The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-10-04
THE SUSQUEHANNA
COUNTY FAIR
Largest and Best Agricultural Exhi-
bition Ever Held at Montrose.
Enjoyment Marred by Rain.

Special TO the Scranton Tribune.
Montrosc, Oct. 3.--Yesterday was a
raw, dark day. II threatened in the
forenoon and the rain poured down in
torrents in the afternoon. and yet the
Susuuehanna county fair held in
Montrose, was q splendid success--the
weather affecting ii only to the extent
oil preventing it's being the very largest
and best strictly agricultural fair ever
heid i'll the county. Tuesday brought
large part of the exhibits and the
balance came in carly yesterday. so
that the weather had but small effect
upon TINS most important feature. and
the exhibits were the finest and largest
shown in years.
There is no doubt that the frownirg
Sky in the early morning kept many
at home who would otherwise have
come, ana the storm in the afternoon
prevented the attendance of hundreds
of townspcoplc. But despite the I'M
propitious weather the gate receipts
were we'll up to previous years. which
demonstrates that with good weather
the receipts would have broken the
record. As 1t was. every portion of the
county was represented in the great
crowd and IN magnificent exhibits. The
total receipts werc upwards of 81 400.
There were over seven hundred indi-
Nidual exhibits, and tho total number
of entries in the several departments s
was over 2.6Co.
The special attraction this year was
the famous Welsh choir of Wilkes
Barre, and It proved the best drawing
card the society has ever secured.
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singers at disadvantage. still they
acquitted themselves nobly. and capti-
Vatea the vast assembla"e by the
charm OF their marvellous singing. 1t
IS inc wish expressed to the managers
oi in" falr by many people that the
same attraction be secured for next
year. Ii possible.
TN" showing OF fine horses was un-
usually large, there being 1l6 entries of
horses in the regular and special
classes y few of the premiums award
cd were as follows: Best standard bred
stallion. William Lott Clifford; best
4-yoar-oid mare. j.. l. Lott, Montrose;
best 3-year-old tilly. Miss Meta Guy,
Mohtrose: best road stallion. II. d.
Wilcox. Rush: best 3-year-old heavy
draught stallion, G. II. Conrad, Auburn;
mie: best carriage team, NJ w. Pal
mcr. of Brooklyn: second best. Il. A.
Barrett. of SusGuehanna: best team for
all work, w. &. Shay, New Milford;
second best. S. Loomis. Auburn. There
was also a large number of handsome
mares. colts and young horses.
The cattle show was never better.
and would have done credit to a state
f,i, l,~
said he had never attended a better
fair. and that it would he very hard TO
find better cattle anywhere. Some of
the principal exhibitors and the breed
shown We're: Short horns, l.. Il. Miller
Lathrop; Guernseys. \. Il. Holister
and o. III. Summers: DevonS, r. +.
Jones. South Montrose: Dutch Belted,
Munger d Williams, Franklin: Jerseys,
Turrell & Turrell. Forest Lake: Ayr
shircs. J. f. Buttertield, South Mont
rose. and Christopher Byrne. thocOnut:
lIoldernesS. Mrs. \. l.. Green. New Mil
ford Holstelns. +. :. Wells. q. f..
Decker and \. II. Conklin, of South
Montrosc; +. r.. Bennett. a. T.. Robin
son. Tho premium for the best dairy
was awarded to +. 5. Wells: second
best. Turwcl .& TrIrrcll BEST calf of
any breed was awarded to l.. Fl. Mil
Ter,
The sheep and swine exhibits We're
on par with those oil other i've Stock.
Among the principal exhibitors of
sheep We're Watrous a. Jameson. G. y.
Darow. William Kelly and A. ID. Hol-
lister. RridGewater: ID. o. Turrcll
l'ranl;ln j. Il. Hay. Auburn; NJ. j.
Gay, Heart Lake. and T.. l.. Tiffany,
Brooklyn. Among the swine We're some
very fine registered BerkShircS shown
by G. l.. Moses, of Brac'iney.
A better exhibit of grain, fruit and
vegetables is seldom seen than the one
shown here on Wednesday. Even the
showing of fruit which is supposed to
be a failure this year. was large and
creditable. In the grain exhibit there
was fifteen entries of fine field corn
the first premium going to A. l.. Lake,
of Bridgewatcr
There were seventeen entries of sweet
corn. first premium To Mrs. j. y. An
dire, of Fal'dale, OF popcorn there We're
sixteen entries. and j. l.. Allen carried
off the honors. There We're thirteen
entries of peaches grown in county
some splendid specimens. There We're
over tifty exhibits of fan apples, and
over sixty exhibits of winter apples.
OF potatocs there were lhirty-tivc en-
tries. consistln" of from one To eight
different varieties.
The poultry and net exhibit WAS
larger than ever, ia entries. Prnci-
nal exhibitors were Il. +. Tiffany Il
20. l.. :. Ely and r. G. Doran. Brook