Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-09-30
THE VALLEY FAIR

Ccyo,mved f,om me I'm pogsJ
Lor.D. and ro.t.. Mr FrD.fs tine Jer-eg-.
znl Nr. K,charI.on and Watt q. nichols
cattle were exhibited ou The track-
The 4. ~. Ed1y B. %. and I>Hpnard q,
Haa.s r1hIt.'s were highly rra1I,4b.s and
nst,oke for hru-Dltes ~ The customer
viz constantly 'hrou-eI about them.
Among the 8urla.sihe3 e2h.bits we're
zU'yat1r. owned by Charles L.'abfDJk "
Gu..forJ. and a turtle. weighing - pounds.
owned 1y j. Vsruo ri Asnueio'. y. u.
Nyron Da,.. demonstrated that be-
could at n. drum major. He welded TIE
stirk yery GRACEFULLY and va. greeted with
round. of applause Dy the ocrupants ri
The grand stand.
j e. Henri of Wstertonu Mas. Who
cafr.e. 90 one ~ the fines; farms u the
Connecticut valley with Do. brother al
Deerfeld. say. that Gin getting up gDpd
sbov BratilebyrD takes The cake.
The First Regiment band APPEARED 70
excellent advantage and received many
compliments for IT,, gCC1 work. Ernest
Dasis " ChicDpee ard Z. J.. Brigham ri
Clarernont were with the band both days.
The Brooks House bad one Of the busiest
days ia IT, history Oh Thursday. and the
crowd was fel and JARED for in very sat
isfactory way. Every available sleeping
place 10 the house va. utilized "wednesday
night and ~ room. 10 private houses were
alsD used.
Il g. the general verdict that the dining
service on the grounds has never been 80
gcOd a. this year. Abundant dinners. with
a surprisingly excellent variety of food.
were well and attractiyeiY ser'ed. ~ 9th
er word. Harmon & Farr made tAeuseiye-
public benefactOr-
The prize Of - and sZ.5G. offered by
the BrattlebOrD Jelly company for the two
best lot. " vegetables grown by BOYS un-
der "a YEAR Of aye. and ~ith fertilizer
sold by them. were awarded. Robert
Nesbi,t cDOk the first prize and Jason and
Alfred Bushnell The second.
The work VI the secretary Office was
done with unusual de.patch. and the an
nOyauces Of This irving place were reduced
to minimum. Nj Mckinney Introduced
this year new method Of preparing the
judges books. which made the work Of
entering and trauscribug the premiums
much JESS than ever before.
The ground. we're well pOliced under the
charge Of officer Mcclure. but there was
small need Of an officer services. Not an
arre-, was made during the t~O days The
only cases If eXhilaration noticed werethg,e
Of a bunch VI young men. Oh the first day.
who had evidently brought with them some
secret means Of celebrating" but this only
tOok on a very mild form.
On the first day. after announcing the
balloon ascension from the grand stand,
Col. Hooker calmly stated that there would
be an ascension on the following day also,
"when the Prince. CarlOtta would be &C
cOmpanied in her flight by the president Of
the Valley fair" Next day the Boston
Globe soberly announced this special at
traction with appropriate head lines.
Several Brattleboro boys wished 10 make
the ascension in the balloon. One Of them
consulted with Mr. Meyer the father Of
the Young ballOOnist, but was told that the
balloon was made n carry only one per
son. and two could not ascend with safety.
The story that so was offered - any
one who would make the ascension was
the product Of some feryid Imagination.
The fair grounds were well watercd. and
were as comfortable in this respect a, could
have been expected. The street-waterng,
however was a failure. Especially from
the top Of Canal street hill out % the
grounds the dust was smOthering. the early
morning watering counting for nothing
after the heavy traffic Of the day had fairly
begun. The only unfayorabe criticism
made by anybody was on the dust. but
those who complained did not recognize
the difficulty Of obtaining water, or the
labor and expense Of drawing up all tho
water used for this purpose from the land
below. Next year some way should b. de
yised for removing this one blemish.
The attendance on the first day was up
ward Of 1000, and on the last day about
100. These latter figures exceeded last
year = high water marx on the last day by
1900. It wa. the universal impression on
the first day that the attendance was not
nearly equal 10 that Of the first day la-l
year. This was doubtless due 10 the fact
that everybody hurried 10 the grounds in
the morning on account Of the balloon as
censiOu and on arrival there at least ZOO(
gathered about the balloon while another
large crowd was ma~scd about the DRAWN.
contest. The treasurer figures show a
sale Of 800 season tickets this year against
only 200 last year. The ticket sale, at the
grounds on the first day were 600 and at
various places down town $50 making a
total Of 200, not including the hOrsemrf
and their employees, who had paid entrance
money. Last years attendance on the frs
day was estimated AT a little less than 800
On the second day this year the single
ticket sales were over II, 900 and the mem
bcrship tickets and horsemcn carried th'
attendance 10 the figures named. The TO
tai receipts were over 5000, or about $50
more than ever before.