Oxford Democrat., 1910-09-20
The Sun Shines on the Fair.
The Track Record Comes Down Again, and Things
Combine to Make it About the Best Ever.

"Well, this is real fair" said a news
paper man who is "doing" this fall
fairs, as he looked the hall over. "Her
it is only ten O'Clock Tuesday," he con
tinued, and the fair ia all here complete
In most of them the first day everything
is in heap"
This Is good testimony to the efficien
cy Of the new system under which th'
Oxford County Agricultural Society il
now working, which makes the entries
close before the fair opens, and makes
the fair complete early in the first day
It's so different from the old wav.
There's one exception TO this-tht
bulk of the cattle are exhibited only OF
the second day. There is more or lesl
criticism of this feature, but the difficulty
of keeping herds of cows on the groundi
for two or three DAYS, and the fact tina
at least part of them must stand in the
open, is sufficient to justify the present
system.
Certainly never excelled, and rarely
ever equalled, was last weeks county
fair, the sixty. eighth exhibition OF the
Oxford County Agricultural Society.
In the quantity and quality OF it's ex
hibits, the manner in which it is run,
the general atmosphere of 1t. and
the crowd which it draws, it stands at
the head of county fairs, and comparison
with the state fairs in many of its
features, is frequently made, to the ad-
vantage of the Oxford fair.
The established luck of the county
fair as to weather, held last week. 1t
rained lightly for a while Tuesday after
noon, and in the evening there was a
downpour of a shower. This made q
little mud, but it laid the dust, and
made things almost perfect for the rest
of the time. Wednesday was a fair
September day, and Thursday was a
perfect day.
The attendance was nearly If not
quite record breaker. Wednesdays
crowd is variously estimated from $4,000
up TO as high as 1900, the latter figures
doubtless being rather large. Thursday
there were as many people on the
grounds IA were ever seen there on the
third day of the fair.
THE BABY SHOW.
As usual, the babies held the stage
Tuesday afternoon, in the society's meet
ing room, and a lively lot they were.
The pleasant (?) task of making the
awards was entrusted to Mrs. s. Il:
Fits of Freeport, Mrs. Willis Snow OF
the same place and Mrs. C. B. Craig.
The entries and the awards made were:
RABIES EIGHT MONTHS AND UNDER.
Mrs. Leslie E. Newell. Paris. Dorothy Ada, $5.
Mrs. \. II. Jordan, South Paris, Norma, ~.
Mrs NJ. NJ. Kilgore. Norway, Ruth Maxine, %
Mrs. Levi Richardson. Norway Lewis fran
cis. 81.
Mrs. Charles Roes. Norway. Doris MAY, 81.
Mrs Emma Morrisette, Norway, Sylvia.
Mrs. Odell C. Rich, NORWAY, Frances airline.
Mrs. Richard ssleeby. Norway Eveivn.
Mrs. Hector Bilodeau Norway, Ger'rd.
Mrs Nazaire Maheux. Norway, Jeanne D'Arc.
BABIES FIFTEEN MONTHS AND USDER.
Mrs. +. II. Plummer. South Paris, Philip
Mrs. Mrs. WeliinSton Twitchell. South Paris, Mar
Mr. Mrs. Joseph A. ThurlOw, South Paris. Bernice
Mrs. W. + Meserve. Norway, Airline, o.
Mrs. ID. 4. Watson. Norway, Geneva Eleanor
Mrs. Geo. A. Cutting, South Paris.
Mrs. Y. Il. hlcndrUsOu, Woot aIio,
Mrs. II. E. Thurlow, South Paris, Estel,a
Mary.
Mrs. Amanda Beaudoin, Norway, Leo.
Mrs Nazaire Maheux, Norway, Juliette.
Mrs Achiile Poirier. Norway. Alice.
Mrs. James S. Record, South Paris, Madeline.
BABIES TWO YEARS AND UNDER.
Mrs. Bert Brown. Norway. Horace, $5.
Mrs. X. b. Pentold, Mechinic Falls, Mae
Faes, 81.
Mrs Ernest Maxim. Norway, Raymond Lin.
wood, o..
Mrs. VIM. \. Lewis, Norway, Frederick Dan.
ie', 81. =,
Mrs Percy Nevers, Norway, Irene Maniey, $l.
Mrs. F. B. Curtis Paris, Esther.
Mrs. NJ ,ry Wright. Oxford, Mary Eta.
Mrs. Henry Kerr, South Paris, Edit Emma
Mrs. Effie Matheson. Norway, Donald.
Mrs. B. NJ. Greeley, South Paris, Meloa Arce.
Mrs. Ada Buck South Paris, Gladys NJ.
Mrs. W. 7. KnightlY, South Paris, Elta Louise.