The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-10-15
The Fair at Dambury.

1t has been an exciting week with US in
Danbury the fair has been the great
event. We have heard or read some
where that g time flies;'' it is not origi
nal with your correspondent. It's true;
it seems but yesterday that we were
itemizing the fair of a year ago, and not
ing the pigs, the pumpkins, the poultry,
epin-cushions, the pictures, thepoppod
corn and all the wonders of a country
fair-and now we are at it again. 1t has
been huge affair; somewhere we read
that once on time all the world went up
70 Jerusalem to De taxed once and again
all the world went up to Danbury-not
exactly to be taxed, though it seemed
much like it, and not exactly to be feeced,
though doubtless many who came for
wool went back shorne. The fair seemed
an epitome of the world; not all nations,
but many, were represented, and many
languages spoken, to say nothing of the
peculiar language INDUCED in by the ON
nibus drivers and hackmen in their
scramble for tribute-money, nor of the
crisp phrases quoted by irate men eager
to go right away to the fair ground, and
were pestered by the punching elbows of
their equally erger and equally pestered
neighbOrs.
In the way of "exhibits the fair was
junior Centennial; everything was ex-
hibited--every implement from moving
machine to mouse-trap, sandwiched
with everything TO interest the agricultu-
rist; for the mechanic, everything from a
steam engine to gimlet; for the lovers
of art, every beautiful thing from thou
sand-dollar oil painting to a ten-cent
photo and spatter-work ;" to the curious,
everything from a picture-frame elabo-
rately wrought in rye-straw to u patch
work quilt in fourteen hundred pieces
and sixteen hundred colors, pieced by q
reat-grand-mOther in her ninety second
year. for the man of blooded stock, fine
specimens from short-horned Durhams to
Russian-bred dogs, blood relation of Bis
marck and the Gar of Russia; for the
lovers Of good cheer, choice wines and a
corkscrew for the tasting committeey !;
for the poultry-fancier, little bantams
strutted and tried to pull themselves up
large, and felt big ducks quacked, land
there we're others who took tribute from
the unwary); geese conversed wisely Of
the doings and criticised knowingly
geese are so much like men, fowls cack-
eled, fowls with top-knots, fowls with
pompadOurs. with straight hair, and hair
combed back black hair and blonde hair
pullets with rlnglets, with frizzed hair,
with banged hair and eyeglasses, giggled
and entertained their admirers. There
We're pigs and hogs to admire. lovely
creatures, and COWS and calves, and bulls
that Egypt might worship. and patient
oxen that the farmer might dote on, and
horses that made horse-fanciers' mouths
water there was no strong drink sold on
the grounds), trotting that was too good
for the hot weather, and ten thousand to
witness it. Every taste could be graft
fed. Those who delight only in the
practical and useful found much to ad-
mire, the mechanic much to stimulate
him, the man of taste much to crafty
him. A thousand beautiful flowers star
ry specimens of Heavens own drawing
and painting, touched tehderly the hearts
of the lovers of the beautiful
There was good display and fine
exhibition, although our dry goods mer
chants were not as largely represented as
on some former years. The addition Of
the art gallery was just what was needed,
and proved an attractive and interesting
feature. 1t is characteristic of the Dan
bury fair that ench successive year is
better than its predecessor. 1t has
maintained its reputation this year. The
attendance has been larger than last
season, over twenty thousand tickets hav-
ing been sold. There was an immense
crowd present the last day.
The factories mostly "shut down" on
Friday and Saturday, and the schools
were closed. All passed off quietly for
SO large matter. Very little drunken
ness was seen on the grounds. Some
pocket-picking is reported. But very few
arrests were made. There was but very
little rowdyism on the stands during the
week. Some few had evidently met
Schenck, but took him in rather mildly.
Much of the order which prevailed is due
to the Agricultural Society forbidding
the sale of liquor on the grounds, and to
the excellent police arrangement.
HORACE