The Newtown bee., 1906-10-12
en Pages.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
HUNTINGTON,
THE GRANGE FAIR.

THE GRANGE FAIR.
 The fair of the Farmill River
 Grange at Laborie hall, last Tuesday,
 being rainy Tuesday afternoon, it
 was postponed until Wednesday after noon and there was not as large an at- tendance as there would have been
 could it have been held on Tuesday.
 There was good exhibit of vegetables
 fruits and grains and although the ex-
 hibit was not large the quality was
 there and had they been in one of our
 local fairs many of them would have
 carried away the blue ribbon. The exhibit was larger than last year
 which indicated that the fair is gain ing in size and popularity and may yet
 take the place of the oldo Huntington fair. The hall was nicely decorated flags anG with the exhibit of fruits
 and vegetables on the table made a very pretty sight. The old fashioned
 supper served by the ladies for 25c
 was a fine one and was well worth the
 trip to the fair if there had been no
 other attraction. Among the largest
 exhibitors was l.. J. Wheeler, who
 exhibited among other things, Green
 Mountain, Early Rugby and Early
 Rose potatoes, White Dent corn,
 White egg and Ruta baga turnips, several varieties of beets, Concord and pumpkins and apples. L. c. Shelton exhibited two or three varieties of pears, Greening, Baldwin, Baker and sweet apples and grapes. L. 0. Thompson showed green and ripe to- matoes two varieties of cabbage, plate of shelled Lima beans, White egg and Rutabaga turnips, beets, par snips, sugar cane, Sorghum Kieffer corn, Broom corn, Evergreen corn, Country Gentleman corn, old fash toned yellow corn, summer squash, Turban squash, yellow pumpkins, be- sides several other varie ties of vege- tables. D. P. Loverin had in his ex- hibit Green Mountain and Antrim po- tatoes, White Dent corn, Hubbard squash, Huntington sweet, Seek-no- further and Baldwin apples. T. M. Wooster exhibited Lawrence pears, egg plant, Cheese pumpkin, and it was big one, Baldwin Seek-no- further and sweet apples. F. E. Beard had in his exhibit, Russet, Baldwin and Gillif1ower apples, Rhode Island Red eggs laid by bullets four and one half months old, Green Moun- tain and other varieties of potatoes and Concord grapes. D. $. Clark had in his exhibit Green Mountain pota- rye, White Dent corn, sweet, Baldwin and Fallow Water apples D. B Wakeley exhibited green and ripe to- matoes and Concord grapes. Mrs F. J. Booth exhibited a very large green pumpkin. c. Blendenbacher, who is an expert taxidermist, exhibited two fine stuffed owls, Charles Sherwood exhibited four pairs of his rich Jersey milk COWS from his farm which is in charge of G. Blendenbacher. There were others who would have exhibited had not the rain prevented their con- ing Tuesday. The stage in the south end of the hall was prettily decorated with flags, autumn leaves and flowers. The arch at the entrance to the booth was composed of autumn leaves, vines and wild asters. This booth was de- voted to antiques and a small exhibit of ladies' industrial. Mrs Frank Beard exhibited two very dainty and pretty sofa pillows. Mrs c. Buckingham, lady of S2 years of age, exhibited a pretty bureau scarf of drawn work and embroidery and also a fancy rug, made of embroidered pieces of black broad cloth, both pieces showing a great deal of work. The exhibit of antiques was in the care of Mrs D. B. Wakelee. A stilletto, three inches long, with tiny hand carved on the handle, was made by Mrs Wakelee's father, T. w. Cook, of Stratford, when he was in the army. It was made from one of the leg bones of an OK and the only tools used were pen knife and piece of hoop skirt wire. MT Cooks watch, which he carried through the war, was also there. There was also on exhibition Old TeS- taments, printed in 1906, formerly owned by Ebenezer Wakelee; pewter candle stick and snutfers and old lamp owned by Mrs c. 0. Wells; a mahogany
 ring, made by MT Cook from piece of
 banister in the oldest house in St Au-
 gustine; salt cellar from China bought about 100 years ago; a cartridge belt,
 100 years old, loaned by Miss Myra
 Curtis of Stratford; silk breakfast shawl of century ago loaned by Mrs
 B. s. Richie of Shelton; lace wood from
 West Indies owned by Mrs Stephen Tucker: revolver of the Revolution
 loaned by Mrs L. Moultrop of Shelton.
 Mrs Loverin loaned home spun
 shawl; also snow shoes, saddle bags
 and gentleman's coat of ye ancient
 date.