The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-07
WooDBRIDGE GRANGE FAIR.
some of tho Features of the Recent Ad
 mirable Exhibit.

l 9""Ho VI 'ho Nsatutos or the Recent Ad- mirable Exhibit
 The fair held by the Woodbridge
 grange on Wednesday. the 2nd inst,
 was a pleasant and successful event.
 The day was perfect, and many city
 people drove out in the afternoon to
 breathe the fine air and enjoy the beau-
 titul scenery for which old Woodbridge
 is noted. The exhibition was originally
 intended to prove that good fair could
 be held without the adjunct of fakirs
 ana tratting horses, and while we prov
 ea this, we also proved that such q
 lalr could be made financially success
 iuL There were no horses or cattle
 shown, as the church grounds were not suitable, but in the line of farm pro-
 ducts the exhibition was creditable
 one. M. E. Baldwin was the largest
 exhibitor of apples, showing some forty
 three plates. Herbert Tomlinson showed
 twenty and one-half bushels of fine fruit, and several others showed from
 live to fifteen varieties. There was
 also choice display of pears, peaches
 and grapes, of which D. A, Hitchcock
 was large exhibitor, The exhibit of Charles E. Peck, arranged by his fa-
 ther, MT Phineas E. Peck, comprised
 about sixty varieties of fruit and vege- tables and attracted much attention. Other leading exhibitors in the line of fruit, vegetables and grain were Will liam w. Peck, Jacob Beisigel, N. F.
 Peck, R. c. Newton, I, l., Hale, E. w.,
 Beecher, A. L. Sperry, w. M. Beecher
 and l.. c, Beecher There was not
 poor specimen of fruit or vegetable
 shown and many of them were models
 of perfection of their kind Sidney Dickinsons display of bees, honey and
 bee appliances was work of art in it's
 arrangementand received a great deal l of praise. While not much effort was made to get out a show of poultry some ! fine trios were on exhibition. Dickin- l son Brothers showed some choice bred
 white and brown Leghorns, Clarence | Newton white Leghorn chickens and
 Pekin and Rouen ducks, Mrs. Mary
 ID. Rice a trio of light Brahmas and
 l. l.. Hale coop of rabbits. In fancy | work and domestic manufacturing de- partment there was an excellent show | ing. Miss Lucy Peck exhibited a large number of beautiful specimens, and
 Mrs. Helen Baldwin, Miss Flora Blatch- ley, Misses Louise and Annie Perkins,
 Miss Edith and Elma Augur, Mrs. E. 1 w. Beecher, Mrs c. w Judson and
 several others showed a great variety of beautiful or curious things. The 1 antique department attracted much at- | tention and many rare and interesting Ithings were shown, The paintings shown by Mrs. Henry Cha tfield were greatly admired. Mrs. M E. Rice made 1 a fine display of flowers and plants The workers in the refreshment depart
 ment deserve ] the highest praise, Brother Sperry distinguishing himself as a peanut vendor and "all hot' man. A number of athletic contests, running, l Jumping bicycle races, etc, kept the I young folks interested, and an admira-
 ble address by H. w. Collngwood, edi- tor of Rural New Yorker, was listened
 to with marked attention. Brother J H. Hale, the peach king, and Hon. N
 D. Sperry were among the prominent people present. The Bradley Damn Car
 rington company showed number of machines of interest to the farmers, l ana to NH. BlSnop or the llTnl the grange
 is greatly indebted for acts of generous I kindness. MT. Dwight Russell of Orange grange showed the Osborne line of farming tools and Mrs Russell made
 a beautiful exhibition of lace and em- broidery.
 In the evening the entertainment committee gave a performance to
 crowded house. The program consist l ed of music, recitations. and short pam l tomines and dramas and the various
 numbers were we'll performed. Among l the performers were Mrs. Russell and l Miss Clark of Orange, Professor Lubino Of New Haven, "Parson" Isbell of West l vile, Arthur Doolittle of Bethany and l Mrs. R C. Newton Mrs. Helen Bald
 win Mrs. George Hubbell, Mrs Frank I l. Baldwin, Misses Annie and Louise Perkins, Miss Lucy Peck, Miss Alice
 Peck, Miss Estella Hubbell, MT. Frank Peck and Professor Walker of Wood I bridge. George Jewell of New Haven l was expected to be present, but was I prevented by illness. The gross re l ceipts from day and evening was some- thing over $10o, of which balance
 of some s7e goes into the grange. treas- {