS.
The A. L. 4 E. F. Goss Co. Of lewis
ton exhibited line OF dairy machinery,
4, .l,,a;nu tho fp;fad States cream appa-