Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-22
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EXHIBITORS ABOUT THE HALL.
So much of the space In the hall 10 nov
required for the competitive exhibit!
that the space allowed to dealers show
ing samples or dealing In small warei
has been reduced to restricted limits
but there is still something in this line
In the lower hall the e. N. SWEET Shoe
Co. of Norway showed line OF samples
of shoes from their large stock.
The Anterior Furniture Co. had
varied line OF ranges and heaters, and
quantity of other furniture, and made 9
speciality of pianos and playerpianos.
A booth devoted to the exhibition Of
White Satin bread by the Paris HOME
Bakery was presided over by Miss Nors
Durham, and here bread and sandwiches
we're on sale.
You might perhaps wonder who wal
taking the trouble to show the possibili
ties of The parcel post by an exhibit oil
some of the things that may be sent BY
that method. 1t was done at the sugges
ton of the department, under the com
bined auspices OF the South Paris and
Norway postmasters, with Philip Stone
in charge. 1t was educative in It's nature
showing people who do not yet fully ap
preciate it what may be sent by this
method-such things as snowshc es, skis
folding chairs, etc.
A number of pianos of various high
grade makes were exhibited by W. j.
Wheeler & Co. of South Paris.
At the same place at the south end Of
the upper hall where they have been FOL
some years, the N. Dayton Bolster Co
of South Paris made an exhibit. This
year the exhibit was entirely of rugs,
which were hung on the walls and shown
on the floor.
AMONG THE HER Ds.
As usual, Holsteins prsdominated in
numbers in the very large number OF
cattle on the grounds.
Arthur D. Cummings Of Fore Street,
Oxford, bad string of twenty-seven
from bis Holstein herd. About dozen
of them were pure bloods, and the rest
high grades, handsome lot.
E. j. Hobbs of Norway showed ten
head of Holsteins, all pure bred.
L. E. McIntire & Son of East Water
ford had twenty-seven head of Holsteins,
all but three of them pure bred. L. E.
McIntirs is the vice. president of the So
ciety, and always large exhibitor. In-
cluded in the McIntire exhibit was
the famous "thousand.dollar bull, "
purchased in New York state, eight
months old and weighing over 800.
w. D. Clark of South Paris showed q
high grade Holstein better two years
old, of remarkable size and milk capaci.
ty.
C. A. Bonney Of East Sumner showed
a number of his Engle Nook herd Hol-
stems, pure bred and registered. Mr..
Bonney has famous herd. Fourteen in
all, including two grades.
From the herd of Benjamin Tucker &
Son at Norway Lake there were shown
eleven head of Holsteins, all pure bred.
as they have nothing else.
J. NJ. Tbayer of Sunnycroft Farm,
Paris Hill, showed nine head, bull, cows
and heifers, all registered Holsteins.
F. D. Tburston of Norway showed a
thoroughbred Holstein bull and num-
Der of high grade cows and heifers.
C. R. King of South Paris showed q
number of head, including q yearling
Jersey bull and several grade COWS, Jer.
ssys, Devons, and Ayrshires.
II. A. Robbins of Norway showed q
herd of seventeen white faces, headed
by a pure blood Hereford bull 2 years
old.
From the South Paris farm of DR..
Alfred King Of Portland were shown
fifteen or twenty handsome animals,
pure bred Jerseys and Guernseys.
F. l.. Keene of Otlsfeld showed a 2.
year old Guernsey bull.
A. ]. and F. L. Millett of Norway
showed thirteen head Of Durhams, in.
Guiding three full. blooded bulls and
COWS mainly grades.
W. r. Young of Norway showed q
dozen or more Jerseys, mainly thorough
breds.
F.W. Perkins & Son of South Paris, q
grade Durham heifer calf and grade
Devon.
G. S. Westleigh of Norway, grade
Guernsey heifer.
W. d. and G. q. Dunn OF Norway
showed a good lot of Ayrshires, entered
for the herd premium, and number Of
animals in individual entries, filling g
long line in the tie-up, and comprising
over thirty head, all Ayrshires.
A. N. Cairns of South Paris, aS-year
old Holstein bull, and some young grade
Dutch Belted stock.
From the e. r. Penley estate, South
Paris, there were shown small herd o.
the thoroughbred Dutch Belted cattle
for which this farm has bad reputa
ton for years.
Richard Gates of West Paris, a pure
bred Jersey yearling bull.
Emery A. Ryerson of West Paris,
Durham bull years old.
Herman Morse of Buckfield, an Aye
shire bull and number OF cows, heifert
and calves, thoroughbreds and grades.
The only thoroughbred DevOns exhib
tied were those of W. c. Stearns Of Yves
Paris, who had q good herd of thes,
solid-colored cattle on the grounds.
Thayer Bros. OF Paris showed mum
Der of Durhams, including a thorough
bred bull and bull calf, and severa
grade COWS and beifers.
r. w. Richardson of Norway showed I
grade Devon COW.
W. d. Buck of Norway showed thor
oughbred Gu ernsey bull calf.
C. w. Cummings of Hebron showed ;
handsome yearlipg Holstein bull.
Please do not interpret the above as
complete and correct list of the cattle
shown. Far from 1t. Really, it men
tions only small part of them.
SHEEP AND SWINE.
There we're no vacancies In the pen
allotted to the hogs and the sheep-fo
that matter, there were no vacancies
any where about the fair. The conspicu
GUS thing about the swine show was tht
vogue of the Hampshire Belted. These
were the most numerous breed, and TIT
even white belt just back of the shout
ders on the black body was The occasion
of much remark from people who wer'
not familiar with pigs of that marking
Among the sheep, though there was
good exhibit of them, none attracted
more attention than those shown b!
Harold E. Whitman OF Buckfie Will
their white feeces and their bright blacl
points, they are very attractive. Mr.
Whitman exhibited large number o
sheep and lambs.
Other exhibitors of sheep and lamb
we're DR.. Alfred King, South Paris, A
K. Emery, West Paris, c. L. Curtis
w est Paris, A. NJ. Stone, West Paris.
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