Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-17
THE STATE FAIR.

Successful Opening - Ths Exhibits Large and CredItable-The Show O1
 Cattle and Sheep-The Town Hall
 Show-TrOtttng fin Which James
 HI. and Jack Are Winners
 Meriden was 0 lively place yesterday with the crowds that were in attendance at the opening of the State fair. The exhibits in all departments were large. Especially fine was the exhibition at the park. Cattle, sheep, poultry are there in abundance. Among the fine herds of Jerseys A. B. Colgrove, of Mid dletown, stands first in the number shown. He has 31 head of very fine Jerseys and among the number the winner of last years sweepstakes, the famous bull William the Conqueror. Wallace Barnes, of Bristol, showed a herd of 16 Jerseys. This drove at tract much attention for the neatness of every one of the animals and their general excellent appearance. D. D. Bishops herd of 19 from Southington won much praise. Dr. N. Root of Colchester, new exhibitor, showed 12 handsome Jerseys and W. R. Goodspeed, of Goodspeed's Landing, had among his drove fine looking bull called Bob Brierly. s. D. Newell, of Bristol, exhibited four and Thom- as Fairclough, of Wolcott, had an equal num- Der of fine Jerseys. c. I. Allen, of Terry vile, received much praise for his fine bull Judy's Prince and his five daughters Mr. Allen exhibited two other nice looking ani- mals Among the other smaller exhibitors was Luzerne Fairchild, of Wallingford.
 The handsome black and white Holsteins probably attracted the most attention after the Jerseys. There was much larger K hibit of that breed of cattle than usual s. L. and H. O. Warner, of New Milford, ,ex- hibited 27 head of fine Ho1steins, including the bull Duplicate. They owna fine herd which is in the best of condition. T. S. Gold, of West Cornwall, showed four head and Farmer Pierpont, of Wolcott, exhibited an enormous bull.
 The Ayrshires were shown in larger num- bers than usual. MT. Charles Parker, of Mer- ] iden, showed herd of 26 fine cattle of that
 breed, and N. E. Sears, of Elmwood, had nine, including the bull Young Duke The principal exhibitor of Herefords was c. P. Gaylord, of Terryville. His cattle were all fine looking and well kept Mir Gaylord also exhibited pair of Holstein steers and a yoke of Devon oxen.
 President James A. Bill, of Lyme, showed 30 head of fine Devon cattle and J. w. Yale, of Meriden, had five head The other ex- hibitors were Walter E. Case, of Sufleld, with 12 head, and Farmer Weed, of Stann- ford, had eight head of Devons Lii nus Birdsey's big bull was also in the Devon row, and Stanley Griswold's famous bull, Cornwall, was also there.
 The Guernseys were included in the ex- hibits of 0. E. Williams of Stonington, who had five, and A. Warner of. .Pomfret, who brought ten head. They were in prime con dition and had many admirers.
 The Swiss cattle were also seen in large number. W. R. Fish, of Mystic River, is the principal breeder of these cattle in this State, and he had fourteen head at the mark including the imported sixteen months, ola bull, Marshall Jewell. He weighed o0a pounds Simple Tell was the queer name of another fine bull of this herd Isaac Barnes of colIinsville, had six head of Swiss cattle, and Adna Barnes, of Newington, had seven.
 s. H. Peck, of Watertown, exhibited six yoke of Devon oxen, and yoke of black steers, two years old, who weighs 2,S50 pounds.
 2 SHEEP AND GOATS.
 , James A. Bill, of Lyme, exhibited a flock