Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-09-14
Now All Ready for the County Fair,
PREPARATIONS PRACTICALLY COMPLETE
FOR GREAT ANNUAL EVENT.
Only give rs the weather.

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With that provided, it is q moral GER
tainty that the Oxford County fair this
week will be great success, and that Il
will draw larger crowd than any of the
other county fairs in the state. 1t has
be en- number OF years since any wealth
er was encountered which made neces-
sary q postponemeut, and We will hope
to be favored this year as In previous
years.
That no one may be In error, the dates
of the fair are Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of this week, the exhibition is
the seventy third of the society, and the
place Is the we'll known grounds between
the villages of South Paris and Norway.
A lively place the grounds have been
for several days past. Among the first
signs of activity was the arrival of the
merry -go-round and other amusement
enterprises. These are owned by z. 81.
Fellows of Lancaster, \. 81 an old
holder of these concessions, and they in
clude, besides the merry go-round, the
ocean wave, the Ferris wheel, and toy
city with its varied activities. These
are now all ready to start up.
Looking over the grounds, we tiud the
largest piece of permanent improvement
made since last year is the new cattle
barn running north from the hay barn,
where there was formerly an open tie
up, and containing twenty five double
stalls, which will shelter fifty additional
head of stock.
Other minor outdoor improvements
are few additional sheep pens, new
watering tub near the bull pens, and
some other changes.
In the hall the advertising signs which
had been tackled up on the walls OF the
stairway have been removed, and the
walls painted a dark shade Of brown.
Superintendent Bowker of the hall will
make an endesvor to have the crowd 90
up stairs by the right-hand stairway as
the door is entered, and come down by
the other, so as to have them moving in
one direction as much as possible-an
idea that the Democrat suggested some
years since.
Superintendent Bowker has also had
little office partitioned off for bis use,
supplied with a desk shelf and other
convenences, opening from the upper
hall, the space being taken out OF the
assembly or rest room of the society.
Four oranges will make exhibits this
year-Paris, Norway, West Paris and
Frederick Robie-sll occupying the same
spaces as last year, and committees OF
the several oranges have been busily at
work on the decorating and arrangement
of their exhibits for number of days.
The n. Dayton Bolster Co. will occu-
py the same space as in previous years,
and will show an entirely new line OF
carpets, wall papers, and house decora-
tons.
Other dealers who will occupy consid-
cradle spaces in the hall are the Ather-
ton Furniture Co., with ranges, heaters
and other furnishings, Longley & Butts,
plumbers, who will show model bath
room, Paris Home Bakery, and the Port
land Express and Advertiser.
All the regular local caterers will serve
meals at the usual places. The Congre-
gationsl Ladies' Circle, the Universalist
Good Cheer Society, and the Methodist
Ladies' Aid, of South Paris, and the
Congregational Ladies' Circle, of Nor
way, and Wellington Twitchell and AL
vim Lovejoy of South Paris will run their
several eating houses.
There will be ball games on the second
and third days of the fair, at 10 O'Clock.
The Pilgrims of Lewiston have been en-
gagged, and it is hoped to have against
them the strong team. from Gray, but
this is not certain az yet.
Entries for the races are as follows:
ESQ Trot, Purse 5000.
Her Grace, CHI. H. R. L. Cummings, West
Paris. n,
Alice Dispute, gr m, George G. Fogg, Bdde-
ford.
Allen. b. e. George W. Carter Norway.
FL Traveller. b. e., W. B. Stone, Lowell.
Peter Mantle, b. g, ]. W. Metcalf, Augusta
Haydens Queen, blk. m, Pine Tree Stable,
Lewiston.
Northland Frank, oh. g., William Gregg, An