Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-11
HarWinton.

Ou tue A6WlS Oabllu HidATA. ~0ny Wa5 I fine and the weather all tina; couid be
 desired. Some five hundred teams came
 on the ground, each bringing from to 9 persons. The attendance was the
 largest ever known. estimated to be in the
 neighborhood of 3OO0 Everyone seems
 to enjoy themselves thoroughly, but es-
 pecially the young folks.
 The Baby Show" was decided suc-
 cess, (no pun). nearly two dozen being on
 exhibition As We are not par iAi to this
 species of live stock we did not stop to examine into their individual merits or
 demerits, but will say that they all be-
 haved hke good little babies. We do not
 care to say which was the "prettiest. as
 we don't wish to face the com bined
 wrath of the many matrons pres
 ent. Time has not yet obliterated our re- membrance of what torture an angry wo-
 man, armed with her slipper, is capable of inficting.
 In the large tent (which was borrowed from Litchfeld every variety of fruits, vegetables. and grains. were to be seen; all, very fine samples. There were also some flowers tastefully arranged; honey, cheese 'es and one lone ball of butter: aud one white rabbit, pair of doves, coops of fancy and thoroughbred DO ultry. one goose (your reporter) but never a gander The ladies made their usual display of bedquilts, counterpanes, crochet shawls, mats, tidies, and variety of articl,s, brackets, pictures, notices. &c., &c. Wm. N. Lockwood. of CamPrilie, exhibited several useful articles of his invention, such as clothes pins, &c. J. B. Hopkins, of Thomaston, exhibited 2 Davis sewi-e machines. one of which bad teen ln con- stant use for 5 5,--~.s without showing any sions --wear. MT. Hopkins claims that the Davis will do greater range of work than any other machine. J. R. Beniam- min, of Winsted, had an organ on exhibi tion, and furnished music for the edifca- tion of those inside of the tent, and the Bristol brass band discoursed most excel lent music outside. while the stars and stripes. emblems of peace and prosperity, foated in the breeze overhead.
 The Winsted Boy" was there, amusing the pc ople with his side splitting jokes while he sold them his usual parapherna lia of horse goods. Turner, the oyster man, was there as usual, with four sepa- rate booths dispensing refreshments for the hungry. for which privilege he paid $80, which was $5 more than he agreed to pay, but he sad that ''he had done we'll, and could afford it." We wonder if he was aware how much the large crowd of his customers was due to the numerous invitations through the press, of "Liitle Ghon nie?"
 In the bovine department 100 yoke of oxen were to be seen, also one pair of milk-white steers, some young cattle, COWS, bulls, Sc. Wm. Bryant exhibited one very fine yearling bull. nearly as large and heavy as good-sized qx. |
 The ovine and porcine departments were represented by dozen sheep and as many sows with pigs, all exhibited by Chas. Barber, of Harwinton.
 The Misses Wilson and Annie Hayd en displayed their equestrian skill. The Chestnut Hill Struggles" played against a picked nine from the neighboring towns. and beat them on 2 score of 28 to IT. - Il
 D. E. Morse exhibited the "Eureka" tree and post-hole digger, which did it's work admirably. Two horse rakes were on exhibition, but decidedly the best was the improved ''Archer" rake, exhibited by 0. D. Buel of Litchfeld. The Brown Bros., of Campville exhibited improved Buckeye" mowers, while Edson Thomas, of Thomaston, had on exhibition Woods mower, Higganum blows and the Little Washer"
 MT. Wm. A. Palmiter, of New Haven, was there with his dynamite pow der, and made two tests with it. In the first he completely cracked one large rock and blew another, weighing several tons out of it's bed, high and dry.
 We regret to say that our ''ragamuf. fin'' army" was only half as large as was expected, as our Burlington cousins did not keep their appointment with us, ow. ing to the sudden illness of their leader. Nevertheless the boys had spar. ed no expense to make their share of the Fair attractive, The ''greased pig" was failure. His pigship had been handled so much that he was as tame asa cat. and wouldn't run worth cent" Another year, if we can only secure the services of Budd Doble. or some other noted trainer. we can put a pig on the track that will understand hls "biz;" but we wont an. ticipate, as the obstinacy of the pig is proverbial. No one was allowed to chase the pig but the 'ragamufins" and here again woman showed her supremacy over man, as the pig was caught by a female. The pig was originally deslgned to be roasted at night, but the boys being short of funds he was sold at auction for 90, to August Match, of Terryville. The Ragmuf- fins under the leadership of Captain" B. Dagan, who was gorgeously attired, were comical and diabol1cal looking set.
 Towards the close of the day, speech es were made by the Hon. Abijah Catlin. Henry A. Bills, Editor of Winsted News, and James Birge. of Torrlngford. MT. Bills speech was loudly applauded
 Towards sundown the crowd gradu- ally dispersed, everyonel having had good time and going home we'll satisfied.
 We couldn't help wondering if any of them realized how hard somebody must have worked to cater to thelr enjoyment. and to do all that is necessary to be done