The Newtown bee., 1889-10-04

the BEH only mentions what was over heard; .Mrs George ". Clarke has d large ezhihit, hasn't she? 10 oil paintings from her own brush and that dogs head her boy Harry's work, in the center
 shows his skill in crayon work. Miss Minnie Lewis, she's Monroe girl you know, has the next largest number of paintings and we all admire such work if we can't do it ourselves. Why don't more children do as Solon Wales girls, II and l3 years old, have in showing specimens of penmanship fits nice idea. Mrs k. k. Buddington has few dainty things here and down the other side Mrs s. E. Beardsley has more. There was hardly room in this gable and the light don't show them off as it ought We must move on or we never shall see all those quilts, comfortables, fancy enl- broidered bureau and stand rs,rugs, rag carpets, etc, to say!nothing of 999 Minds of crochet and fancy work, which only the feminine heart can appreciate. "Isn't Mrs Grandson Hubbell's silk quilt just lovely, it is the best work of it's kind here; Mrs Susan Curtis, S7 years old, must be very active to have pieced such nice worsted quilt; Ella Wooster's silk and embroidered quilt and cover must have been sight of work. Edgar Booth, his grandfather lives in Huntington, whittled out this lot of cigar box toys with his jack knife; he is only 10 or l2 and his set, all the way from saw buck to q steam engine, took ingenuity and perseverance at least. O.. Gunther's collection of bird eggs in this case the judges say is fine, but not to be encouraged; whosupposed there were so many kinds of eggs. Isn't it wonderful how Mrs William Brinsmade has such variety of dahlias and here is 3 dish of them from F. A. Plumb's which are fine. There is nothing like wild flowers and I'm glad these big punches of asters and the late bloomers are here; they de- serve premium."
 Vegetables, fruit and grain were seen below, baskets of various sorts of corn and the small grains in sacks, apples without number, William Platt's being judged the second best as collection of fruit, F. A. Archer's 10 varieties of pears taking first place. Altogether, the 163 entries were inviting, specially the grapes and plate of late, rosy checked peaches. Vegetables were shown in va riety, especially potatoes and squashes, a plate of orange melon being an oddity. An inspection of the poultry house was enjoyable and the 65 exhibits from such breeders as George D. Mahoney, $. M. and D. N. Brinsmade, II. $. Fairchild, D. A. Nichols, E. s. Walker, John Hen rietta and their competitors tell the quality of stock exhibited, which includ- ed everything from a brood of l0-days' chicks to the monster bronze gobbler, al- so good showing of pigeons.
 Saturday was horse day and A. $. c. Cook was given the premium on mares and geldings, D. T. Beecher that on matched pairs in class 29, while J. B. Hill of Baston won the prize on single roadsters in class 30 and John Hard on matched pairs. X running race, in which Assistant Marshall Wakeley won, was a diversion and c. +. Duncombe's tried, making the half mile in l 39, but the track was obstructed by pleasure driving, which retarded his speed. CHI. Platt took the money for best three year-old shown and, in the 50 race, took the $50 prize in three straight heats, making his best mile in ss7 II.
 Prof Northup's daring flight, delayed till Saturday at 1 P m, was done to the complete satisfaction of all and it kept the crowd on the qui vive watching the preparations. Some trouble was had in filling the balloon, from the strong breeze, but when all was ready it had subsided so that the balloon shot up in an instant above trees and buildings. The professor threw down his hat to the crowd when little way up and reached point mile from the earth before he let go his hold on the balloon, when par achute and man dropped with lightning speed for an instant, then, as the para chute opened, sailed gracefully to the SIouHu, idHulHS III picSC " eiinpci half mile from the grounds, from which President Coan brought him i'll carriage, half an hour later and he was given three rousing cheers.
 The only casualty of the fair was the wrecking of a sulky, by collision on the track, between D. Thorpe and Marion Williams as they were exercising their racers, MT Thorpe being thrown heavily to the ground by the breaking of the axle close to each wheel. After the balioonist had returned, the crowd quickly dispersed, the last heats were driven in races not finished and a foot race was run by two brawny athletes. The exhibits and sight-seers were seen homeward bound, the fair was over. The success which the management merits is we'll earned.
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