Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-09-21
rooTHsoME AND HANDSOME.

TOoTHsOME AND HANDSOME.
Aside from the canned goods whic
appeared In quantity in the grange 81
hibits, there were several individual "a
hibitors in this line.
Mrs. Nellie Powers of South Paris ne
only had collection of canned good
but also a collection of pickles an
ketchup, and another of jelly, the whol
counting up to not less than ia vari'
ties.
Mrs. T. P. Richardson of Norwa
showed 43 varieties of pickles and ketct
up in collection.
Mrs. Ernest F. Shaw of Paris shove,
collection of canned goods that mum
bered 40 varieties.
Collections of canned goods were ais
shown by Mrs. W. D. Cole and Ernestin
Maxim, both of Norway; collection o
pickles by Mrs. A. C. Tubbs of Norway
and collection of jelly by Elsie Brad
bury of Norway. .
Honey was shown by A. j. Abbott
West Paris. and Mrs. A. P. Farnham
Norway. Maple sugar by Mrs. F. W
Bonney, South Paris, and Mrs. E. l.
Packard, Norway.
Maple syrup by Mrs. E. L. Packard
and Mrs. A. P. Farnham.
THE FRUIT SURPRISED THEM.
"Beats the state fair on fruit, don't it.
Gee, yes, beats it forty miles," was the
remark of a man who has been follow
ing the fairs, as he came into the upper
hall. Then he added as a general OBJ
servation, what every one will agree
with, "They do have nice little fair
here, and no mistake. Everybody takes
an interest"
Others put it little differently. They
said, "Well, did you think you'd see so
much fruit, this yeaI?" or words to that
effect. AS the apple crop is admittedly
short this year, people expected to see
small show, but it was far otherwise, In
deed, one of the largest ever seen.
THINGS AROUND THE HALL.
One of the first things to greet visitors
as they entered the building was music
from the photograph, +. A. Shurtleff d
Co. having a number of machines and a
large number of records in space near
the door. They also dealt in post cards
and novelties.
An educational exhibit from the state
house was in charge of Professor K. F
Hitchings, the state entomologist, and
George A. Yeaton. This exhibited,
under glass, some of the insect pests
with which the farmer has to wage war
fare, and incidentally few of the bene-
fetal insects and the parasites which
feed upon our enemies. "a few OF the
pests" they are careful to say, though
the number runs we'll up into the scores.
There is our longtime acquaintance, the
apple. tree caterpillar, once the orchard
lists best-known foe; the heterOcdnpd
guttiritta, one OF our latest acquaintances
despOler of the forests, incredibly vora-
cious; the brown-tail moth, an imminent
destroyer; the dreaded gypsy, perhaps
the worst of the lot; and great many
more less known.
"Isn't the gypsy sure to come upon
us?" the Democrat asked Mr.. Yeaton at
the exhibit.
81 don't know" was the cautious re-
ply Sometimes get discouraged, and
sometimes feel as if we shall be able to
control it. l think there are less Of
them now than there were year ago /;
but we can't tell what they will do.
A display of the Sherwin-W Williams
paints was made by q. l.. Horne of
Norway.
Mrs. Allen, the Norway milliner, made
a good display of her goods.
Treasurer Geo. G. Fernald of the
Paris Trust Co, from an apartment in
the lower hall, distributed variety of
advertising matter for the trust COM
pany, and showed up to possible Gus
toners the advantages of dealing with it.
An attractive exhibit was made in the
upper hall by the n Dayton Bolster Co.
of South Paris. At the south end of the
hall they showed carpets and rugs from
their stock, and large variety of sam
Piles of wall papers, mouldings, etc, por-
tons of the walls being covered with
different samples of paper so as to show
the effect of it in quantity.
S. D. Andrews, from his furniture
rooms in Norway, exhibited a number Of
handsome rugs, a piano, and aquantity
of parlOr furniture.
The E. N. SWEET Shoe Co. of Norway
showed good line of samples of foot
wear from the stock in their store.
President W. j. Wheeler of the So
ciety exhibited Poole and Pease pianos,
for which he is agent.
Something which attracted much at
tention was the exhibit of art work from
the Norway schools, covering wide
space the entire length of one side of the
hall and part of one end. 1t included
work in pencil drawing, water color,
map drawing, etc. OF course, as in the
case of the other art work, the light is
not right on anything hung on the wall
between windows; but we haven't yet
got to the point of special art gallery
for the fair.
IMPLEMENT SHOW.
Under the grand stand the Cummings
Manufacturing Co. of South Paris show.
ed line of the o. K. and Paris plows
which they manufacture, and which
have been made at the same old place
for so many years.
A. w. Walker & Son of South Paris
showed a varied line of implements for
all kinds of farm work, for which they
are agents.
lhE uhANoES
otis pretty hard telling which is the
best of these grange shows, but guess
this one is leetle the best" said a
stranger Tuesday afternoon. The read
er may guess, or take his choice, as to
which one he was standing before.
A little later the Democrat found Pro-
fessor Hitchings, with pencil and pad,
looking over one of the grange exhibits
carefully in detail, and taking notes.
They've put me on to judge these ex.
hibits," said Professor Hitchings, land
| guess they've given me pretty stiff
job. You've got to score them by points,
just as you would thoroughbred stock. "
And so be went over the exhibits, ex.
aiming them and scoring their respect.
i've features. If any one feels aggrieved
or dissatisfied with the award, he may
know that the work of comparison was
thoroughly, carefully and conscientious.
ly done.
The oranges which exhibited this year
were Paris, West Paris, Norway, and
Bear Mountain of Waterford. All had
equal spaces, the four filling about four
fifths of the space in the middle of the
hall. The decorative features OF tht
exhibits were not so elaborate as some
have occasionally been, but were never
theless effective. As for the exhibits
it would be too much to 90 fully int
/ dekail As intimated ahoye IL was neces