Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-09-24
FIFTY-NINTH ANNUAL
FAIR OF THE OXFORD COUNTY sGaI-
CULTURAL SOCIETY.
A GOOD SHOW OF CATTLE, HORSES, AND
OTHER SToCK.-RATHERA LIGHT HALL
DISPLAY. INTERESTING RACES. -
A PROFITABLE YEAR.

DISPLAY. - INTERESTING RACES. =
A PROFITABLE YEAR.
The fifty-ninth annual fair of the o,
ford County Agricultural Society Ia
come and gone, and like its predecessor
has marked bright holiday in man
lives, and has given people an oppol
tunity To meet neighbors and friends, a
well as perhaps to learn something o
value, and possibly to carry home som
little pecuniary compensation as the re
ward of husbandry well done.
Tuesday was a day of preparation.
| Tuesday morning it threatened; b.
noon it drizzled, and in the afternoon i
carried out the threat and poured, On,
heat, and very pretty one, in tn
class for green horses was trotte,
in the rain and mud, and then tn,
trustees got together, examined tn,
quality of the clouds, and voted to Sc
the whole thing ahead and make Wed
nesday the first day, and so they did.
Wednesday opened fair and promising
a big first day crowd came with it, ant
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around the fakirs. The fakirs, by tn,
way, are plenty this year. You can ge
$500 for Il cents" and have anything
pulled from your picture to your leg
They are orators, too, these fakirs
Cicero may have been all right in his
day, but he is black number" com
pared with these fellows. He might
have been able to sway q Roman senate
or two, but he never could talk loud
enough and fast enough to overcome g
merry-go-round and ''make you laugh
all over your face and half way down
your back" His oratorical powers were
not sufficiently persuasive to work of
double jointed California-peanuts-at-5.
a-bag, with beef steak and a lots -of-
gravy-in-every- peanut-and,a-full -band-of-
music-in-every-b bag No, Cicero lived
back in an age that was slower than this.
WHICH WAS THE SECOND DAY?
Many people did not hear of Tuesday S
postpOnement, and when Wednesday
opened fair they started for the show in
crowds. The attendance, while light for
a second day, was not a first day crowd
by any means. Such q throng came
from up the line on the railroad that
when the forenoon train reached
Bryant's Pond the standing room was all
taken, and no passengers got on there or
at West Paris. A special train was run
later for the benefit of these people,
getting them in little before noon.
Some disappointment was expressed at
the postponement of the fair, which had
not been anticipated.
Thursday the crowd was little if any
larger than on Wednesday. The cattle
were all there, and the regular second
days programme was carried out. There
had been little talk of postponement
or suspension on account of the presi-
dents funeral, but the advertised pro-
gramme and the postponement already
made rendered any such move i'm
practicable.
\ slightly raw day closed the fair
Friday, but the rain, such rs it was,
held off until near night, and there was
no interference with the regular order
of events. The crowd was something
less than the average for the last day.
AMONG THE LIVE STOCK.
In the live stock department the exhi-
bition is quite large, and many fine
animals are shown. There are nearly
800 cattle on exhibition, several iiocks
of sheep and very good showing of
swine.
y. E. Morrill, of Buckfield shows some
nice Jerseys. A 2-year-old bull, 2 cows
and ) heifers; also yokes of steers,
Herefords and Durhams, and l pair of
steer calves.
Eben Z. Chapman, South Paris, herd
of 10 cows and calves.
Henry Poland a fine Hereford COW.
c. r. Penley, South Paris, exhibits
herd of %, 10 cows, yoke of oxen,
steers and heifers and calves.
II. A. Robbins, Norway, nice herd OF
grade Herefords, cows, calves and
steers.
S. III. Millett, Norway, shows a fine
herd, among them are pairs of steers.
Chas. Maxim, Bucktield, twin steers,
. years old, grade Durhams.
l.. w. Whitman, Hebron, pair 2-year-
old steers, grade Herefords.
w. ID. Tucker. East Sumner, yoke 2
year-old steers, grade Durhams, weigh
1928 pounds.
Ellis Whitman, Buckiield, exhibits his
big Durham steers, girth l2 feet, and
weigh $3.50 pounds, claimed to be the
largest pair of 3-year-olds ever shown at
an oxford Co. fair.
A. o. Wheeler, Paris, shows I head of
thoroughbred Ayrshires.
Benz. Tucker, Norway, shows fine
large herd, Is grade Holsteins, and 10
grade Ayrshires.
W. W. Maxim, Paris, grade Hereford
COW and yearling bull.
G. Abbott, Norway, some nice Dur
ham and Hereford steers.
f. Everett, Holstein cows and heifers.
w. II. Il G. Ii. Dunn, Norway, Ayr
shire bull, years old.
A. +. Jackson, Holstein bull, 2 years
old.
A. b. Talbot, South Paris, ? Ayrshire
bulls.
L. Whitman, Hebron, yoke of Swear
old Herefords.
II. NJ. Fiske, North Waterford, yoke
of black 2-year-olds, girth l-2 feet, and
pair of grade Herefords same age, feet,
. inches.
A. d. Frost, Norway, yoke of 6-year-
old Herefords, I feet, 2 inches; yoke A.
year-old Durhams and pair OF black
yearlings.
Z. L. Pike, South Waterford, shows
fine herd, Is in number, Holstein bull,
) wears old, feet, inches, weighs 1000
pounds. Thoroughbred and grade Hol-
stein cows and heifers.
Thayer Bros, Paris, 3 cows, calves
and a yearling, which weighs 1910
pounds, grade Durhams, and yoke of 2
year-old steers. feet, 10 inches, weight
1910 pounds. This pair were sold on
the grounds for SlIO.
III. Fiske, Waterford, grade Durham
calves.
Oh. Chaplin, South Paris, grade Here
ford steers.
G.. H. Davis, South Paris, shows 4 nice
grade Jersey cows.
III. NJ. Tucker, Woodside Farm, South
Paris, exhibits fine herd of A. j. Z. Z.
Jerseys, Q in number.
S. NJ. King, Kingleside Farm, South
Paris, shows his famous herd OF Jerseys,
10. He has exhibited them this season
at the Bangor and Lewiston fairs.
John Martin of South Paris is here
with his famous Holstein cow. He says
that he furnishes milk for all the
restaurants, and it keeps him busy
milking a good part of the time.
o. A. Bird, West Paris, yoke of 6-year,
old Durhams and Herefords, 5 steers
and heifers.
Eldron Stearns, West Paris, thorough.
bred Hereford bull, years old, and