The Newtown bee., 1893-09-01
Tue Coming Fairs.
Eo! FOR THE HUNTINGTON FAIR.

The annual fair of the Union agri- cultural society will be held at their spacious grounds, on Wednesday and Thursday, September 27 and 2s. The premium lists are out, and offer the usual attractions for exhibitions. There is one class, which should this year have especial attention, and that is the grange exhibit. With the granges in the town and vicinity, there should be a fine exhibition, which would in itself add very much to the attractions of the fair.
 The premiuras are about the same as in the past few years. In the first class are the names, as judges, of Lewis Curtis and Andrew B. Curtis, who have attended to this duty for the society for many years very satisfactorily to the exhibitors,as we'll as the society. In the five classes in which the ladies are es- pecially interested there are a great variety of articles in which they can compete and the upper floor of the building ought to be filled with the pro- duct of flowers, table dainties, domestic, industrial and fancy work, and with quite goodly number of them decora- tions and paintings. In the various kinds of live stock, the premiums offered are very liberal and it would add much to the interest of the fair if the farmers would exhibit more largely than they have for some years past. It would be | q and conduce more to the success of the fair if the horses and cattle could be exhibited both days, Instead of devoting one day to each. In the poultry de- partment, in which our younger farmers are generally interested, there is always fine exhibit, taxing the capacity of the poultry house, and besides the large number of premiums offered by the society, the Pratt Food Co.,, of Phila- delphia, Pa., offer quite a. number of dition to the others. The trotting classes, this year, are varied by races with two and three year old colts. The three regular classes have each premiums of $l00, and close ] September 20. E. s. Hawley, the new secretary, is spending considerable time to make the fair success, and in this he should have the ready assistance of the officers and directors, aud all the members. MT Hawley is not new to the office, as he was assistant secretary under Secretary Tomlinson for few years, and thoroughly understands the duties of the office, and President F. w.. Wheeler of Monroe is veteran in the work of the society, having been a director or president of it for many years and will be host in himself in pushing the work to successful issue. Assistant Secretary Knight has been connected with the society, as director and otherwise, for several years, and these will make very efficient corps in the offices, and their united efforts will merit great success.
 While many of the fairs, or agricultu- ral societies, which were in existence 15 years ago, about the time the Union entered upon it's new grounds, have given up, gone under, or died out, this has persevered, and all it's members and all the farmers and others in the three towns of Monroe, Huntington and Trum- bull ought to take hold of this with so much earnestness and enthusiasm, that it will be what it deserves to be,a grand success, and mutual benefit to all.