Oxford Democrat., 1911-09-26
Usual Display at "canton Pair.
THREE GOOD DAYS AT THE ANDRosCOG-
GIN VALLEY ANNUAL.

THREE GOOD DAYS AT THE ANDROSCOG
en- VALLEY ANNUAL.
"This is the hottest day I ever saw q
Canton fair"
Such was the declaration OF perspiI
ing man Wednesday afternoon.
wasn't true statement, If he has bee
there for a number of years, but 1t
true that the fair has had in times pas
bad weather to such an extent that !
became proverbial. Occasionally tn
proverb fails, as 1t did this year, whel
three days, Tuesday, Wednesday ant
Thursday of last week, were had, whicl
were all that could be desired.
This was the twenty-third annual fai
of the Androscoggin Valley Agriculture
Society, held at the grounds in Canton
These grounds, while in some respects
not we'll adapted to handling a biz
crowd, are remarkably we'll situated fol
the convenience of visitors and exhibit
ors, trains from three directions stop
ping at tho gates, and extra trains being
run on the second and third days OF the
fair for the accommodation Of the people
Tuesday was a typical "flrst day.
being largely devoted to preparation
but on Wednesday, In the bright Sep
tember day, the carriages and automo'
bilss began pouring into the grounds q,
an early hour, and the trains from al
directions brought a host of people and
landed them at the gates. The attend
ance Of Wednesday was nearly If not
quite up to the record. Thursday there
were not so many, but good crowd.
The officers of the society for this
years fair were:
President-w. w. Rose, Canton.
Vice e-President-Stanley Bisbee, Rumford.
Secretary-O. NJ. Richardson, Canton.
Treasurer-W. s. Marble, Dixfeld.
Trustees-T. B. W. Stetson, (P. o. East sum.
ner), Hartford; C. T. Bonney, Canton; Ezra
Wood. % Ramford; ". s. Marble, DiIaeid.
Division Superintendents:
Grounds. Lots and Forase-T. W. B. Stetson
Stock-Ezra Keene.
wood.
Halle. T. Bonney.
Committees-Staniey Bisbee, Ezra Keene.
Tickets and Gates-W. w. Rose.
The merry-go-round did q rushing
business. Flint's Jungle Show and the
boy with the elephant legs, coming
from the county fair, we're the chief mid
way shows, while games of various
kinds, and refreshment stands galore,
diversion.
Music was furnished Wednesday and
by the United Band of East
and for country band, and a
gouug band too, it played remarkably
veil.
Wednesday afternoon the parade of
premium stock, headed by the band.
,ircled the track. 1t included over forty
horses and over fifty cattle, and was
good show of stock.
A game of ball on Wednesday between
3uckfield and Turner was the first game
played for some weeks on these grounds.
.t resulted s to 6 in favor of Buckfield,
welve innings.
Thursday's ball game between Tur-
Ter and Buckfield was won by Turner, 8
o3.
IN THE CATTLE SHEDS.
Really, while there were some good
,atte at the fair, there were not enough
% be fairly representative of the stock
# the section. There are many raisers
If good cattle in the territory which con-
tributes to this fair, but comparatively
ew of them contribute to the success of
he exhibition by bringing in their stock,
md too many of the stalls are used for
tabling the horses of fair visitors.
Brethren, this ought not 80 to be.
A handsome string of Jerseys, nine
cen in number, and all but few of
hem thoroughbreds, were shown by
Rose & Boothby of Canton. At the
lead of the herd is the bull Nick Dean,
wo years old There were seven heifer
,alves in the lot, and seven more were
eft at home.
C. E. Richardson Of Dunbar Farm,
Canton, showed good herd of A. j. G.
}. Jerseys, ten head, including the year
ing bull, Flying Fox of Dunbar.
C. T. Bonney showed Guernsey bull,
years old, pretty calf and several
trade Guernsey cows.
C. W. Walker of Canton showed about
. dozen head of Holsteins, including
,earliug bull, a number of thoroughbred
,ows and heifers, and few grades.
n. F. Richardson, some grade Jersey
md Guernsey beifers.
D. c. Gurney, some grade Durham
leifers.
Sewell Staples Of East Peru showed
'our registered Hereford bulls, and
COW and calf. He does his farm work
with these bull teams; has not had a
horse this year, and did his moving and
raking with his bull teams.
A large number Of yoke OF the oxen
and steers for which this region is famed
we're on the grounds. Moses Young of
Hartford, the we'll known "knight of the
yoad" had seven or eight yoke, also a
Hereford bull and some cows.
B. F. Glover had four yoke.
Arthur Jordan had a pair Of oxen
which showed their unmistakable Devon
origin, "the old Luther Maxim stock, :"
Caleb Seamon of Jay had yoke Of
oxen on the grounds which he works
with head yoke, lashed to the horns
an unusual sight in this part OF the
but they pull in good shape.
F. W. Morrison of Dix6eld exhibited
docks of sheep and lambs.
Sewsll Staples also showed ShrOp-
shire buck, and the bucks mother.
Fifteen or twenty coops of poultry
were shown, the exhibitors being j. Al
ton Tyler, Canton, Leon Barker, Can
ton, Arthur Westgate, Canton, L. NJ.
Berry, Canton, Mrs. G. F. Boothby, Can
ton, Ruth Richardson, Canton, Mrs. c.
E. Richardson, Canton, Mildred A. Rich
ardson, Mary Richardson, Canton,
George E. Grover, Canton.
THE RACES.
Some good races were pulled of on
the track, which is one Of the fastest
tracks in the state.
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