The Newtown bee., 1878-10-10


 eeeds all others but in the absence of figures, tho best estimates arc that il has be,al the hest yst in point af excellence of exhibits and in respect 10 receipts. Over .2l,000 tickets were sold, On Friday, which isalways the great day about la,oO0 wore sold, Tho weather could not have bqm n m fayomble, Every day was ileasauti not a drop of rain fcll daring lhS exhibition, and no onld high winds shook things as it did last year, Tho only unpleasant thing was the dust, and you may believe the thousands of teams, wagons, carriages, omnlbussos, eplrynlls, carts, express wagons, etrr all going " right away to tho Fair Grounds, right away up. mado the dust fly.
 Within the main building our mer- chants and manufacturers wero well rep resented. besides parties from othcrt had large and fine exhibits, An attractive feature wai steam power and machinery
 in operation; Il contrsaneo for begging boots and shoes, and ono for fastening bottoms by screws were very ingenious, nnd attracted much attention, as also onu for making hat blocks. A turning latho, tho invention of one of our townsmcn, reeolyod much praise.
 !. The agricultural department WIS called, by good judges very excellent. A very attractive feature was some very fine cat Lle from tho l.atchlord Stock Farm, Litch- field.
 IL has como and gonc-thls annual car nlyul--with its noise and hustle, It's solid utility and it's fun and frolic its sober- side and comc-side; with its pigs and poultry. pumpkins and peanuts, pictures, Punch and Judy" and patch. work; it's fruit, flowers. furniture. It's music, million aty and moving machines, clothing, con fegtiouery, canarcs, candy-puliing. corn- circr; pianos, pincushions; it's geese and turkle5; it's everlasting trotting, and the omnipresont tin-typc-man "the devil in bottle" and the devil out of the bottle ;thc sacrcd OK of India, "born in katamanda with human arm (of India rubber on his humpped shoulder; and the conjurorI swallowing swords and canes; the cheap iCwclry man, and the immaculate black ing man; the educated mice, tho trained rats, the educated hog; the tin-whistle brrd-imltating man, and the telephone; the "soft-soddCr' man, the hard-Soap nian, and the eyerlasting-ccmcnt man; with the chuckling stockholder, the official. the consequential committee men, and anX- ious committee women, all is passed away-gone. The stockholders have ppcketcd good profit, and the merchants, and farmers, who made the show, are satisfied with the advcr- Using ;Sold friend has struck hands with old friend, old stories have been re-told and new ones issued; and sharpers who follow shows have had another chance to to .:g4lIls-the flats" The .tartQ2ries !.sss shut down, lone dayl, the public schools closed' and all haasa play day; fmudr monies" was brought into town and some of it stuck. All things considered. it passed off with as little disturbance as could be expected; A good deal ot.Bonanza water was grqnls; ;;pud some put ;t:Stick in theirs but for so many people together on such an occasion the wonder is not that there was some drunkenness, but there was so little. A few got hilarious and seemed to appreciate the fun hugely, and few pe- dcstrians paced of 3 AEorm fence on the sidewalk. There Was gredt many peo- pie here. The percentage of drunken-'I ness was no greater than the average weeks. when there is Hothing specially to ripple ,s'' the Surface Tie fair passed of without many serious accidents. Mr. $. 1T. Rundlc was considerably hurt on the trotting ground by a fractious horse that ran into the crowd, knocking him down and passing over him. He-is t thought lgs to be hurt internally. but no bones bfoken. It Is announced by the managdR of the "Popular Lecture Course that ho is ob isci to cancel his engagements and give up the cour5e for the season on ao- count of the difficulty between the pro- prietor of the Opera House and the au- thorities concerning the safety Of his hall il r3sp& tstp egress in ,sirse'of fire. The meailS of e5ress are about the same as exist in other plblie halls in town: ..... There each side of tho hall, similar to all the churches The doors swing inside. There are stairs and a platform on the north side that can be used in case of fire by using window for door, There is not q public room in town from which an au- dience could escape quickly in case of a fife. The Opera house is still open. It was occupiedf four nights last week by the
 
 Kate Putnam Company.
 Capt. Christian Quinn, who for the past two years has been ill the employ of'F. A. Bartram X Co.,, pork packers, of Bridge port, as cIork, has secured position as clerk in Farrists Steel Works, East Bridgeport. Tho Captain enters his new field of operations with the best wishes of a host of friends, for he is worthy.
 Another temperance mass meeting was held on Concert Hall Square, Sunday af- ternoon. Addresses by Revs. Hershey | and Bray, and Mcssrs. Dibble, Bailey and Peck. Their addresses were along the line of License or no License" An on meeting was held in the First Church in the evening. Address by MT. Doatney, a reformed man. His remarks were in the same line. He is an earnest speaker, and goes directly to the mark. Mr. and Mrs. Doutney are l. ,., ,,, ,,.r,,.ys o faXC days and pVpninoS in |