Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-24

handkerchief, 80; dolly, Annette Ben
nett, 25; Mrs Walter Starbird, Norway,
IS; Emma Swan, 10; centerpiece, Emma
Swan, 30; Mrs H Walter Starbird, %;
Mrs E w Pierce, Is; table cover, Ger
trude Hall, 30; Mary Pierce, Is; bureau
scarf, Mrs L Cushman, So; fancy pillow,
Mildred Scribner, Norway, 70; Alice
Abbott, 30; Emma Swan, 81; Mrs n L
Kimball, Norway, %; Ruby Bethel,
Norway, Is; pincushion, Mrs Lester
Ashton, So; Mary Pierce, 20; Mary M
Buffers. South Paris, Is; handkerchief,
Gertrude Hall. 80; Marguerite Swan,
Norway, 25; Mrs James Danforth, Nor
way, Is; apron, Mrs G q Downing, So;
Mabel Millett, South Paris, %; Helen
Bsngs, Norway, Is; pillow slip, Abbie
Swan, South Paris, 80; infants dress,
Mrs G q Downing; other exhibits. Mrs
A = Hall, Buckfield, hand-painted ban
ner, 10; corset cover, 10; Matte Rich.
ards, South Paris, iudelible painted
dolly, %; Mrs Lester Ashton, corset Gov.
or, 25; Mrs Gertrude Allen, embroidered
skirt, 10; Mrs Fl PIpgree, Oxford, fan.
cy bag, 10; Mary E Lewis, South Paris,
corset cover, 10; Mrs A 8 Hall, Buck
field, hand.painted stand cover, 10; Mrs
Bertha Bessey, Norway, head rest, 10;
Bertha Sturtevant, Norway, photo
frame, 10, Helen Bangs, corset cover,
10. Marion Bangs, Norway, bag, 10;
Hardanger, Emma Swan, %.
Committee-Mrs K. q. Herrick, Mrs.
James N. Favor.
Paintings-Oil painting, Miss N L An
drews, Norway, IS; V NJ Akers, Nor
way, 8; Mrs W b Webster, South Paris,
II; water color, Miss N L Andrews, 3;
w NJ Akers, 2; Rose A Murphy, South
Paris, 1 crayon, Fannie Forbes, South
Paris, 8; V NJ Akers, 2; Fannie Forbes,
Il; drawing by child under IA years,
Marion Smith, Norway, 2, /; B c Lowe,
East Sumner, SOC; collection hand-paint-
ed china BY girl under 10 years, Genevieve
Barker, Norway, 8; piece hand.painted
china, Mrs 81 F Andrews, Norway, 3,2.
Committee-Iva L. McArdle, Mrs. l..
Fl. Cushmsn, Mrs. E. N. SWEET.
Miscellaneous-Display stuffed birds,
Mrs Andrews, Norway, l hawk, 81;
collection of insects by boy, Willie Leav.
lit, Norway, 2; collection burnt work,
b c Lowe, East Sumner, /; Mrs John
Cullinan, Norway, tray, 75c; mosaic
work, Martha Anderson, Norway, table,
Is; added for other exhibits, Francis
SWEET, Norway, grocery list, Is; Philip
Potvin, Norway, two BOTTLES wood han
diwork, %; Hugh Bethel, Norway,
sword-fish's sword, %; Kate Starbird,
Oxford, herbarium collection, 81; Mary
NJ Buffers, South Paris, spun glass, 10;
Martha Anderson, three pairs kid moe
casins, So; A NJ Durham, Norway, dis
play of snowshoes, 2; S M Patterson,
Welchville, display of handwork, l; Mrs
Bertha Sturtevant, Norway, post card
album, 25; Francis SWEET, Norway, book
case made by boy, so; Mrs o A Maxim,
Paris, baskets made of Florida grass, 25;
Mrs James Danforth, Norway, bag made
of seeds, Is.
| NOTES.
Music was furnished for all three days
of the fair by the Norway Band, and it
was good.
And do you know, the funniest thing
on the midway was that pump that was
constantly working, giving dplenty of
water, boys" to the mermaid.
| One of the old-timers who rarely miss
es the Oxford County fair is W. A.
Pdgin of the Lewiston Journal, former
~ of the Oxford Democrat. Perhaps,
though, he would object to being called
an od-timer, though he was in fact pro-
prietor of the Democrat fifty years ago.
But Brother Pidgin is good for another
quarter of a century in the harness.
Instead of the telephone being run on
the coin-in-t he.slot basis this year, a
messenger was in charge of it, and the
result to the public was very satisfactory.
In past years the consequences which
have resulted from an irascible man
dropping in coin at the wrong time,
and then having to drop another, have
occasionally been nerve-wearing to
bystanders.
One of the former regular visitors to
the fair who was missed this year was
Elk Governor Sidney Perham, who died
at his winter home in Washington last
spring. Governor Perham has never for
many years failed to attend this fair,
while stopping at his summer home on
Paris Hill, and he took the greatest in
terest in the things to be seen there, and
was always greeted by great many
friends.
The new rule, absolutely enforced,
that entries close Tuesday noon, shut
out few this year who did not have it
in mind, but it's enforcement was good
thing for the fair. The old days, when
the fair was complete for just two or
three hours before they began to take
things away, are gone. This year the
fair was practically complete, with the
exception of part of the cattle, Tuesday
noon, everything slicked up, and ready
for the visitors.
The grounds were we'll policed during
the fair, but there was little actual
work for the policemen to do. 1t is a
story that speaks well for Oxford County
that with all the thousands present on
the three days, not an arrest was made,
nor was there a disturbance of any kind
at any time. Two or three men, who
are we'll known to be so constituted as
to get quite groggy on two glasses of
| Uno beer, were sent home to take care
of themselves, and that was the extent
of the matter of intoxication. In what
other state or county could so clean a
fair be held?
The first fair of the Oxford County
Agricultural Society was held at Nor
way sixty-five years ago, in 1912, the
year the society was organized. This
fact was impressed upon the Democrat
by "reminiscences of that fair from two
men who were there, and who were at
the fair last week, In good health and
vigor. They are II. Z. Hammond of
Paris and w. Fl. Porter of Norway.
This first fair was held at Norway, the
exhibits being in the street, because of
course there was no society ground.
The next year the fair was at Paris Hill,
and for number of years it circulated
from town to town, until the present
grounds were purchased, and the society
began to have local habitation and a
home. At that first fair, Mr.. Hammond
says, he saw the largest yoke Of oxen
that he ever saw on the grounds. They
belonged to Jacob Bennett of Norway,
and girthed over eight feet. $50 you
can see we had oxen even in those
days." says Mr.. Hammond.