Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-16
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 The Agricultural Fair Gratifying
 Success-HIany Fine Exhibits-Frutt
 and Cattle Gal0rei- Out Of Town
 People Present.
 All Branford was out yesterday attired in it's best. Schools were closed and shops were frightened in honor of the Branford Agricultural society's fair. The Branford girls were at their prettiest, and many Branford swain was alive to the attrac- tions of the occasion. The fair is the first of the kind held in Branford for seven years, and was gotten up without a months preparation. Wednesday the com mittee could count on nothing for cer- tainty; yesterday morning they were nearly swamped by the exhibits flowing in on them. -'r -- -.5. The fair was held in the town hall and on the green at Branford Centre. The cat tie and horse exhibition was on the green and the poultry, vegetable and fruit exhi- bition was in the town hall. The fancy
 work was also on exhibition in the town hall. There were few stalls on the green for horses and COWS on special exhibition. In the town hall were four long tables, on which were arranged the fruit, vegetables, flowers and fancy work for exhibition. The sky overhead looked as though Uncle Jerry Rusk had gone back on his favor favoEites ts East Haven and sprinkled in this city, Branford was dusty. The procession started at 9 o'clock with small crowd looking on. There were no decorated carts, but three strings of fdraught oxen stretched out the procession not little. The strings consisted of nineteen, five and two pairs of oxen respectively. The display ofihorses, too, would please critical eye. ls .asn - 7o.s .so4i g, An admission fee of ten cents was charg- ed at the town hall. It was worth the ad- mission to see the dishes of choicest fruit heaped in luxurious abundance and scat tered promiscuously among the enormous pumpkins, yellow corn, giant potatoes, beets and other garden truck.
 z. The apples were wonders, and grapes, peaches, pears and ouinces of all sizes and
 kinds were in profusion. There were also
 melons, squash and beets, which were SC
 large that they seemed to be of unknown species. There was also on exhibition g number of dahlia boquets and harp made of dahlias. A fox, raccoon, St. Der nard dog, an Irish setter and a parrot were special features of the exhibit. In the poultry exhibit there were some fine speei- mems of geese, hens and cocks. There was also some ring doves and fan-tail and car rier pigeons. On one of the tables were some homemade wine and iellies and some bread. Outside on the green the inspec. tion of cattle and tests were held. In test. ing the oxen cart was filled with pig iron and the team hitched to it and set at work. The crowd began to pour in about Il 7Sz1z l. f4v Golr rsr 4o yorI, their wheels of fortune, inviting people to come and be rich in a moment. .. The in spection began at o'clock and everything was at it's prettiest. / The prize for longest train of working oxen was awarded to the Montowese and Blackstonville string The first prize fol best pair of working oxen, six years and over, was awarded to E. Blackstone; first l prize for best working oxen, five years old J. Bishop; for four-ysar olds, J. W. Bald | win; for three and two-year olds, R. How'd one year and under, G. c. Fired; best beei | cattle, E. Blackstone; best draught oxer over 5000 pounds, J. Bishop; best draugh oxen under 5000 pounds, Dennis Page
 best OK team owned by one man, Dennis
 Page; best thoroughbred and grade
 bull, J. H. and F. s. Beach; poultry T. B. Payne; doves, Anna Bishop; bes
 F. E. Beach; best pair matched horses Frank Brainard; best pair matched ano | single horses from out of town, w. E Beach, Fair Haven; best colts, four ant three years old, E. E. Slent; two and on' year old, E. Bragg and E. Baldwin, re 1 spectively; best pair of draught horses
 Larry Mannix; for Branford lock works best exhibit of ladies handiwork, Mrs. E ! M. Fired, North Branford.
 | In the walking match P. Monahan o Fair Haven defeated all the others.
 1 In the town hall were number of cray on portraits and few oil paint
 ings. There was also number of draw l ings from the scholars. Large crowd from New Haven, Guilford, Stony Creel
 and other towns on the line were ther
 and helped to make things lively.