The Newtown bee., 1896-10-02

IcoNTlNuEp FROM EpIroEIvL FACE. MT Terrill Is well known to the cattle trade, handling good many puirs in tE' course of the year.
 The oldest mn on the gtouncs Wednesday w4s Horace Squi;c If Box bury, 94 years old. He took great in. tcrcs, in the fair, lnd was wjrh his son. F. IT, Squire of New Milford Mr. Squire said it might b. his last visit to Ncwtown, and he appreciated the privjl- cge of being at the fair
 Joseph Atchis0n, the owner of HurIingr ham and proprietor of the Orcnaug horse farm, wus Au interested qtteuoa"c at Il C fair aud received cordial greeting by hprsmrn. Ill., ~tonpod ut Decks ho,eL Mir. Atchi-ou js superintendent of the Commcrcwl Cable Co.'s liucs.
 Mlyor Frank Clark and City CIwk Mullins of Bri}gcport wore ou the grand snnd, Wcd4r-dav, gur-ts of ex .,os ator NJ j. Hou.ihEn. They expressed gr,ut in'"rr-t m The fti-.
 John II, BIacku .u had rcfrcsh.nont staud or he grouds, in chlrgc of Wiu Northrop. H. wa- lib rally pAtroujz d. Those hnt ''tnukfu-ts" had u grclt suie F.. S. Ua"'y, 1hs ob'iziug secretary of rhr uuutiaIrou f4i7, }yse on ha:.a nu Wod0"siay. Il" rXprer,ct p3cAsu'c at the success of the '~town fair, ani en- joyed the day exceedingly.
 Hubert Thomas of Ncw Milford, who takes a keen interest in good races, was un mtrro ted uttclaaut duriug rhc fair. MT Thum4s is ou. nf New Milford's leading business men, being m tnber of the clothing firm Ot LtHai, G Thomas. He also conducts Independently d furu- iture and undertaking business. Mr Thomas recently acquired "Mjdwood, ;" horse that did some good speeding at the New Milford fair
 Birmingham, 2.I9 I-2. tine handsome son of WlIkesdaIe, carried eff first prem. jun. During the afternoon he was shown to bridlc in front of the grand stand, and as with arrhiug neck and silky coat ho sped down the homcstrctu with his il et-footcd groom, was the admiration of the spectators. On Thurs day his owLcr, Joseph Atchson, cxhib- ited him to harness amid the applause of the large assembly, It is quite evident that he hHs lost none of his oId.t time speed ard, if au opportunity was given him, cruI clip number 1f seconds of his present record
 Of course popular Edgar Andrews of Beshel came to the fair, and in his usual generous hearted WAY, he did't come alone, He hitched up one of his largest teams of horses onto his hotel wagon and all the ladlrs in his ncigh5urhood came along wi,h him. They had jolly time ana went home enthu,ia-tlc oyer the fair.
 R. II. Beers had m exhibition of the Silver King bicycles in che tent on Thursday. By the way, Harry Curtis won the bicycle race on Wednesday on a "Silver King"
 H. W. Treat of Bridgewatcr assisted Rouo K. GooGsel with his fine display
 
 an agent for these fine goods.
 The wagon tent was raised, after it's lowering by Tucsday nights storm, by Wednesday noon, and the wagon men recovered their equilibrium and were happy again.
 The Bridgeport nurseries had an exhi- bition of some dandy chcstnuts, Japanese variety, great big plump ones. They also had some Japanese pIums that were much admired. MT Perry was in charge and waa all smiles to have his showing so much in demand.
 Three horse powers were on the grounds. The exhibitors were r. K. Platt, Rollo K. Goodsell, and the Plumb Hardware Go.
 James $. Coles of Bridgeport, yet eran in the cattle business, was on hand all three days of the fair. His estimate of our cattle show was that it was the best he ever saw for the numbers of pairs present, and the papers could not praise them too much.
 r. L.. Ronalds exhibited some rare ard valuable antique furniture and pie tures in the main building.
 Impossible to give all the premiums this week. The cattle and horse pro. miums we publish and look for the rest later.
 Rev. o. O. Wright was in charge oi the school exhibit, It was excellent and he gave away lots of good literature Some of the drawing by the children couldn't help but be admired.
 Buckingham S Couch had refresh, ment privilege under the grand stand.
 c, C. Clark of Danbury, had bicycle privilege inside the grounds but pulled up stakes as It didn't pay. People don' ride bicycles over Newtown hills for fun The African dodgers could not al stand It. Too many of them so on, closed up.
 The fakirs wanted Che earth and tried Go run, made out little, but the officers warned them and they quit. Our fail was as free from this ohjeetional element as It is possible to a new fair.
 Mr and Mrs George J. Banks onf