The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-09-22
SUCCESSFUL MADISON FAIR
LINE ANIMATION OF LIVE STOCK
 IND GARDEN PRODUCTS.

tendance Down, but the Fair Was q
 Good Ono Remarkable Display oi
 VesetNbles--The Big Pumpkin and
 Other Fcaturcs-Wn Continue To-
 day.
 The postponed fair given by the Mad ason Agricultural and Industrial socle- ty was held yesterday on tEe Maulsoil green, and although the weather Kept away great many who expected to pe present there were probably l,ooo peo- ple on the grounds during the day. It Tained nearly all the morning ana IL was not until o'clock that it cleared off enough to warrant the out ot town people a good afternoon. This was rather late for the local stock to pc brought to the grounds and accordlngly the exhibit in this line was not so large as it has been in previous years. The show of garden products and fruits, however, was an exceptionally good one and was fairly equal to any prev ious exhibition given by the society
 The day. On the whole was a suc- cessful one, considering !he number WHO dllSIuGll, dlIl CNGlS bouy " AAo iie'N the opportunity of being there was full 1y repaid. Tn order to give them an opportunity to attend the exhibit of garden products, who were unable to attend yesterday, the committed of ar engagements has decided to hold the fair to-day. A number of people at- tended from the nearby towns. such as Guilford, Clinton and East River and to-day a very large crowd is eX- pected The usual number of fakirs vendors, tintype takers, etc., were very much in evidence during the day, and kept the air full of all kinds of calls. whistles and yells. They were a little disappointed at the size of the crowd, buf everyone of them no doubt reaped enough to live on until the next fair or circus is announced. These people travel through the country, fol- lowing the flair towns during the fall and half the life of these old coun- try gatherings would be lost if the 'fakirs" were not present.
 Tn Madison, Branford, Orange, Wa tertown, Danbury, and all the Connec- ticut towns that hold annual fairs the same crowd is to be found and if Kal- amazoo, Mich, was to have an agricul- tural and industrial exhibition Sunday the chances are that the same old fa- miar faces would appear with their push carts, circus lemonade and prize packages.
 The exhibition of garden products were lined in the basement of the Sol diers Memorial hall, just across the street from the fair grounds, and in that basement were some beautiful specimens of what Connecticut farm CTS can raise. Nearly all the growers in town had seven or eight exhibits and it was exceedingly difficult for the judges to select those entitled to first premiums.
 The vegetables were all remarkable Hpecimente,. potatoes, squash, corn, pumpkins and every variety being ex- cellent. Augustus Hull had on exhibi- tion great pumpkin weighing over 100 pounds and measuring five feet in cir conference It was a beauty, and needless to say it won first premium.
 Another object that created great deal of interest was the sky scraping corn stalk exhibited by Lewia Miller. The stalk measured sixteen feet ad three inches and was a perfect one.
 Frank Bushnelps Holstein bull won first premium in that class, his spotted beauty easily carrying off the honore Mr. Bushnell's heifer calf also won first premium in that class and his exhibit of sows, pigs and fat hogs was splendid one.
 Charles w. Scranton, the banker and broker of this city, carried off more first premiums than any one exhibitor at the fair, over twenty of his exhibits being labelled with the red ticket
 MT. Scranton's team of farm horses, strapping pair of bays weighing 2,S4O pounds, won first premium among field of about fifteen teams,
 In the Jersey hefer class the first premium went to MT. Scranton. Other first premiums secured by Mir. Scranton were: Bronze turkeys, silver Wyan- dotte chickens, Pekin ducks, light Brahmas, common ducks, Plymouth Rock fowl, sheep and lambs, cabbages and a number of vegetables.
 The poultry exhibition was a very good one, the Rhode Island reds of Henry J. Griswold attracting much at- tention as over his coop was tackled a SlSn SLdLlnS that III 91SHC months, from January 1 to August 31, his eight hens laid 2,157 eggs and matched 2S7 chickens. That makes an average of fifteen eggs per month per hen. Thomas s. Scranton's Rhode Island rede won first premium and MT. Griswolds sec ond.
 Other premiums in live stock not al- ready mentioned were Silver Wyan- dotte, fowls, first; o. D. Redfeld; whi4e Wyandotte chickens, first, r. c. Dowd shepherd dogs and puppies, first L. L. Stoddard; white rabbits, Webster Whe- don, first; Plymouth Rock chickens, Webster D. Whedon; goats, Cahrles Willard, first.
 Other first premium winners in their exhibits were as follows: Hubbard squash Mrs. Chapman; white elephant potatoes, Clarence A. Willard; Mag gie Murphy" potatoes, George Whe- den; Gravestein apples, George Whe- don; Bartlett pears, Frank Mcdonald; + oney Frank c. Dowd; Concord grapes, Fred Field; Niagara grapes, H. J. Gris- wold; kale, John Scormichsen; hay and straw, c. H. Redfield; wheat mead. C. H. Redfield; carrots, c. H. Redfeld; | F. c. Dowd; variety | squash, c. w. Scranton; corn, Liota | Early; beets, Lewis Miller.
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