The Newtown bee., 1907-09-13

of apples of all varieties from a few to be used next spring. The case of grapes looked very tempting. espec- , ially the Concords, Niagara, Brilliant and the three large clusters. Lady Dorans. Muscat, Alexandria and the Muscat Hamburg. There were 67 ex- being Clapp's Favorite. Thirty-one exhibits of peaches, including Craw- ford, Early and Crawford Late. Be sides these were quinces, crab apples, six varieties of plums. cherries, black berries and few green figs about an ware dealers, had an exhibit of very attractive goods. c. O. Jelliff of Southport, wire goods H. w. Coley, bees and honey. The Flower corner of the tent was well filled with large variety of choice flowers besides old benas, roses, sunf1owers, phlox, can mas, nasturtiums, Princess feathers. A case of IS varieties of roses and a collection of choice dahlias. In the line of grain there were bags of wheat and rye, boxes of corn and beans. Elmer F. Bulkley was Superintendent of the vegetable and fruit department and Mrs Walter Merwin was in charge of the floral department.
 PERHAPS THE MOST REMARK ABLE
 Exhibit in the Ladies' Industrial de- partment was the collection of canned goods by Mrs William Banks, who had 98 cans of fruit of different varieties. The fruits, if not all different, were put up in differnt forms, which made it an interesting collection. There were cherries red, white and black, grapes green and ripe, raspberries, branded and raspberries each stuffed with a currant, pine apples, one shredded, one cut in stars, another in cubes, rings, oblong, etc. One can with an entire bunch of grapes. rhubarb in different [ in halves, blood orange. Out of the 9S cans IT of them were branded. Mrs Banks offers the lot for sale for $125. Mrs William Bulkley had this depart | ment in charge: Three other collec- tions in the exhibits were equally inter esting, but not as large. There were homemade wines, grape, blackberry, strawberry pickles, catsup, and jellies all cOlors and kinds canned vegetables were novelty and looked appetizing. such as pears. beans, corn, beets ana l carrots.
 Mrs Wil6am IT. Hull had the Child ren's Department in charge. Miss Katherine Burr has established repu- l tation as good cook when only II years old by receiving the first prize fo1 1 making the best cake and cookies. 1 Good sewing was evident in the square of patchwork made by a little girl II years old. A basket was made by Miss Susie Edwards of Plattsville only five years old. A loaf of cake made by 3 child eight years old. A collection of canned fruit. vegetables and pickles 1 was sent by Augusta Bertz.
 l THE D. M. READ CO.,, ALWAYS so 1 GENEROUS,
 Has given prizes to the children for their industry A bread plate for best bread, cake box for best Graham bread, bread plate for best biscuits, pickle jar for best collection of jam, fruit dish for best collection of canned fruit, jardiniere for best amateur work. Mrs Wing Martin. principal of the Strat- | ford school, had an exhibit of baskets. Mrs Martin had a private class in Fair 1 field in basket making. The work 1 shown does the teacher great credit. A beautifully woven basket was shown as the product of John Donaldson, work after having taken four lessons. John ent. Christians Natural Food exhibit had large table just at the right of the main entrance The sales table in
 charge of Miss Georgia Banks was filled with pretty things that delight
 woman's s heart. Hand knitted lace,
 crocheted and netted doilies, tidies
 and edgings, purses. embroideries.
 handkerchiefs, aprons, caps, bags, sachets, shawls, etc. Near the candy table was MT Silbys' exhibit of hand
 made work in the form of collars laces, doilies, tray cloths and center pieces.
 The Department for Antique Art
 etc., was in charge of Erma Jennings The most wonderful article on exhibi tiOn was quilt containing 30 blocks each block containing a picture o1
 some article, like a clock, harp, com
 pass, grapes, currantss strawberries tulips and many other different articles
 Sanford Jennings and her daughter,
 Mrs Elizabeth Hopkins. Among other
 antiquities was wedding veil of hanc work made in 1926; books printed 1811 land 1926, owned by Andrew J Jennings Ecopy of an oration delivered in the Ia pair of earrings, 200 years old; a Ewhale oil lamp, 178O The exhibit of Typography by Miss Burns and char Fcoal sketches by Miss Laura Hall de
 serve special mention. An oil painting done by Stephen Barmore after taking
 latent talent. A fine colletlon of pho tographs by William McArtEur of New town deserves special note,.
 The1Ladies' InG'1sStrial in charge of | C. S1 duIey WIS Hlled W1Cf
 .A.irfes in laces, -enbroideries II pa tchwork, drawn work, shawls, trim
 mings, slippers, eenterpieces, cut work
 etc. A quilt by Miss Frances Conkline
 was a very remarkable pieca.of work J The Bread. Cake and Pastry Depart ment was well filled with temptine
 cake. pie, bread, doughunts, etc. all o1 T which did credit to the good housewives
 of the locality and they were very
 tastefully arranged by the superinten-
 dent of the department, Mrs w. H. Wilson.
 In the main building the M. Sonnen
 berg Piano Go. of Bridgeport had z good exhibit of their pianos and prac- tlcally demonstrated their fine quail ties to the people during the fair.
 WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY or the fail there was an attendance l of about 33OO, in spite of the very threa tenlng morning and the fact that during the afternoon there were show. CTS. The place allotted for autos in the front part of the grounds was well oe- cupled and the grounds were covered with teams and people. The weather l about 10 o'clock gave evidence of clear ing which was great help to the at I ter d ance. The great attraction this l day was the horse show and there were