Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-23

but it was declined with thanks. Messrs. Turner and Bacon fed the crowd having enough and to'spare, for which privilege they paid us $80 each. Those who were delegated to take care of teams had their hands full and had to turn many away. Three young ladies showed us bow to harness and hitch up horse, drive quarter of mile and return, unharness and hang up the harness Miss Belle Wilson did it in m. 45 sec. and was given prize of three silver-plated articles valued at $2,OO; Miss Anna s. Hayden did it in 6 m. 2. sec., and was given three silver-plated articles of the value of $1.50; and Miss Elsie Merriman did it in m. 30 sec., and received three silver plated articles, worth $1.25. Miss Hayden broke her buggy in the contest, and had to drive a second time This was the only acci- dent of the day. Miss Belle Cleveland, of Burlington, the eleven-year old Miss who per sonated the Goddess of Liberty, and carried the standard at the head of our cavalcade, was gived a silver-plated, gold-lined cup of the value of $1,000 The celebrated Wolcott drum corps, of twenty one pieces that attract ed so much attention in Hartford on Flag day, were in the cavalcade, in full uniform, Mrs. Humphreyville, of Northfeld, whe is ninety nine years and eight months old, followed the rear of the cavalcade, in a carriage decorated for the purpose. The jubilee tent attracted a constant crowd who were kept constantly on the move by the police. to make room for nt ha mt If md W were unable to make thls part of the program as conspicuous as we could have wished. The centennial singers were heartily cheered when they ceased singing. The rendering of the old-fashioned tune, Yankee Doodle, was greatly appreciated, and called for again and again. Many an old man felt the younger for hearing it. The display of vegetables, such as it was, was good as far as it went, but we must admit that our towns people were not very ambitious in this line. The little folks found constant amusement by riding on the wooden horses. The display of stock of all kinds was very good. Miss Addie E. Barber exhibited a chair that was her great great grandmother's. A trunk two hundred years
 
 very creditable display, comprising a cor net band company of forty horsemen, and a string of cattle, under the direction of Ma jor Ralph Humphrey, as marshal Five towns contributed 181 yoke of cattle to which pre- miums were awarded as follows:
 Harwinton, 67 yoke 1st, premium, $500 Litchfield, 30 yoke 2nd, C 14,00 Burlington, A yoke 3rd, " HOO Nepaug B yoke 4th, :" HOO Torrington, 10 yoke 9th, (" 800
 One Bristol merchant made a display of goods that occupied front of forty feet Salutes from our cannon were given on a neighboring hill occasionally through the day. Much praise is due to our president for the way he has worked, spending both time and money for weeks to make the fair what it was Our secretary, MT. Addison Webster, also deserves honorable mention for attending so closely to his duties that he scarcely saw aay- thing all day. We wish to tender our sincere thanks to all who contributed to aid us even in the least, and we also thank the people at large for their uniform good conduct and good nature throughout the day. We hope to meet them all again next year.
 -''Pen Dragon !" many thanks for enquir- ing after us. We always pay one hundred cents on the dollar, With all our faults, and we have many of them, we hope never to de- fault. We have been very busy, but we con- fess that we have not been as ambitious in the literary line since you have ''taken the shine off, of our letters. We have very much the same feeling that the Shanghai rooster in Bar num's show had when the Bantam showed him how much better he could crow than the Shanghai. To the Washi ngton correspondent we wnnld say. handle ''P. D." gently, comb his hair tenderly, for we know from past obser- vaton that he is able to "hold his own" with any correspondent that slings ink for the col umns of the Enquirer. LITTLE CONNIE.