The Newtown bee., 1893-10-06
The Bean City Wonder.
JAY AT THE DANBURY FAIR.


 grounds ia
 PRETTY GOOD CONDITION. I think if it had been a real nice balmy fall day should have driven over, as so many of your readers have done. But l know you are anxious to hear about the fair. The very first thing 1 did after was once we'll inside the grounds was to waltz up to the secretary's office, for thought, you know, 1 would present my credentials you gave me, and so get ''boosted" along little. We'll, had the misfortune to find Secretary Rundle out, but pretty soon Assistant Secretary Bar mum put in an appearance and was real kind, so I liked him. l asked him all about the exhibits this year and he told me that this was
 THE BANNER YEAR
 in the history of the Danbury fair. He said that in every departn ent, without single exception, the exhibits were larger than ever before. I thought this a pretty sweeping statement, and after l had bothered him little more, just picked up my hat and concluded I'd just take a turn about and see if l thought the same way as he did, and after 1 had travelled several miles, looking at the eX- hibits, I came to the same conclusion. And what place to meet people. Why I believe that's about half that draws people out there, to take good square loOK at each other, and have
 GOOD FRIENDLY CHAT
 on family matters. But have digressed. The first place l visited was lunch room, for it was about dinner time When was looking for place l really was bewildered, for they were stuck up all over the grounds. l finally settled upon one that looked pretty decent and ordered au oyster stew. What do you think 1 got, Two or three oysters sail ing around in a little mighty weak broth. I wouldn't advise any of my friends to go to that restaurant next year. l got up from the table, paid my bill, tried to pretend wasn't hungry any more, and started to look at the fine horses down in the sheds. Well l saw some fine ones and no less celebrated horse than
 LECTIONEER,
 for the RidgewOOd stock farm, owned by Rundle and White, had a fine exhibit, as did also Hill Top farm, Danbury. ". BeckeJle owner, Maplecroft stock farm, Pawling, N. Y., and Mir Clark of New Haven. Of course there were other eX- hibitors of merit, but you know it will be impossible to mention very many, for it would take up to much of your valuable space. l noticed Charles C.. Peck and C. B. Ferris from our town exhibited horses. 1 met a man who claimed to know something about the trGtting and trOttiug horses at the fair this year, and guess he did know, and he told me that there were more real
 FINE TROTTING HORSES
 at the fair this year than ever before and | better than there had been at any fair in New England this season. next looked up Superintendent COnklin of the cattle | department, for l knew your readers would like to know about the stock. He l told me it was by far the largest exhibit of cattle that had ever been made. Why he grew real enthusiastic when he told me that there were over 100 yoke of oxen | in competition in the different classes, and in the same breath he told me that one party, N. P. Beardsley of RoXbury. l brought over l7 pair of cattle in a string beside his
 | LARGE HEREFORD BULL
 and quite a quantity of other stock. | Some of those nice HaWleyviile cattle | belonging to Mir Stone, that went dOWr | to the Huntington fair, were also over 1 will just give you some of the names ot the larger exhibitors of the different stocks as Mir Conklin gave them to me 1 Guernsey stock, G. Howard Davison 1 Millbrook, N. Y., James B. Palmer, Jew ett City; Alderneys, Frank Enc, Pi9e Plains, N. Y., A. F. Reed, Jewett City. Nathan Seeley and H. H. Baird, Bethel Red Polled, c. B. Hitchcock, Waterbury George K. Tabor and A. H. Arnold o1 Paving, N. Y.; Swiss stock, A. N Barnes, Collinsvlle; Holstein, A. c Barnes Gt Son, New Milford, D. D. Flaw ley & Son and R. D. Knapp, Danbury F. c. Bailey, Brewsters; Devon,
 D. B. PARMELEE, NEwTOwN,
 w. W. Chapin, Brookfield, N. P. Boards lev, Rcxbury; Ayrshire, John Manwar ring. X Norwich, W. H. Fowler, Brewster Durham, John l.. Coffin, Oak Summit | N. Y. By the time l had looked at al these stocks, I wished those oysters haC been more, but plodded on and reached the tents and main buildings. The frs entered was the the tent for the agri . cultural implements. There was fin display, but l didn't see any famlia faces among the exhibitors except tina of J. Bots ford Fairchild of our town who was sitting on blow and 1 judge
 was talking plow to another man, so
 didn't disturb him much but walked on t
 THE DOG SHOW. This was too much for me, for l am n
 
 them there that they made a territi
 noise. I next got into the poultry sho'
 and that was about as bad as far as nois went, but noticed some very handsom a fowls who hadn't left their everlastin o cacke at home. This led ne into tn
 main building where the merchants al
 principally located. l noticed anon
 your advertisers, (and don't think me chant lives up to his privileges unless h U does advertise in THE BEE), who shove , up, a very tasty arrangement of house z hold fixings by D. E. Rogers, and U think his was the largest exhibit. F. ,, ' 1 Hull & Co.,, had
 SPLENDID SHOW,
 and the J. M. Ives Go. had corner file
 with rich goods. 1 noticed F. E. liar
 wells tasty display of clothing, and R
 der, Bryant & Go. had a fine display
 jewelry, diamonds, silverware and pre-
 ty rings that the young ladies like
 well. A. c. Baker, the Hawleyyille flu
 niture man, had a great showing in flu
 nitnre and baskets and showed some fiji . goods. Levy Brothers, the clothier D had neatly arranged space and shove J. some elegant gents furnishings and clot {, ing. The art gallery was said to . something of disappointment. Wh' q I got out into the fruit and vegetab tent
 a, WAS AMAZED.
 Just to look at those bouncing big a r ples, pears, etc.. to say nothing of t ii big pumpkins, squashes, cabbages and
 great many others that it would take q good strong man to lift. Ii had the F. all in the cellar I think I'd forget
 about the business depression. Inotic IS our Patrick Cannon of Newtown had
 large variety of apples and learned th T., the number of different kinds was d, Among the bee hives 1 noticed the vet,