The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-09-25
:RMONT. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1891,
PREPARATIONS rps THE FAIR.
Train Seryice-No Free Tickets- How BusI-
ness win Suspend-soaie ofthe Exhibits
10 he Made.

Train Seryice-No Free Tickets-How Busi
ness win Suspend-sonse ofthe Exhibits
TO be Made.
Brattleboro is just lavlng herself out II
preparation for the Valley Fair next week
Ii the weather Is pleasantI will be the big
gest crowd ever seen here. There will be
% 900 people ut the least calculation. And
all Bratteboro Is going to .r1ter into the spir
1t OF the occasion-that Is What has made the
| fair such grand success. The schools will
close on both days. The b,1ks will be open
only an hour from 0 to lOeach day to save
protest. The manufacturing establishments
will close, some for the fnl two days and
some for enough to give employees II chance
10 attend. The stores will close Thursday
from to b.
| The items of interest sbd attraction In
prospect are almost eudesu For instance,
Clifford Akeley OF West Brrttleboro will
show between 100 and 200 ysrieties of pota.
toes.
St. Julian and dozen Of his get. Bay
Wilkes and a dozen of'his stan San Jacin-
to and Clay Lambert with severa of their
get, are to be features OF the horse show. And
what lover of beautiful equlnSs will fall to be
there?
The antique departmental furniture, sll.
YER, crockery, household utensils, books,
documents, In fact anything of interest be.
cause of Its age, rarity, or historical connec
toni being worked up to hs s0mething very
interesting. The committee request exhibit.
tors so far as possible to get htheir exhibits
Tuesday afternoon. SO that they can be prop
erly arranged.
exhibition, the first day willlbe devoted to
cattle, sheep. swine, farm products. etc., and
the second given up to horses
There are now.62 entries f0rthe trotting, land
not "ringer'' among them, but all good
young horses.
Col. Hooksr writes to outof.town news
papers that people may expect to see there
''the finest of everything, including. .men and
women
Particularly gratifying success has been
made In obtaining special rates and accom-
modations from railroads. Stock will be
transported to and from the fair at about one.
fourth the regular rates. Special passenger
trains will be run by all the railroads, arriv-
Ing bere at 8 80 q. m. Returning they will
leave on the Valley road at 8 80 p. M, on the
New London Northern at six. Besides these
there are the regular morning and afternoon
trains that leave at hours that accommodate
excellently.
The management request US to particularly
emphasize that statement that there are to be
no free tickets will to anybody under any
circumstances. And 1t be useless for
anybody to present himself at the gate with.
out ticket. 81
John r. Bliss will exhibH at the fair the
following horses The stallion, Clay Lam
bert; the brood mare, Star Queen, by DIR.
bert the well known road maze, Belle Bran.
don, with her foal, Dell Lak6ert, by Clay
Lambert; the stallion. Ge0r& r., by Clay
Lambert, dam by DeLong'e Than Allen ;
Jennie, sired by son of youn Amerca. and
one Of the greatest roadsters o Ter time, with
her foal, Royal, by George r. eta, sired by
Old Gold, dam, Jennie. with 8 toal, Linda
sired by George r.; two-year N fi!ly, Hazel
Ktrke, sired by BrattlebOro, d., Star Queen :
two. year-old filly. Jessie sir( BY Brattle.
boro, dam, N U N. by son Hsmbleton.
ian 10. Yearling FLY, DeIma by st Julian,
Rex, by Old Gold, dam, Jenne.
Formation of Par4de.
Line to be formed In three DIVISIONS at $50
a. M, Oct. 1st, 1891. The BsattleborO Mill
tary band will form In frontof the Misses
w aitefs resideBee, sesfing o.. Ecst curb. The
cavalcade will form, right resting at Col.
Chase's, left extending north on east curb,
leaving an open space In front OF North
street. The carts will form, right resting at
Mr.. Kimbaps, left extending around the
Common on south curb. The coaches will
drive In Terrace street and form, right rest.
ing at N. l. Hawley's, left extending east on
south curb. The column to march precisely
at 10 O'Clock Thursday, Oct. 1st, In the fol-
lowing order:
Brattleboro Military Band.
l.. X. Fuller. Marshal and Aids.
Mounted Cavalcade.
N. [ Hawlev. Marshal and Ais.
Decorated carts of all kinds.
w. ii. Minor, Marshul ana Aids.
Coaches and Turnouts of all descriptions.
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