Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-10-02
A Great Fair at Canton.

A Great Fair at Canton.
IBIG CROWDS AT THE ANDRosCOGGI
VALLEY ANNUAL.
| Everybody goes to the Canton fair.
/ It 10 the central point for specia
trains from Lewiston, Rumford Falls
and Livermore Falls, and intermediat
stations, which unload their crowds q
its gate. Business In that section
practically Suspended for two days, an,
everybody goes and sees everybody els
lat the fair.
| Last weeks fair, which was the eight
eenth annual of the Androscoggin Val
lev Agricultural Society, was favore'
until the third day with about the sam
brand of weather that the other fair
have had this fall, which means that !
was all that could be desired, and th
crowds flooked in as never before. Som
of the best horses of the state were II
the races, and there was good show II
all departments. Flags futtered, tn
band played, the cry of the barkers OF
the Midway, the droning of tho merry
go-round organ, and the resonant tone
Of Moses Young's "Whoa hish!" minglet
in the air, and all was gay.
The midway shows and stands were
the first to get down to business, ant
there we're a lot of them. The Ferri
wheel, the frog -child, and lot of others
came from the county fair to Canton,
vaudeville tent show did good bust
ness, and there were vendors Of frui
and "a long, cool drink" galore.
The Dixfield Band furnished must,
for the fair, and its work received mucl
praise.
To feed the multitude there was {
dining tent where good grange dinners
were served by Rockemeka Grange o.
Peru, an eating house run by A. +. Car
ter, and a number of smaller establish
ments about the grounds.
In the hall there was good showing
of field crops, vegetables, fruit and dairy
products on the lower floor, and of rugs
quilts, fancy work, and other articles Of
domestic manufacture on the second
floor.
Two oranges, Canton Grange of Canton
and Swift River Grange of Mexico, occu.
pied space upstairs, and had exceeding.
" we'll arranged and attractive displays.
An alcove which had always around II
an interested crowd was devoted to q
display of antiquities made by A. H.
Alley of Canton, wherein were shown
various articles familiar to the fore
fathers but not to this generation, in
Guiding rag carpet loom which was
generally being exercised by some one
more or less usually less) skilled in its
use.
The officers of the association, who
worked we'll for the success of the fair,
are as follows:
Presidential. L. Stanwood, RumfOrd Falls.
Vice President-W. W. Rose, Canton.
Secretary-Otis NJ. Richardson. Canton.
Treasurer-T. B. w. StetsOn, Canton.
Trustees-T. b. w. Stetson. tP. D: Canton ]
Hartford; E. e. Caldwell. Canton; L; p. Blsbee,
bee, Rumtord Falls; W. s. Marble, Dixneld.
z. E. Caldwell was superintendent of
grounds, lots and forage; w. w: Rose Of
stock; w. S. Marble of horses; VIM.
Thompson of hall; L. B. Bisbee and
Stanley Bsbee of committees; and DR..
a. IL.
Wednesdays crowd exceeded all pre-
vious records. More tickets by 1900
were sold than on any day before in the
history of the fair, and the crowd prob
ably numbered from 1000 to 5000.
In common with all other fairs, this
one was necessarily postponed on &C
count of the threatening weather and
rain of Thursday morning, and the pro-
gramme was finished on Friday.
THE HORSES.
Standard bred stallion years old was
exhibited by A. c. Hayford. Stallion l
year old, F. L. Barrett, Sumner. Perch
eron stallion, C. S. Mitchell, Hartford.
Geldings or fillies 8 years old, by l. T.
Wing. Mexico, ]. L. Suckles, East Sum-
ner, George S. Record, Buckfield, A. A.
Russell, Canton, Charles Harris, Canton.
Gelding or filly years old by T. b.
Lunt, Buckfield, F. L. Barrett, Sumner,
C. S. Childs, Buckfield.
Brood mares by George S. Record,
Buckfield, Guy Il. Virgin, Jay, F. l.
Barrett.
Percherou mare by S. A. Getchell,
Peru.
Sucking colt or FLY, George S. Record,
Guy q. Virgin, F. L. Barrett.
Matched horses by c. S. Mitchell,
Hartford, Nathan Merrill, North Turner,
Fl. E. Parsons, Hartford.
Matched colts by Bowles & Russell,
Canton.
Work horses by c. S. Mitchell and H.
E. Parsons.
Gents driving horses by W. L. Dyer,
Sumner, A. F. Russell, Canton, 4. Har-
low, Canton, C. A. Merrill, Hartford.
CATTLE EXHIBITED.
There have been more cattle shown
some years than this, but there was a
good show of them this year, and they
were of particularly good quality. This
is especially true of the oxen and steers
BIC. & M. A. Waite showed seven
head of good thoroughbred Durhams.
This is the home fair of the famous
Hartford oxen and steers, and they were
in force, as they have been at several OF
tho more distant fairs. Of course
Moses Young leads the lot, and nine
yoke of his cattle were quartered on the
grounds, and competed for the various
premiums. O. E. Turner had five yoke.
b. F. Glover five yoke, Carroll Russell
one yoke, q. A. Conner one yoke.
Strange as it may seem, there were
actually people on the grounds who had
never seen these cattle, and the Democrat
heard the Ingenious remark, "WelI,
they're getting so they raise some pretty
good oxen around here, amt they?"
That Hartford is not exclusively de-
voted to the raising of oxen is evident
from the sturdy town team of nine
handsome pairs of work horses which
were strung out on exhibition from that
town.
L. C. Stetson showed a thoroughbred
Jersey bull 2 years old, and some grade
heifers.
F. W. Dodge showed some good grade
heifers.
C. E. Richardson showed eleven head,
mostly thoroughbred A. j. G. c. Jer
seys.
w. w. Rose showed fifteen head Of
Jerseys, eight of them thoroughbreds.
POULTRY.
Guy Il. Virgin of Jay was the larges!
exhibitor of poultry, showing severa
trios Of Wyandotte fowls and chicks, ole
and young geese, and young turkeys.
Ralph Caldwell, Wyandotte fowls and
chicks.
j. E. York, Hartford, Rhode Island
, Reds. Plymouth Rocks, and Wyandottes
Ralph E. Campbell, Canton, Rhode
Island Reds.
1T. Wing, Mexico, trio of Sebrigh
fowl.
SWINE.
Berkshire boar, Berkshire SOW an(