The Newtown bee., 1888-10-12
DANBURY,S PRIDE.

Nothing can arouse such enthusiasm as the great and only Danbury fair. It is undeniably the best in the State and it's managers spare no pains to maintain and even elevate the high standard which it has attained. The agricultural display varies but little from year to year and the art department, the bench and poul- try shows are much tine same, the best of their class. The racing is always spirited and exciting and the exhibits of outside firms are more and more elabor- ate. This year the fair eXcelled itself, but the clerk of the weather was trifie sour and the attendance was slightly d. unfinished. The fakirs were legion
 Newspaper men were excellently cared for and several detectives and outside po-
 licemen helped the local force preserve
 order. The manufacturers and dealers
 exhibits were excellent and plainly show ed the care bestowed upon them. W. B.
 Hall & Co. of Bridgeport had three large
 exhibits: one consisted of silks, yelyets.
 cloaks, suits and kindred articles. most
 artistically arranged and producing fine
 effect; another, enclosed in glass case,
 contained samples of the dresses and
 suits made by this firm, with gloves.
 smaller wares and the innumerable goods
 to be found in their mammoth establish
 ment. A speciality is made of silks and
 a silk weaving machine was shown in full operation, turning out the silks for which Hall S Co. are famous. Holbrook X
 Taylor placed their case of boots and shoes near the entrance. Such attract i've footwear would have been noticeable
 anywhere, but here attention was called to it by the figure of an African princess,
 who moved her head from side to side and rolled her eyes in ecstacy and won der at the display before her. w. C. Bryant X Go. made a dazzling exhibit | ion of diamonds and jewelry and the time
 pieces in various parts of the buildings
 were regulated by electricity from their
 big standard clock. Hull X Rogers large
 space was occupied by the finest and all descriptions, climaxed by a lustro
 painting of Day imported from Italy
 by John Wanamaker of Philadelphia.
 valued at S625. They also made a sep
 arate exhibit of paints, oils, hardware. horse shoes. machinist's tools. etc. and displayed dog collars at the bench show This was one of the finest exhibits Fol- som's reputation for the best to be pur-
 chased in the art of photography, uni
 versally conceded. was amply sustained by the display of pictures of all sizes and
 styles. The D. M. Read Co. of Bridge port made a veritable fairy bower of their space, draping long streamers and fes- toons of richest fabrics from the ceiling to the floor and enclosing the lower part with other samples of dry goods. dress goods, rugs, carpetings; there was no ! end to the beautiful and tasty goods.
 They have a large mail order depart ment, to which they call especial atten- tion. w. c. Johnson's collie and litter of collie pups, and some of C. E. Os bornc's Lothian kennel collics were in thu bench show. In the poultry show, Fred l.. and Newton M. Curtis of Sandy Hook !. D. A. Nichols of Monroe, C. E. Osborn s of Stepney made fine exhibits of theil ,; poultry and pigeons George F. Dun combe of Cobleskill, formerly of New town, explained the Fearless machines C Y all who came; J. B. Fairchild, whom tn T Danbury News calls the champion clau T roasttr r, made large exhibit of the WI 'e ard blows and Fisk automatic corn plant ,s CTS E. L. Johnson, who knows III abou + the Cooley creamers and their work, hn es charge of the Vermont Machfne Co.'S ez "a hibiE All these were from Ecwtow1 ye Tho Keller Plano Co. of Bridgepoft pln6 Cd four Of tlhelr hauilsomc pG1noo jn tE
 Imusic room and m uho tolched tk ls keys were dell&hfod- 4hey eold the 1og so pl61os apd he4 uQre e1Vcfod-