Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-09-25
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Merrill the photographer, Of Norway,
made q fine exhibit Of photograph,
mostly portrait work, though some land
scapes were included.
Miss Libby, photographer, Of Norway,
made fine showing of artistic work, In
cluding not only portraits, but scenic
views hand-colored, post cards OF oil
kinds of subjects, &c. Her exhibit Wa
notable for the harmony Of the tone In
work and decorations.
President William J. Wheeler OF the
society, who deals in musical instru.
ments, exhibited Merrill and Poole
pianos, and Carpenter organ. With
skillful performers to play these In.
struments, they formed center Of at-
traction for the crowd.
A good assortment of furs WAS shown
by S. B. & 2. S. Prince of Norway.
Nash of Maine, the well-known Nor
way taxidermist, made a showing of his
work In mounted fish, moose and deer
heads, etc., which attracted the admirs-
ton of every one.
TooTHsoME DOMESTIC PRODUCTS.
Canned goods and allied products
made the best showing seen for some
years.
Mrs. o. B. Upton of Norway exhibited
an attractive collection of canned goods,
containing some 46 cans and glasses.
Mrs. T. p. Richardson, Norway, Q COL
lection containing some over forty varte-
ties.
Mrs. c. C. Davis, Oxford, collection
of about 35 varieties.
Mrs. Levi Richardson, Norway,
specially well arranged collection num-
bering about sixty cans and glasses.
Maple products, sugar or syrup or
both, were shown by Mrs. o. B. Upton,
Norway, Mrs. Levi Richardson, Norway,
Will Tucker, Buckfeld, W. T. Knightly,
South Paris.
A THOUSAND FAKERs.
The Midway came pretty near being
the Wholeway this year, for 1t began near
the hay barn as usual. and extended
almost to the entrance gate, while wings
of it spread to right and left, here and
there, like the arms of an octopus.
There never were more than two-thirds
as many before, and they all made some
thing, thanks to the weather and all tho
other elements which made the fair such
a success.
The first thing which caught the eye
of the visitor on entering the grounds
was the Ferris wheel, not so large - the
original Ferris wheel, but quite An
elephant to set up on a county fair
did big business. The merry.go-round
lost no patronage because OF the now
way of going around the wheel.
A show of trained dogs, ponies and
monkeys was the most elaborate show on
the grounds, and was full at every per.
formance. Then there were other shows
of freaks, palmists, photographers,
venders of every sort, knife-and-ring
boards, and other entertainment devices,
as the auction bills say, "too numerous
to mention"
It wouldn't be a fair without the
takers, and there was no lack OF them
this year.
BALL GAMES.
A game of ball was played each day,
the three games being series between
the Lewiston Athletics and team repre-
sentng Norway, made up from Norway
and Paris, together with Bearce and
Adams of the Oxfords. Tuesdays game
resulted 2 to 0 in favor of Lewiston. On
Wednesday, with Adams pitching for
Norway, the score was to In Nor
way's favor. The third game OF the
series, on Thursday, resulted in favor Of
Lewiston by a score Of 7 to 2, and WAS
pretty good game after the first inning,
in which Lewiston ran in four scores.
Large crowds watched all the games,
which undoubtedly mark the close OF
the season for this section.
WEDNESDAYS MULTITUDE.
Talk about crowds! Nothing like 1t
was ever seen. 1t isn't easy to make .
crowd on these spacious grounds, but
Wednesday did it.
Transportation facilities at their best
were inadequate to handle more than .
small fraction of the people who came
in Wednesday morning. Cars came In
with people hanging on by their toes,
and teams and automobiles filled the
highways. Those who couldn't ride
walked-and most Of them walked.
Each of the trains east and west,
brought in something like a thousand
people, and the rest of the people from
far and near swelled the crowd beyond
all telling. The ticket sellers, though
they hustled for all they were worth.
struggled under the load, and the gate
tenders had all they could do.
There is no doubt that the crowd OF
Wednesday was the largest ever seen on
these grounds. A conservative estimate
places the number at 1900, and 1t was
probably larger than that.
SOME OF THE BUSY MEN.
I'm tired" remarked one Of tho
trustees, and to the Democrats quasi.
sarcastic query as to why, be replied
that there was occasion for 1t. Certain.
ly the officers worked hard, and they
have good reason to be satisfied with
the result of their work. President Will
liam J. Wheeler, besides his rssponsi'
bilities as the head of the association,
was superintendent of the grounds, and
persoually attended to the letting OF
land to every one of the thousand and
one takers who wanted it. Vice-Presi-
dent Henry D. Hammond was superin.
tendent of the hall, and looked after al
matters there. j. W. Libby, Z. W. Pen.
lev and C. f. Millett were superin.
tendents of the cattle department, and
T. P. Richardson and z. +. Andrews o,
the horse department. Secretary and
Treasurer William o. rockingham, IN
his office at the hall, was OF course . sort
of bureau of information, and would
have been quite busy answering ques-
tions II he had had no other duties.
FEEDING THE HUNGRY.
It's quite job to feed twelve or fifteen
Thousand people, and Wednesdays
crowd pretty severely tested the capacity
of the feeding arrangements. Many OF
the people brought their lunch and