The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-04
|Pmttleboro Local
,roHr 10 SHOW A PROFIT.
- r,ir odieers Intend to Make
"" ,,ei,i statement Soon.

VNNs
r,ir officers Intend to Make |
- financial statement Soon.
valley fair is over, and now
lN ,ts association and the public as
vs. Wy like to know is the condi-
VI w. ~, finances, There has not
y !. .ne vet 10 figure them up or to
an the bills, so no very definite
y . S of the result of the 22d an.
I',tibition can be given at this
y n, some reasonably accurate es.
can be made. President
s',m " Picrce is satisfied that the
w. min be more than sufficient TO
m.g Minis In addition to last years
yt,'5ps.s Of about $3.50, Hereto
ir, ,rn ar rluce months have elapsed
~ .,sh fair before the exact fnan
w .s.oIt. have been known, or at
mgJs mblic, but Mr.. Pierce
~ n he able to give to the pub
statement Of the outcome of this
81 fair within a short time. Strict
m We the association is a pri.
,Drporation, but it is not and
Nt,bly never will be a dividend-pay-
.'s ,syyporatfon. and the public is as
y, Interested in its affairs as are
,ngkboldcrs. so that, in sense,
4 mblie is entitled to an early
.,ial statement.
T,s actual attendance last year was
III and this year it was at least
N more than that, making the larg-
]. attendance at any fair in the his
Il the association. 1t is not be-
I'M that the limit in attendance has
I, baau reached While there was
shrinking of rain after the ex-
stap opeped. il cannot be said that
\ heather on the whole was the
,.rsrbial Valley fair weather. The
N, were threatening on the first
Il second days, and on the third day
1, weather was cold and windy. On
I. jay of the exhibition last year,
,sab was the first of the three-day
An the attendance was interfered
"A by rain. so there has not yet
~, an opportunity to learn how
.va an attendance three bright warm
AN would total. AS yet the asso-
s,toB has not been able to devise a
7r 10 distribute the attendance
rlrlv Whether it is a'two-day or
areday fair, the people appear to
infer the second day.
This habit may be traceable to the
wching parade, which was held on
M second day for many years, and
vtab was seen for the last time III
gg but no doubt the decorated auto
rbilas influenced some to select the
poDj dav this year. The automobile
uslq was a thing of beauty, but on
recount of the limited number who
m willing to decorate their ma
dras there is some doubt about its
Isoming permanent feature of the
bin If any effort is made to arouse
interest enough for a parade next
rr very likely it would be better
b omit the prizes, as was done in the
hv of the coaching parade, thereby
,tyiating any feeling of ldisappoint'
nent or dissatisfaction, and allow the
EmtaneOus outbursts of applause on
he part of the people to determine all
vestions of superiority in decorative
Iittt. The sale of privileges for
auving on commercial enterprises on
tie grounds was an experiment this
Ea 1t put a few hundred dollars
Into the treasury without in the least
npairng the standard of the show.
Many feel that this might well be
ble to a larger extent hereafter
Tile sale of souvenir postcards by the
alior class of the Brattleboro high
ahool for the benefit Of the Wash
lgton fund was a success, 1t being
Hsessary TO have an additional sup.
Ny Of cards printed after the second
day. 1t is interesting to note that
the most popular card was the one
showing Judge William S. Newton and
bis cat,-Brattleboro letter in Spring
field Republican.