Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-25
ATTENDANCE REC
ORD BROKEN
Largest Crowd Ever Seen At Dog
River Valley Fair Premiums
Awarded On The Stock
Especial to TELEGRAM.)

Northfield, Sept. 25.-With ideal
weather conditions, perhaps the best
exhibit in the history OF the associa-
ton. and an attendance mounting
close up to the 1000 mark, the Dog
River Valley fair is in every respect a
success. Verify the hearts of the
officers and stockholders do rejoice,
not that it means personal profit to
them, for the fair is cooperative
institution and all profits are invari-
ably used in further extending the
scope of the annual fair. The North
field fair management have stead.
fastly adhered to the policy of making
the fair an agricultural exhibit, clean,
attractive and vt place for all per-
sons to gather, and they have not al
lowed it to grow into horse trotting
association, although they believe
trotting to be very essential feature
OF fair. They have been chided at
times for being too conservative, but
with the attendance growing larger
each year, the exhibits increasing in
number and the gate receipts becom-
ing larger, they feel justified in their
course.
Floral ball during the past two
years has been enlarged to nearly
double original floor srace. The
superintendent, c. M Wiley OF Barre,
said that he had applications for sew
eral hundred feet OF floor space that
he WAS obliged to decline simply be-
cause there was not the space at bis
disposal.
Individual exhibits are becoming
overshadowed by the booths and ad
vertising done by leacing merchants
Of the adjacent towns. Among the
fine booths and samples, those by the
Barre merchants, in nun ber and
quality may be fairly said to surpass
those Of any other town
Frank McWhorter. one OF the CID
time merchants of Barre, bad hand
some booth trimmed in white and
pink. 1T was in charge OF Frank
Jackson. In it was displayed goods
to the valne OF not IS than S2,5oo;
many handsome fur garments, gar
ments of cloth and gents furnishings
we're tastily arranged and Mr.. Jack
son was seen to be booking an order
more often tina occasion ally.
Mrs. ". F. Shepard, mllliner OF
the Granite City, had case OF milli'
Rery which was the object upon which
the ladies focused their optics. A
full size head and shoulder model tas-
tllv dressed, was crowned with one OF
fnn hnt Hnrrprf|V
termed creations, and the female Vsl-
tors were united in pronouncing II
lovely The hat was made OF chif-
fon aud velvet. II turban shape. TRIM
med with frosted grapes and red vel
vet foliage. The Distinguishing feat
ure Of the hat was its color Which Is
the new shade Of red known in MILL
merry circles as the coronation nue.
The foliage instead of being green az
has been the style was red which is
a new fal. novelty. The hat is design
ed to lift little from the lace instead
Of dropping. Frosted grapes are
new fall style. The Workmanship
was pronounced exquisite.
Tllden s. Wiley the Lively sn"emeh
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things for the feet and dressings ana
polishes for the footwear mere
were shoes for mother, father. John'
Julia the baby and gramp and tne
line for youn. sters. some OF tnem
nearly as handsome a, new fall nat,
enhanced the heart Of mothers an"
led to Tlden & Wiley placing many
orders ol their books ThlS him uls-
tributed large amount Of attractive
advertising, the kind that people re-
tain and take home with them Ihelf
booths are very tastely decorated in
white a. d yellow. George Tilden
the smiling democrat, assisted oy
Mrs Tlden, we're in charge.
A ?. Abbott & Co. is one or the
most handsome booths, trimmed with
pink and green and latticed, exhibited
a splendid line of tUrs, coats and gar
ments, the bulk of their stock being
In the fur line. 1t was esti nateo
their goods on exhibition we're Wor1n
not less tn IN s2, 500. One genuine seal
garment, the marked price OF which
was $500, was prominent in their 0 u
er goods. The booth was in charge
OF d. }. Morse the veteran clerk as
sisted by Miss Margaret Harrigan