Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-16
Record Crowd at County Fair
AND THEY SAW A SHOW THAT WAS WORTHY
OF THEIR ATTENTION.
Twenty Five Hundred Automobiles
the Grounds Wednesday,


were only in range of one, 1t would pro
duce sweet concord.
W. j. Wheeler, the president Of th'
society, had on exhibition a number Of
Merrill pianos and player-pianos.
The Staples Piano and Music Co. ex
hibited Prescott pianos and Draper
player-piano.
The Atherton Furniture Co., OF which
Randall o. Porter Is the local manager a
Norway. had q Columbia graphopbone II
Its exhibit which was kept in commission
most OF the time. Otherwise the com
pany's exhibit was made up principally
of stoves and ranges.
The Victor Co. occupied q space with
40 assortment of the Victor talking ma
chimes.
A varied assortment of boots and shoes
was shown by the E. N. SWEET Shoe Co
of Norway, in charge Of attentive clerks
White Satin bread was made special
ty by the Paris Home Bakery in the
space which 1t occupied in the half
Herman Mason of Bethel is the local
agent for the Vermont Farm Machine
Co., which was showing the U. S. cream
separator, for the good qualities oil
which large claims are made.
was that occupied by the N. Dayton
Bolster Co., as in years past, with an ex
hibit of wall hangiDgs, china, cut glass
and other articles of house furnishing
and decoration, from their large stock.
Merrill, the photographer, of Norway,
showed case of artistic portrait work
A striking exhibit was made in the
children's department including draw
ings, water colors, fancy work of various
kinds, knitting, rafia work and great
variety of other things. This is popu.
ulsr department of the fair, and in.
creasas from year to year.
"a miniature Abe Lincoln log cabin, VI
made by Amy and George Losier OF Nor.
way, aged respectively IA and 8 years, at
tracted lot of attention. The exhibit
was complete, even to the road which
wound up to the door of the cabin, the
we'll sweep, and the little pond, bearing
on its surface birch bark canoe perfect
in form.
THE VEGETABLE SHELF.
Considering the generally discourag-
ing nature OF the season, the space allot-
ted to vegetables and farm crops was
remarkably we'll filled - indeed, more
than filled, almost crowded.
At the head of this, in the same loca.
ton where he has been for 10, these
many years, was the collection Of W. q.
Porter of Norway. Not quite so large
as In some previous years. but still a
striking showing inasmuch as Mr.. Porter
is 81 years of age, and does the work on
his crops himself. Few fairs can show
the equal, for an exhibitor of his years.
An extensive and varied showing was
also made in the collection of Rev.
Chester Gore Miller of South Paris,
which comprised large variety.
In the class of collections by boys
there was only one entry, by Percy
Twitchell of South Paris, but his exhi-
bition was arranged With much taste,
and in all respects was worthy of COM
petition.
Traces of popcorn were shown by
three boys, 10 years or under-Willard
Buck, Ralph E. Kilgore and Donald E
Wood, all of Norway, and one by Alice
E Witham Of South Paris.
Displays of individual varieties Of
vegetables were numerous and attract
i've, and we'll filled the shelves.
Three novelties In the varied exhibits
of W. C. Symonds of Norway were a
bunch Of orchard grass about shoulder
high, q sweet potato vine, and an enor.
nous strawberry plant. the two latter
growing in pals.
A very extensive exhibit OF seeds was
made by S. Fl. Kilgore OF Norway-some-
where between one and two hundred
varieties.
C. Guy Buck of South Paris also made
an exhibit of seeds, of something like
seventy varieties.
GOOD LOT OF FRUIT AFTER ALL.
A light year for apples, as everybody
knows; yet in spite of generally light
crop, there was good show of the
fruit. About the only respect in which
it was off the standard was that it was
greener than usual, but there is yet time
to correct that condition to some extent.
"Ssy," said one of the fair followers,
you've got the state fair skun mile on
this fruit. There wasn't as much in the
whole state fair as there is in ten feet of
that shelf''-which was doubtless, like
the report of Mark Twain's death, gross
~ exaggerated.
AS last year, the judge of the fruit
was G. A. Yeaton Of Augusta, we'll
known over the state, and now the d.
rector of the orchard demonstration
work for Oxford County, and it is need
less to say that having this work done
by an expert is . great improvement
over the old way, when men who would
consent to undertake the work were hard
to fluid.
On the bulk exhibits Mr.. Yeaton used
the score card system. "Of course"
said Mr.. Yeston, II can't Judge all these
plates on the score card, it would be too
much of contract. But II any one
wants to know why his plate didn't take
a premium, l Can tell him. "For in
stance" and he picked from a nearby
plate two specimens with scabby spots,
sits very easy to show what the matter ia
with those apples. A blemish ON one OF
the apples will absolutely disqualify a
plate for premium"
THE ORANGES.
1t seems that it would be hard to excel
some of the exhibitions that have been
made in past years by the several
oranges and yet each year good taste and
originality are brought into play to make
this section of the fair moro attractive
than ever. This year was no exception
in this respect, with the four oranges
which competed for the prizes.
The space occupied by Norway Grange
was decorated with crepe paper in corr
color and moss green. This exhibit
was particularly rich In household and
fancy work and dairy products, though
all departments were well represented.
West Paris Grange used decorations OIL
green twigs on white background-very
effective. An exhibit OF antique artiolel
which occupied a corner of this ws'
particularly interesting, containing books
guns and household articles, many OIL
them Of much value for their age alone
Paris Grange used Irish green illumi
mated With silver tinsel cord for its deco
rations, and the effect was especially
delicate and pleasing. The arrangement
of the exhibit was also especially coed
and while the quality Of everything wal
good, the appetizing food case deserve
special mention.
Frederick Robbie Grange of Otisflelt
Gore used delicate shade of pink TO
decorations, with tufts and lines of pin
twigs fastened with pink roses, making
q very pleasing decoration. A notabl
feature of this exhibit was the bunche
OF grasses and grains which adorned thu
posts and wall.
| FLOWERS.
Very handsome displays of cut flow
era were made BY Mrs. Charles Merrill