Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-05
Woodbridge Fair.

A Large Crowd in Attendance at the
 Twenty-Fifth Annual Exhibition -
 Very Creditnble Displays.
 The ride on the stony roads over the hills to Woodbridge yesterday afternoon with the wind blowing an Arctic gale at the rate of thirty miles an hour, and the October sun be- hind dark masses of cloud, was hardly con- ducive to that mild state of satisfied equanim- ity that best becomes the person who is bound on tour of inspection of the articles that the farmers display at one of their fairs. The hues of the sumac were reflected with 8 more intense glow in the faces of most of the hundreds who shivered about on the highly elevated grounds where the Woodbridge and Bethany agricultural society hold their fairs An occasional gleam of sunshine came like 8 benedic tion from above and the only refuge for the frozen was in the exhibition tent and the stand where Mir. Twitohell of the Massa. soft garden, Savin Rock, dispensed hot food that WAS cheering satisfying and productive of cordial glow. As to the fair it was prob ably good one. There was an abundance of farm. dairy, garden and household pro- ducts. The working cattle, fruit and fancy goods exhibits were all creditable and vege- tables of all varieties were set forth in abund- ance. The exhibition of poultry was small, but the exhibit was fine in point of quality. The trimmed wagons and town teams came upon the grounds during the morning The town of Bethany had fifteen yoke and took first premium. The town of Woodbridge l had an equal number of cattle, but got only second premium. There were three decor ated wagons. Theron K. Todd took first premium, Trumbull Hill second, Emerso n Atwood, Beacon Falls, third
 The trials of working oxen took place dur 1 ing the afternoon. Edwin Pardee, D. N
  l had fine looking cattle There was a good 1 nun Der of fat cattle; herd stock, bulls of the 1 Ayrshire and Durham breed and others were exhibited Lucius Doolittle's herd of ten head got first prize and Robert Payne got ! second money on his herd of nine head S. 0. Williams had fine lot of Southdown ewes, thirty-two in number. s. c. Wilia ms had a very fine Devon yearling heifer B. B l Peck showed three fine heifer calves, and R c. Newton showed two beautiful Durham heifers.
 The fruit department was great credit to the farmers of the vicinity. Sixty baskets of splendid apples and luscious pears, peaches, plums, grapes and quincts of all varieties lined the shelves.
 In the vegetable line Jacob BeisisgePs collection of potatoes should be mentioned There were seventy four entries of potatoes and they were all of such size and beauty that it must have puzzled the judges to decide which were the best.
 The collection of flowers was an attractive one. Mrs. Lauren Doolittle, of Woodbridge, | took first premium for the best collection of 1 cut flowers; Mrs. W. Tomlinson, also of Woodbridge, got first premium for the best l bouquet of cultivated flowers and J. W. Bar ker for the best bouquet of wild flowers. A fine bouquet of immOrtelles prepared by Mrs. Doolittle received marked admiration. The department of household manufac- lures and fancy goods was well filled with all sorts of articles, from pair of baby's stock ings to bed quilt. Mrs. R. c. Newton ex- especially for the fair. Some ferns from the Himalaya mountains, belonging to Mrs. Clara R. Bond attracted much curiosity. The Macrame lace knit for shelf by Mrs. Minot Augur showed skill seldom equalled. Speci- mems of hand painting on wood and brass, done by Miss Eliza Doolittle, were creditsble.
 large number of New Haven peo- the prominent gentlemen noticed in the crowd, which contained fully SIX hundred people, were Chief Webster, Hon. N. D. Sperry, k. Cowles, h. W. Sper- ", Secretary Bishop of the New Haven Ice company, Major H. H. Strong, Dr. H. w. Milo Chatfield and R. B. Mallory. Frank Beach drove Barker $ Ransoms dapple grey four inland, and seated in the landau were Chas. w. Bradley, John H. Tyler, John Macheleidt and Wm. Butler. There was a crush of carriages on the grounds, and on the race track when the exhibition of matched horses took place. D. M. Clark, Henry Baldwin, R. 0. Newton, O. H. Ben ham, Woodmont; Edward B. Clark, Wood mont; Dwight Clark and O. H. Burnam took premiums on their horses.
 The Cheshire Cornet band, eighteen pieces, played during the afternoon. Stephen Williams is leader. The receipts at the gate and tent were large and more than covered expenses.