The Press., 1893-09-21
agreeable, and I reached the parsonage tired but happy; rejoicing that this God of Beauty and of Love
 "is all for me, A Father all my oWn.'
 THE STAFFORD FAIR.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Oct.
 3d, 4th and 9th.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Oct.
 3d, 4th and 9th.
 Season tickets are on sale at Healds Admission for three days, with team, S1.
 w. D. Heald has been induced to con- tinue to serve the society as treasurer, MT. Reed, who was chosen to succeed him, having declined to serve.
 The full list of prizes offered to athletes and bicyclists is as follows:
 First day-half mile bicycle handicap, local, prizes, timer, $15, Macintosh, $10; slow races, 100 yards (bicycle), prize, silk umbrella.
 Second day-1O0 yards flat race, prizes, diamond pin, eight day clock; half mile run, prizes, travelling bag, smoking set; standing broad jump, prizes, smoking set, rattan rocker; hop, step and jump, prizes, diamond ring, pair $5 shoes.
 Third day-mile bicycle race. handicap, open, prizes, diamond stud, Macintosh, silk umbrella; half mile bicycle race, open, prizes, gold medal, silver medal. Are you looking to see what you can do to make the fair a success? The hall exhibits and the show of cattle, poultry, etc., have much to do with giving visitors a favorable impression of the fair as a | whole. The outside attractions provided are not the fair so much as the united in dividual contributions of exhibitors. Don't keep back any worthy article be- cause it is of seeming little consequence. | As one of many it will make the hall at tractive, and it may be only in your sense of modesty that it is a small affair. Bring it out and ask the judgment of the pub- lie upon it. Encourage your boys and | girls to become exhibitors. It will do them good, whether they are premium winners or not, to become competitors for awards of good husbandry, house. wifery, or tasty work with tools or with the needle.
 | The officers are doing their best to make good fair. Good attractions are bespoken, and outlay of much money is being made. The balloon is an old time attraction, first introduced into this sec- tion by this fair, and this year put on the program because the people clamor for it | been made to get the most reliable eronaut, and reduce the chance of disap- pointment, and it is believed that the peo- pie will not be disappointed this year. The best equestrienne attractions of last year are on the program for this The athletics will be up to standard, and in- clude close competition by bicyclists, as we'll as other athletes. The poultry show avail to keep it up to it's present stand ard, so far above that of any neighboring society. And, finally, the crowd at Staf- | ford is sight in itself. Come and see it. The midway pleasance' will, as usual, be full of amusements, comicalities, and pastimes. And at the close a contented crowd of visitors will leave the ground with determination to come to the Staf- ford fair in 1894, and "whoop CT up' till then. The usual favorable arrangements have been made with the railroads for transportation of people and goods. Judge w. D. Holman, of Holland, whose prize herd of Devons have been a feature at fairs for several past years, is this year exhibiting the best herd he has ever shown. He has been given liberal inducements to make an exhibit at the Brattleboro (Vt.) fair, and was also urged to contribute to the worlds fair. His entire herd will he seen at the Staf- ford fair. Remember-the second day is cattle day. Not the first, as at most oth- | CT fairs.