Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-18
THE STATE FAIR.

shed room than has ever been used at any of the previous State fairs. Some idea of the size of one of the large tents may be had from the statement that the tent has eight center poles. All the ground space under the tent is devoted to the display of agrioul- tural implements, carriages, etc. fine ex- hibit in this tent Is from the Meriden car- riage repository, \ papier mache horse with ruesct leather harness Is hitched to canopy top spindle surry. The assistant secretary of the fair stated yesterday that there was @ larger entry of cattle than during the three last exhibitions of the society. George A. Bill of Lyme, the president of the society. He has large number of hno Devon cattle at the fair. R. L. French of Thomas ton Conn.,, has five pairs of Hereford oxen at the fair, besides several COWS and other young cattle of the same breed. The black and white Holstein. Friesian cattle are fine. Besides these breeds there are large numbers of Jerseys, Ayrshires, Guernseys, Durhams and large and nice Swiss cattle. E.W. Lyon Is ah the fair with a pair of trained steers, with which he will give performances daily. The exhibition of this morning at am. of standard bred atallions promises to be first class. Horses in this class must be register. ed in Wallace's American Trotting Register as standard and pedigree and number given with entry. The standard bred geldings or Allies to be judged to-day must be either registered as standard or their sires and dams registered SO as to entitle them to be registered as standard.
 The show of horses at the fair is good this is remarkably true in regard to colts. A fine colt, fifteen months old, Is owned by A. M. Lewis of Plainville. Thia fIiv uaa recentlv axhihitad at the New England fair at Worcester, Mass, where the owner refused an offer of $500 for his colt. An offer of 1900 has been refused for two year old Ally of the same strain. Stall No. at the fair is occupied by Ben Bolt, fine black colt which has Annie L. Dudley of Wallingford. I. L. Bronson of Derby is at the fair with N. D. Baldwin's colt that is called the 18th century wonder. The colt which has cloven or cows foot is a great curiosity. The | Ally was sired by King Wilkes 2:22. Her dam was Fly who showed 2:25 Ia at pri- vate trial.
 | is we'll filled with specimens of the feathered | tribe. O. P. Jordan of this city, shows sev- eral coops of white leghorns, silver sea- bright bantams, and polish fowls. F. L. Edwards of New Haven, has white leghorns at the tair. Seely and Nichols of Bridgeport, | have forty five coops of fowls in the tent. A coop of young chicks at the fair attracts much attention. Their downy feathers are dyed purple, green, yellow and pink making variety of pretty oolors. The light brah- mas at the fair are fine specimens. There are several cages of rabbits in the show. The displays made by the granges are mer- itorious. Every visitor at the fair should see the exhibit of Meriden grange No. 20, which has representation of freight train of nine u v,rtn 1aro oud roh Thaon small cara are loaded with grapes, melons, apples, grain and other farm products. Mat | tabassetS grange of Middletown has fine display. Among the exhibits of the North Haven grange is @ large clock covered with seeds. A representation Of windmill and tower covered with seeds is very tasty. | The Wallingford grange have representa- tion of a COW, with maid life sizel and milk | ing pail.
 Chas. H. Risley of the Berlin grange has one of the best, and possibly the best, grange exhibit that was ever shown. It is a repre- sentation of farm with miniature fences and building complete. The house has ver- anda, front fence and fruit tree in full bloom. The doors are open to the barn in which can be seen one of tho farm hands with load of hay. In the rear of the house is a line on which hangs the family washing. Both house and barn have small lightning rods and are otherwise very complete representa- tions of @ granger's house. A very long time was required to bring this exhibit to its pres- | ent state of perfection.
 E. Frank Page of Boston, is at the fair with variety of small articles, such as card
 receivers, brackets, photograph frames, etc., that are made in Berlin, Germany, out of
 leather and paper ground together and press ed into shape.
 The Florida curiosity shop is presided | over by Mir. Paul Rehubug of St. Augus- II E1NptIa apd Gauapnah haa a | large assortment of valuable souvenirs of the fair, which are in the upper story of the main building.
 The three minute class and the class for gentlsmsn's driving horses were postponed until to-day, as the track was too wet for | trotting yesterday.
 Lieutenant Governor s. E. Merwin, Colo | nel George ". White and several members of | Governor Bulkeley's staff are to be at the | fair to-day.
 Dan Canary is to give an exhibition of
 bicycle riding, weather permitting, this after
 noon.
 AT THE TOWN HALL.
 The exhibition at the town hall is large
 and excellent. Although the Meriden ex-
 hibitors occupy the bulk of the spaces, there
 arc many out of town exhibits. The hall is
 not half large enough for the display, but by
 this afternoon the confusion of yesterday
 will be remsdied. Refreshments are furnish
 cd ct the booth of the Womans Relief corps.
 The Meriden Brittania company make @ fine
 display of their wares, as also do the Brad-
 ley & Hubbard company. Burgess & Bur-
 gets of New Haven, on the south side show a
 hns display of furs of every variety, from plain skins to the finest seal skin garment, that aroused the interest and envy of every lady who saw them. Crowds viewed the ex-
 hibit which was very artistically displayed.
 Church organ, photographic work, fancy
 work, hand painting, embroideries, banners,
 quilts, etc, are in the display; also floral ex-
 hibits by Pierson of Cromwell, and F. s.
 Platt of this city, the latter of whom had a
 large display of cut flowers and floral pieces
 banked up against the stage.
 On the north side the attention was at-
 tractsd by two Shakereses in costume, from
 Shaker Station, Conn.,. who presided over q table on which were offered for sale cenfec-
 tionery and fancy articles.
 Mrs. J. R. Matthews, of Southington had @ large exhibit in the west gallery, consisting of embroideries, tapestries and fancy tidies,
 as did also Mrs. 8. L. Burgess of Meriden.
 Miss Helen Benedict, of Meriden, had
 some beautiful specimens of lace and silk open work tidies in cases on the west wall of
 the gallery. in from all the surrounding towns was in use
 yesterday, and Superintendent of Tents H. P. Fox sent to Hartford and New Haven for
 more, to satisfy the exhibitors who were | crowded out.
 THE SHOOTING.
 Among those who did good work at the
 sweepstakes shooting in the Gunners tourna-
 ment yesterday were: Messrs. Gould of New
 Haven, Johnson of New Britain, Sterry of Holland, Sherman of New Haven, Avery of
 Neriden, Folsom of New Haven, Savage and Bristol of New Haven and Alcott of Avon. Some of the best work was done by Avery
 and Sherman, honors being easy between | them. A team shoot of two men to Q team
 was started late in the afternoon. To-day,
 with better weather, at least fifty gunners are
 expected, and there will be club team shoot
 of six men to team.
 yorrINos.
 Among the Swiss cattle exhibitors are
 Oliver Thompson of West Haven, who has eight with tho big bull Joshua.
 Dudley Wells, of Wethers6sld, Is noted
 for his hne Ayrshires. He shows thirteen
 and the bull Major.
 eff this weather continues" said Secre-
 tary Andross yesterday, "the State Agrioul-
 tural society will be in a deep hole. We are
 under $12, 1000 expense, and only good
 weather can save us."
 The poultry show is there as large as last
 years. One hundred and fifty coops are
 shown.
 Among the exhibitors is Lester G. Birdsey,
 who has i've coops of valuable light Brah-
 mas and his pair of famous gray squirrels in | q oa0a w R Hall ohou,a s{v oo~,x. of ,,rfva