The Newtown bee., 1889-10-04
lEw'rows, CONN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1880,
THE HUNTINGTON FAIR.
4 srccEss IN ExilInIrs, NUT uiNDEREt
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There was little doubt that the Faii was success, when the gates closed Saturday night, after seeing the pleased throng which troopcd through the build ings and about the grounds, Friday and Saturday The total Income of the SO ciety will be triile over $500 and the expenses will not fall much below that figure, depending much upon tho liberal ity shown by the officers in distributing the premiums. Friday was the day oi the fair and about 2300 were in attend ance. Not over half that number were on the grounds, Saturday despite the balloon ascension and the best horse race were both on deck that day.
 Thursday was damper to fair going, yet several hundred people and from 90 to 30 yoke of oxen were on the ground In spite of light showers and entries were made and an informal trial of draught oxen took place, the ground being in fine shape for moving the load cd boat easily. A purse was made up for the competing teams.
 A postponement till Friday and Sat urday was wisely taken, but gloomy was the outlook late Thursday evening, which was banished by the bright sunshine and braclng air of Friday, while Saturdays weather was even more charming and both days the patrons of the fair and sight-secrs turned out well. The grand entrec was witnessed about II m, Fri day, headed by Marshal Wakeley and the Shelton brass band, followed by q bus load of officers and strings of cattle, about GO yoke all told. The decorated cart from Harmony grange, Monroe, brought up the rear of the train and was fancifully trimmed with evergreen, inter spersed with sprays of grain and wild flowers, half hiding the fruits of field and orchard which kept company the billy goat, mounted in state in the center of the cart. E. l.. Walker, Huntington, with his twin Spring calves and fancy cart, which took a premium in the class In which they were entered, showed of finely and were broken remarkably we'll.
 Outside deaiSrs did not exhibit exten- sively, the D. M. Read Co. having the most elaborate display, in charge of Ed ward Downs, who sold articles from the stock displayed. r. E. Abbott's show case was filled with samples of footwear and r. IIallock, also of Birmingham, had q case of hardware, Taxidermist Chadeayne of shelton had much ad- mired case of the smaller wild animals and native birds stuffed. Flows and farming tools were shown by T. flaw ley X Co. also the Wizard blow by Lyon S Hlndley, Bridgeport; w. E. Coan and George w. Lacey exhibited wagons i; Curtis < Hughes headstones and monu- menus; health horse blankets were shown by E. Radcliffe, Long Hill and one exhibitor thought 1t worth while to advertise the merits of q mower thus late in the season.
 The crowd were catered to by l.. w. Fox of Harwinton and his fare Is whole some; F. D. Morehousc dispensed tenn perance drinks to the thirsty, Charles D. Lane, also of Bridgeport, manufac- tured and sold candies peanut, pop corn stands and Q wagon load of bananas en- ticed the appetite. The shelton brass band furnished good music, the merry go-round amused the children and some and shooting gallery attracted some. Sweat boards and games of a like char acter were ejected from the grounds by the managere, who turned deaf ear to the offers of money from these gentle men D to allow their games on the premises.
 The features of interest were, for the fair sex, the ladies' fancy work, indus trial and the cookery department, while the exhibition of best teams and special draught oxen and the trotting engaged the sons of toll, both sharing in the prep aration and upward flight of Prof Northrup, the cap sheaf to the days sights. Trumbull took the banner on best 10 pail, though Monroe had much the longest string, nearly half the cattle in the train; Huntington, once the first in number, had but 10 pair; s. B. Shel- toms seven-year-old Devons showed off we'll, as also pair of trained two-year- olds of Howard II. Wheeler's of Monroe. David Plumb of Trumbull exhibited a pair which would be valuable, were tal- low high. Pratlcally there were but two contestants for the special draught prize, Irving Coan and l.. Middlebrook, hat. orlo t.. tha latt ..,ff long, tedious contest. Four tons was the load moved by each yoke, Middle brook succeeding in making q straight haul of seven inches. Opinion was di- vIded on the merit of the contestants, but they accepted the decision of Judges $. c. Blakeman, w. s. Bradley and NJ. w. Morehousc in good temper. Trials of lighter pairs followed, but the late ness of the hour caused G. l.. Burr and J. B. HUI, the leading contestants, to divide the prize and call it q tie. Glass; es 13 to 26, including cattle of various grades, sheep and swine, were fairly represented In the entries, about a sam pie of former years, though 25 and 26, sheep and swine, had only limited num- bers to show. Class IA, cows and heif- CTS, had 42 exhibits and lover of fine cattle enjoyed noting the breeding show ed by the exhibits.
 The 36 race and the scrub race were going on, Friday afternoon, at the same time as the trials of draught cattle, which detracted from the interest in the track and the managera hoped to do with two main attractions at one time, another season, by change of program. Five anfrias uern rnn1ln in fhe 2 3G clnss hut