Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-09-23
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}, Norway, braided rug, 80; Mrs Asa Pacl
}, ard, Greenwood, do %; Mrs s N YOUNG
t West Paris, drawn rug, l; Mrs c
J, George. Hebron, do, IS; Mrs George
:, Libby, South Paris, do, so; Mrs Nor
, Briggs, South Paris, outline quilt, /; MI
lie D Packard, Greenwood, woven rug,
, Mrs c F Pattee, Oxford, do, Is, so; Mr.
Asa Packard, calico patchwork com
, forter, 20; Mrs F W Bonney, Sout
Paris, rag carpet, %; Mrs c F Pattee
woven rug, so; Mrs G F Penley, Soutl
| Paris, wooden quilt, so; Mrs d l. Brett
Oxford, do, so; Mrs Thomas Witt, Nor
way, do, 35.
Committee Mrs. Fred Scott, Mrs. II
d. Hammond.
Needlework-Mrs P K Bradbury, Nor
way, skirt, soc; Mrs A d Kilgore, Nor
way Lake, apron, so; Mrs F II Haskell
Norway, do, %; Mrs A d Kilgore, skirt
les; Mrs j j Emely, South Paris, drawn
work, %; Emma McCrellis, Norway
bureau scarf, so; Mrs n Tubbs. Nor
way, do, 25; Mrs D Brett, Oxford
table cover, 50; Mrs Fl Bolster, South
Paris, centerpiece, so; dolly, so; Emma
McCrellis, dolly, 20; Esther G Abbott,
Norway, pincushion, %; Mrs Helen
Croker, Norway, sofa cushion, 30, %
Mrs II n Bolster, South Paris, handker-
chief, so; Mrs Fred Scott, South Paris,
drawn work, so; Mrs Writ Stanley,
South Paris, handkerchief, %; Mrs A D
| al, fbroyp
25; Alice Abbott, Norway, skirt 80;
Mrs Helen Croker, embroidered tidy,
so; Mrs W Yetten, Norway, picture
throw, 25; E Ellen Frost, South Paris,
tidy, 10.
Committee-Mrs E A Cox, Mrs A W
Whitehouse, Mrs. Fl Herrick.
Paintings-Ethel Ford, Bryant's Pond,
crayon, SO, 2; Mrs + S Clark, South Par
is, do, /; Matte Richards, South Paris,
water color, 8: Nellie Andrews, Norway,
oil painting, 5; Mrs Ii n Bolster, South
Paris, do, 3; E l. Greene, South Paris,
do, 2.
Committee-Mrs. L. l.. Powers, Mrs.
A. J. Stearns, Mrs. Lena Farnum.
INSTRUMENTATION as
follows: Mrs Nettie Rowe, Norway.
plate, 25c; Mrs Grin Kimball, Norway,
horn chair, 81; W G Leavitt, Norway,
stoves, /; Don G Whitney, Norway, tur-
ties, 25c; Mrs c w Ervis, Norway,
ancient mortar, so; Esther p Noble, Nor
way, vase, so; Alice Abbott, Norway,
idol, /; Callie Barrows, Norway, rock, % :;
George Horr, Norway, COW stall, l.50;
E Ellen Fox, South Paris, pitcher, 80,
dishes, /, japanese dolly, 80; Mrs j &
Dexter, Norway, coverlid, |, ancient
pitcher, 80; Mrs p X Bradbury, Norway,
picture frame, l. Mr. and Mrs Barton,
Norway, tank of fish, 3.
Committee-C. e. Andrews, Mrs. j.
A. Roberts.
NOTES.
Come again next year.
The weather clerk was good to us.
Was it record breaker? We told you
so.
Who ever saw three fairer days for a
fair?
The balloon "perfesser' was handy
at sewing on patches. That's fortunate.
Only three arrests in crowd of ten
thousand at the Oxford County fair is to
the credit of Oxford County.
One thing lackng-let's have a grand
parade of the prize winners around the
track hereafter. The people want to see
them.
The merry go-round, owned by Archie
T. Heath of Gilead, and the same one
that has been here for several years, did
it's usual rushing business. So did the
shooting galleries, the ball-throwing
stands, the cane and knife boards, and
numerous other amusement establish
ments.
The officers of the society are feeling
well pleased over the past weeks sue
cess. as we'll they may. President
Wheeler has put in good many hard
DAYS works in the interests of the show,
and has been ably seconded by the other
officers without exception. This is
case where work tells.
"The most orderly crowd | ever saw.
How do you account for it?" said
Lewiston man to the Democrat as he
looked out over the thousands of people
on the fair grounds Wednesday; to
which the Democrat was glad to reply:
"We enforce the liquor law up here.
He saw the point and admitted that the
Maine State fair was suffering for some
of the same medicine.
The only side-show which was strict
ly a show was family of beaver.
The Democrat reporter, knowing that
beaver are absolutely protected by the
Maine law, asked the proprietor how he
happened to be allowed to have them,
and received the Illuminating reply,
"Oh, these came from the British prov
inces.' Even then certain difficulties
suggested themselves, but they disap
peared when it was discovered that the
animals were STUFFED"
A balloon ascension was made on each
of the three days by professor" Cas-
selle, whose home is in New Dundee,
Ont, man evidently of French lineage,
of small stature and somewhat high
KEYED nervous system. His balloon has
served the country pretty nearly to the
limit, and that is one reason why the
ascension was made about o'clock on
each day, as numerous delays were
necessary while the balloon was patched.
The wind was light and conditions gen.
orally favorable every day. On Tuesday
the balloon went up very nearly straight,
and the professor and his parachute
landed just back of the grand stand.
Wednesday and Thursday a light south
west breeze took him over the old circus
ground, and he made easy drops. The
professor is in some respects like Arte'
mus Wards kangaroo, an 'amoosin lit
tie cuss," and the trapeze work which
he did and the yells he emitted while
going up, were highly entertaining.
sUGGEsTIoNs-CosT NOTHING.
Some paint for that old judges stand,
which is out of keeping with its sur
roundings.
Some kind of stile in upper and lower
halls, 80 that the crowd will all travel
the same way; or, if that is impracticable,
signs requesting them to do so.
A different system of listing the en-
tries for the awarding committees would
considerably simplify the work of those
men-and women-who often do great
deal of hard work for little pay, and no
thanks from unsuccessful exhibitors.
As it is now, the entries for each COM
mittee are put into one continuous list,
without classification, and the committee
have to sort out those which come under
each section of the list. If instead of
this the entries under each section could
be put on a separate sheet, the COM