Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-16
for that purpose, but few seats outside
would be q little relief.

Automobiles! Nothing like It ever
before. The number on the grounds
Wednesday afternoon was estimated
With the usual accuracy of estimates,
variously from 500 to 1000 and even
higher. In fact, just about 400 automo-
bile tickets we're sold Wednesday, but
scores OF other cars were parked outside
in the Immediate vicinity OF the grounds
Five hundred cars, at a low average val.
uation, would represent at least third
of million dollars.
81. j. Pearson of Lewiston, state agent
for the protection OF animals, was In at
tendance at the fair. he said that he
inspected all departments of the fair,
and he never saw more humane set of
drivers than were in charge of the pull
ing contests. Special credit Is due the
officers of the cattle depart ment, who
cautioned each driver before entering
the contest. The fair, in the opinion OF
Agent Pearson, is a credit to the manage
meut and an honor to Oxford County. Z,
There are few things the society could
do which would add more to the comfort
of visitors than to put In some easier and
better steps at the entrance to the ball.
If you have become accustomed to these
steps from much travel over them, pos
sibly you do not realize that part Of them
are high for elderly people and children,
and that they are of split stone, only
partly dressed, and rough. Dress them,
lay them over and grade up to them,
and there will be marked improvement.
Sweet Adeline with her putative $50
pounds of mortal form was undoubtedly
the heavy attraction on the midway"
this year. That strange girl Mamie, or
the horrible rumble which proceeded at
| regular intervals from under her cage,
also drew the crowd more or less. There
were also real live wild man and an
Indian mummy that was dead long ago,
African dodgers artflcially colored, like
ice cream under the pure food law, and
all the rest of host of attractions which
make the fair Coney Island in minia-
ture. The Ferris wheel, the merry-go.
round and the ocean wave did their usual
business, and the whole midway was a
busy place.
About the usual hour late, the parade
of premium stock circled the track
Thursday forenoon. 1t was headed BY
three riders escorting Marshal A. S. Full
Ter of the horse department. A platoon
of police came next, then the Lewiston
Brigade Band, the officers Of the society
in carriages, and then the prize animals,
first the horses, and then the cattle, led
by Marshal C. S. Penley Of that depart.
ment. Though It's impossible to hold
all the prize stock for the parade, as
sc me of the owners must take their ami
mails home at the close of the second
day, and others want to do so, there was
An interesting and attractive lot of II,
and large number. In all somewhere
from 175 to 200 prize animals were In
the cavalcade.
Arrangements for feeding the multi
tude were never more ample than this
year, though the capacity was severely
tested during the rush hour of Wednes.
day, and one of the eating houses, bav-
ing exhausted its supply OF food, was
obliged to close the doors at IL o'clJc
The South Paris Congregationalists, the
Norway Congregationalists the South
Paris Methodists, and the South Paris
Universalists occupied their usual
booths, and served meals at all hours.
Mrs. A. j. Lovejoy, Elmer Twitchell and
Wellington Twitchell also were in their
usual places and served meals, and Hollis
Life Saving Station, with an array of
tents, effected multitude OF rescues.
In addition to these there were lunch
stands galore, where 'hot dogs" ice
cream and numerous others reflections
were dispensed. And finally, many OF
the most appetizing lunches were served
from shoe boxes, in more or less quiet
and retired spots Oh the grounds.