Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-09-21
One More Good Oxford County Fair.
Except for Some Clouds in the Morning, Everything
was Favorable.
Features Fully to
the High o Society.
TOWN TEAMS.

1 TOWN TEAMS.
Norway was the only town to tur
ont a town team of work horses, bn
made up for the lack of other towns b.
turning out two teams of eight pair
each.
The call for town teams of cattl
brought out strings Of oxen from Paris
Norway and Hartford, eight yoke each
and string of six yoke of 2-year-old
from Paris. There are some oxen in TIT
country yet.
The Norway town team of oxen, which
took first premium, was made up as fol
lows: G. G. Abbott pair, II. A. Rob
bins pair, R. K. Morrill, 5 pairs, T. S
Cannon pair.
The Hartford string; Moses Young
pair, c. c. Russell pair, F. r. Sargent
1 pair, Julia Thorne pair.
The Paris string: d. P. Curtis & Sor
2 pairs, and one pair each belonging to
l.. W. Whitman, Fl. D. Hammond, Z. W.
Penley, B. F. Richards, A. j. Abbott,
and j. A. Sturtevant.
For the steers there were not enough
for a full team from one town In any
class, and it was arranged that some 2
year.olds should be put in to fill the g.
year old team from Paris, which was the
only steer team shown-and the 2-year-
olds were some of the best of the string.
AS made up, the team included w. S.
Mason pair, w. n. Childs pair, z. E..
Chapman & Son 2 pair, L. F. Everett 2
pair.
SHEEP AND SWINE.
Charles F. Millett of Norway showed
Chester boar.
DR.. Alfred King, South Paris, large
Yorkshire boar.
Fl. A. Robbins, Norway, Chester
boar.
We. Dunn, Norway, Chester boar,
also Chester SOW with pigs.
D. L. Brett, Oxford, Chester boar,
and Chester SOW and pigs.
II. w. Davis, Oxford, Berkshire SOW
and pigs.
J. w. S. Colby, South Paris, a Hamp-
shire sow and pigs, black and white.
Exhibitors of sheep and lambs were A.
g. A. r. Millett of Waterford, j. S. &
J. II. Millett of Norway, A. F. Jackson
of Norway, V. E. Dunn of Norway, c. A.
Richardson, West Parts.
POULTRY BY THE ROD.
There are not now, as in some years
past, few lonesome coops of chickens
surrounded by large vacant space, in
that part Of the grand stand devoted to
the poultry. Interest in that branch of
industry has had revival, stimulated
no doubt by the organization
of the Western Maine Poultry Associa-
ton. If you are not yourself poultry
fancier, perhaps you didn't realize that
there were so many different strains of
hens as were shown in the poultry ex-
hibit which filled at least half the space
under the grand stand. There were l6S
entries, and total of nearly $50 birds
on exhibition.
THE BABY SHOW.
As our ex- president is in Africa, all
jokes about Roosevelt year are barred.
the baby show of Tuesday
afternoon was lively affair, when over
fifty infants with their mammas and
other friends assembled in the meeting
room of the society. The sun shone in,
and the poor kids we're warm and un-
and the mothers were
warm, but whether any of them were
warmer than the committee charged
with the responsibility of deciding among
so many prettiest and sweetest and best
babies, is doubtful. But they accom-
plished the feat. The list of the moth
ers and their babies is as follows, the
prize winners and their prizes being
named first:
BABIES s MONTHS AND UNDER.
Mrs. E. g. Curtis, Paris Hill, Esther, IS.
Mrs. r. b. Penfod, South Paris, -.
Mrs. Hiram Thurlow, South Paris, Mary
Estella, 50
Mrs. Stillman Cole, Norway. Bernard e., 81.
Mrs. Jessica Thayer. Paris, Ruth E., 81.
Mrs Jason Smith, South Paris. Florence.
Mrs. Fred Swan, South Paris, Fred Stanley.
Mrs Hattie Cannon. Norway, Alice Bele.
Mrs. a. Bilodeau, Norway, Amanda.
Mrs. w. $. Sloan. Norway, Muriel
Mrs W. T. Knighty, South Paris, Eta.
Mrs. n. MAYO, Norway, Juliet n.
Mrs. Paul Beaudoin, Norway. Leo n.
Mrs. Waiter +. Tubbs, Norway, Virginia
Mrs. g. II. Fogg, Norway, Evelyn.
Mrs Elmer Cummings, Paris, Luise 5.
BABIES 10 MONTHS AND UNDER.
Mrs. F. H. Plummer. South Paris, Henry A.,
IS.
Mrs. Asa swift, Norway, Eultn ~
Mrs Della Maxim, Norway, Raymond. 81
Mrs. Leslie Newell. Paris, Arthur Levi, 81
Mrs. May Stevens, Norway, George Eugene,
81.
MIS-. Henry Merrill. South Paris. Lawrence.
Mrs. Merton Titus, South Paris Gladys +.
Mrs. =. II. Nevers, Norway, Irene.
Mrs. Montelle Turner, South Paris. Stanley NJ {.
Mrs. Florence Ordway, Norway, Carl Erland.
Mrs. Charles Payne. Norway.
Mrs. Dora s. Thayer, Paris, Colby \.
Mra uorr lMl1an NorUQy Harry
Mrs. WILDER Tucker, Norway.
Mrs. Alton Curtis, Norway, Hosea
Mrs. f. Locke. Norway, Marguerite.
Mrs. Herman Record. South Paris, Howard
Mrs. q. NJ. Greelv, South Paris, Melva lice.
Mrs Margery Delehanty. Norway, John A.
RABIES YEARS AND UNDER.
Mrs. II. Bilodeau, Norway, Raoul, s..
Mrs. A. o. Wheeler, South Paris, Marion. a.
Mrs. G. B. Goldwaite. Norway, Earl Bertram,
Mrs. +. II. Corbett, South Paris. Ralph, 81.
Mrs. NJ n. Kilgore. Norway, Dwight Hartley,
Mrs. Gladys Hammoni South Paris, Avis L..
Mrs. II. T. Briggs. South Paris, Mary.
Mrs. Agnes walker. Norwav, Ieitrude.
Mrs. Elmer Aldrlch. South Paris. Rupert
Mrs. n. Dufresne, South Paris, Della.
Mrs. Louise Perry, Norway, Laura.
Mrs Herbert Frost, Norway, Leslie.
Mrs. Almon X. Emery, West Paris, Edith.
Mrs. John Gagne, Norway, Irene:
Mrs. l.. ID. Truman, Norway, Sheridan l..
TWIN BABIES UNDER YEARS.
Mrs. Randall Herrick, Greenwood. Myron l..
and Milford E., IS.
The silver cup from the DR.. j. F. True
Co., which was to be given to the pref
tiest baby who won prize, was award
ed to Henry A, son of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Il. Plummer of South Paris, winner of
first prize in the 15-months class.
THE HALL SHOW.
There wasn't an inch of vacant space
in the hall. Every nook aud corner was
filed. If it wasn't vegetables or fruit,
or canned goods, or quilts or drawn
work, or something else that came in for
premium, it was paint, or shoes, or
burnt leather, or spectacles, or some
other commercial proposition. Possibly
the commercial proposition was a tritie
overdone. It's good thing to feed the
animal and artistic tastes of man, and
the ground rent counts up; but what's
the use to put up show of canned
goods that will make your mouth water
and then, between that and the public
put up shelf of taffy presided over by 6
gentleman of Hebrew extraction? Or tc
fill refrigerator with butter and cheese
and then fence it off from the people
with another shelf of cheap jewelry
presided over by another gentleman o.
Hebrew extraction?
However, there was lot to see in tn,