The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-10-10
THE DANBURY FAIR
FAVORED WITH IDEAL WEATHER.-A
GREAT FAIR AND LARGEST ATTEND
ANCE IN RECENT YEARS.

1t is not ''stretching the truth, " and
newspaper men do not indulge in that
paStime, to say that the Danbury fair
is bigger and better than ever. The
Danbury fair is the mammoth pump
kin among the fairs and always gets
the blue ribbon. Wednesday there
must have been 10000 people present.
Every body goes from the minister and
priest to the laborer in the ditch. 1t
is a great place to study humanity
There is entertainment for all classes.
The cattle, under the superintend-
ance of David Dsbrow of New FAIR
field. were fine. The management Of
this big fair is no idle task and in Sec
rotary Rumble, the Danbury fair has a
model official. Always a gentleman
he has the faculty of waiting on six
people at one time and keeping them
all good natured. The poultry exhibit
was larger than usual and this may be
said of all the exhibits.
The agricultural display of vege-
tables and fruit was very fine, as
might be expected. Frank $. Platt of
New Haven and r. S. Human of
this department.
Down in the carriage hall r. Hatch
& Sons, the hustling New Fairfield
carriage builders, rather carried off
the hOnOrS, with II fine carriages in
charge of Charles Hatch. In the api
arian line G. W. Hatch OF GAINESVILLE
had very fine exhibit of comb and
strained honey.
In the eating line the public were
we'll entertained and it was possible to
have Methodist or Baptist dinner.
Mrs Hogan Carey was there with her
restaurant and SO was S. }. Fox, the
pnn1lor Wat
A trip through exhibition hall was
worth the price of admission. 1t was
interesting to note that one>of the fin
est exhibits was from a Newtown man,
George Baker, the furniture man. He
exhibited handsome specimens Of
furniture for the parlor, the bedroom
and the dining room. The diversity
in the styles and prices to be found in
this store was aptly shown in the dis
play made at the fair. Mclean Broth
ers, the popular dry goods men, had d
beautiful exhibit decorated in two
shades of green, the darker shade be-
ing of velvet, and the effect was both
rich and handsome. There is d Tempt
ing display of millinery, coats, silk
skirts, furs and other up-tO-date arti-
ties of feminine apparel. The display
is constantly the center OF a crowd OF
ddmiring femininity and the express
sions of praise are many. The display
was typical Of the enterprising firm
that made it.
The Danbury Hardware Co. had a
very creditable exhibit. Two booths
were occupied by this firm. In one
was a handsome assortment Of West
Shore ranges, heating stoves and chan
deliers, while in the other was dis
play of lamps, gas pOrtableS and nickel
house furnishing goods. The booths
were appropriately decorated for the
display of the goods. The firm had
another display in machinery Sall.
A very attractive booth was that OF
e. Stone, the genial dry goods man.
1t was display of coats, furs, skirts,
umbrellas and millinery. The booth
was all in white with hangings of real
lace. In the center was a large glass
case, trimmed in yellow, containing a
choice bit of millinery. Yellow of the
same shade as that in the case was
used also in trimming the booth ano
some large palms added to the artistic
effect.
That enterprising and popular firm
w. II. Somers & Co., had their at
tractive exhibit of crockery, dinner
and toilet sets, jardiniers oil heaters
carpet SWeeperS and lamps in the us
ual space near one of the main Ell
frances. 1t was big space, too, fol
all the above goods were shown in the
center of the booth, while on eithe
side are for sale mechanical toys, pic
lures and fancy china.