The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-09-26
NEXT WEEK THE STATE FAIR
Large Crowds Promised from all
Sections OF the State Every de-
tail Is Complete.

yermoui's lrs. annual state fair
comes neat week and il will be nshrre~i
IN on Tuesday. Oct. ]. with bril-.
iiarcy o. splendor and Of magnitude
such NJ hAs never been seen before an
ibis entire northern section. Gov
ernor Proctor. escorted by the cadets
u Nor~ich university. sIll formally
open the fair Al o'clock, although
The fair will actually begin IN the fore
noon Of Tuesday.
In SO brief a resume rs this article 1t
gill be impossible 10 ennnerate the
many features that will 90 10 make up
the fair on the three days-Tnesdny,
Wednesday and Thursday and there
fore only few can be mentioned. so
crowded. however, is The program that
events viii be taking place in all de.
partmcns practically AT the same
time. The visitor will find his aiten-
ton occupied every minute and he will
have the best time he ever had on n
fair ground.
Up 10 Saturday Of last ssok there
we're 400 cattle entries made and the
management was confident that fully
600 would be made before the opening
date Of tho fair. So great are these
entries--exceedsd by 100 per cent
every previous fair held In Vermont
that il has been found necessary 10
erect another exhibition shed and work
has already been begun on this struc.
iure.
The poultry exhibit will be the lsrg-
est ever seen In northern New Eng
land. The exhibition quarters are
IDEAL. The building is designed to
take care Of both the dog and poultry
exhibits. The canine show will be ex-
tensiye. Dogs will be shown by the
the widest known breeders from at
least dozen states OF the east.
The horse department will have a
big showing of Morgan horses, rs well
as of other breeds. The swine show
ing will also be extensive.
Too much cannot be said in antici-
patton of the horse racing, which will
be the best ever seen north Of the
Readville track. Horses with records
down close TO the two minute class
will be there and the horses that have
pulled purses in their classes will be
driven in the events.
In the amusement line the word ex-
tensive may also be applied. There
will be midway Of clean, up-to-date
shows, beside the varied vaudeville ex-
hibitions free 10 all visitors.
Then there will be- the exhibition Of
Vermont fish at the aquarium, the
tournament and the foot.
ball game between the elevens Of the
New Hampshire State college of Dur
ham and Norwich university. The
football game will be played at 10
o'clock Wednesday. The Norwich
cadets win appear in drills followed by
a sham battle every forenoon of the
fair.
OF especial interest 10 the farmers
will be the sheep driving contest with
dogs and shepherds from some Of the
great stock farms of the country.
The business blocks and residences
Of White River Junction will be elsb-
orately decorated. The Montpelier
band will render each day a
diversified program, ranging from
Tell 10 the latest rag time.
The residents Of White River June
lion have opened their houses TO Wis.,
tors. Work on enlarging the hotel is
Then there are 40 excel
ent and new rooms 10 be had upon the |
grounds.
Low rates and special trains will be
provided by the railroads and the ac-
'ommodations TO the grounds from
White River junction will be found TO
De ample in every way. The new rail.
Dad, TO be operated by the state fair
commission, will run trains to the
grounds every few minutes and this
will ensure no waiting TO reach the
argest fair grounds in the state and
he greatest fair ever held in northern