Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-09-19
Another Great County Fair is Held
EXCELLENT DISPLAYS ARE MADE IN ALL THE
DEPARTMENTS
And Our Poverba Good Weather Does Its Part in Making the
Annual Festival Great Success.

press, and its agents worked there in the
interest OF the paper.
THE ORANGES.
A large amount of hard work for the
benefit of the organization is az usual in
evidence in each of the grange exhibits
and 1t need not be said that they are az
important addition to the fair. For the
first time this year FIVE oranges were rep
resented, and the judges who bad the
difficult task of deciding between them
were all from outside the county and the
territory of the society. Each grange
had the same amount of space at it's dis
posal.
Paris Grange used background oil
solid white, bordered with lines of fiji
tips, with clusters and festoons of crab
apples. Long traces of yellow corn
were draped on the wall, and checker
board of apples and pears formed CEN
terpiece for the exhibit. Rolls and
homespun yarn and home knit stockings
showed that the old domestic pursuits
are not entirely lost arts.
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background in it's space, with borders OF
grasses and hop vines. Tastefully ar
ranged lunches of grasses were an effect
i've decoration at the inner end of the
exhibit, and fireplace bearing flowers
was the centerpiece. A quantity of
home-mapufactured goods of pure wool,
of various ages, some modern and some
Of great antiquity, we're feature.
10 the Norway Grange exhibit the
background was also of white, with q
border of grapevine with clusters of
fruit, and green leaves. A showing of
canned goods in uniform jars, and COL
lection of drawn and braided rugs, we're
notable features, and quantity of pew
ter and other dishes and other antiques
attracted attention.
Frederick ROBBIE Grange exhibit was
canopied under an attractive combina
ton of white, pink and green. A we'll
arranged standard of grasses and grains
formed centerpiece, and grasses and
grains also decorated the end wall.
Household handiwork of various kinds
made conspicuous part or the exhibit.
Hebron Grange had an exhibition here
this year, for the first time in years, and
brought the principal part of an exhibit
with which it secured premium at the
state fair. Its white background was
bordered with sprays of asparagus,
frightened with bunchberries. A floral
display which formed the end boundary
was particularly effective, and lunches
of grass and grain FIVE to seven feet in
height surrounded the posts.
ON THE VEGETABLE SHELF.
The place of honor at the head of the
shelf was given as usual to W.
II. Porter of Norway. Though Mr.. Por-
ter has added to his years till they count
"a, his assortment of field crops and
garden vegetables, while it may decrease
a little In amount, suffers nothing In
quality, and is certainly remarkable for
q man of bis age, who does the work
with bis own hands.
vegetables was shown by j. F. Moody of
Hebron, who also contributed much to
the exhibit of bis grange. Handsome
yellow corn was feature of bis exhibit.
j. B. Field of Norway showed a large
of vegetables and crops, in
Guiding as one of it's most striking fea-
lures cluster of seven very large, hand
some ripe tomatoes growing on one stem
as close as bunch of grapes-the big
gest bunch he ever saw, Mr.. Field says
with undoubted truthfulness.
Mrs. Guy SWEET OF South Paris had a
good and we'll arranged assortment of
crops and vegetables.
G. Il. Stearns of Oxford also exhibited
as assortment.
Three exhibits of assortments OF crops
and vegetables we're made in the class
for boys under Is years of age, and they
certainly suffered nothing by compari-
son with those of their elders. Indeed,
II they had gone into direct competition,
the boys would have carried of q good
share of the money. The boys who made
these exhibits were Warren Knightly of
Norway, Elmer q. Watson of Norway,
and Donald E. Wood of Norway Lake.
One thing the absence of which was
noted with regret by some was the man.
moth vegetables, pumpkins and squashes.
However, there were plenty of a reason
able and tootbsome size, and the lack Of
exhibition mammo:ns Is something
which can be endured.
Handsome collection of canned goods
were exhibited by Mrs. George McGin-
icy, South Paris, Mrs. C. W. Cummings,
Hebron, Adeline DeCostef, Norway, Elva
Perry, Norway Lake Girls Canning
Club, Priscilla Bean, Hebron, IA years
of age, Naomi Colby, South Paris, II
years, Susie Bradbury, Norway, Gertrude
Dunn, Norway, under 16 years, Beatrice
Colby, South Paris, - years, Marion
Cummings. Hebron, under 10, Mrs. ]. P.
Cullinan, Norway. Collections of jelly
by Mrs. j. P. Cullinsn, Gertrude Dunn,
Norway, IA years of age. Maple sugar
and syrup by q. W. Richardson, Norway,
A. E. George, Hebron.
A striking exhibit of cut flowers by
Mrs, W. b. Kilgore of Norway Lake con-
sisted almost entirely of asters, and q
conspicuous feature of 1t was an Ameri-
can flag of red, white and purple asters.
Mrs. Kilgore also made an exhibit Of
house plants.
Mrs. L. NJ. Tufts of South Paris ex.
hibi,ed handsome collections of house
plants and cut flowers.
THE FRUIT.
As in former years, G.. A. Yeaton, the
Oxford County demonstration agent, was
the expert judge on the fruit. "Consid-
ering the short crop of the year." says
Mr.. Yeaton, land the hail storm which
destroyed the fruit across belt of this
fairs territory, we have a very good
showing of fruit" Still the quantity
was enough less than in some previous
years to tighten his labors materially.
That hail storm, by the way, as Is
known to many, entirely ruined the
crops of q number of orchards, and on
some farms not only destroyed the fruit
but all the other crops In the brief space
of half an hour.
FEW OF THE CATTLE.
Some OF the cattle which have been q
feature of the show in past years were
not here this year. Two notable in
stances we're the herd of B. Tucker &
Son of Norway Lake, which has been
sold In block within the past year, and
the herd of the late DR.. Alfred King from
Kingdale Farm, South Paris, which has
been dispersed since DR.. Kings death.
But others have taken their places, and
the sheds and open tie.ups were practi-