The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25
FAIR WEEK;
ITS PROMISES
Things in Store for Those
Who Attend the Show.
DEPARTMENTS FILLED
Exhibits Of Horses and Cattle Bid
Fair TO Satisfy the Tastes OF the
Most Exacting-New Features Prom.
Use All Sorts OF Amusement.

Ill Use All Sorts Of Amusement.
lis almost Valley fair time again. Al
ready the business blocks oi the town an,
gay with bunting OF many colors. ih,
i lowing oi cattle Is heapl IN the stn,ci,
and feeling OF hustle aud preparation
peyades the atmosphere. The fair
grounds themselves have awakened from
their year-long sleep and are alrady TAX
ing ON an activity which will steadily in.
crease until II eliminates IN what the
management hope and expect will be- a
record-braking attendance. II would not
he truthful 10 say that everything j. in
readiness for the I'D annual Valley fair
which takes place next Tuesday, Wednes.
day and Thursday. No exhibition OF such
size as our fair has grown to h. Is nady
10 start a moment before the scheduled
time. However. Il can be said without
fear OF prevaricatlon that everything will
be IN readiness when the gates open next
Tuesday morning. Everyone who i. in
any way connected with the fair has been
on the jump the entire week, and ii con.
tlnued hustllng can bring everything into
a state OF thorough preparation the result
will he accomplished without a particle OF
doubt. All that the management is pray.
ing for now is that Jupiter Pluvius will
see tit TO exercise his pcrcolating preroga.
tlNf bttNttH now anu tine bglnnlilg ol
the fair. Two days rain would interfere
somewhat with the work of preparation
but II would do worlds Of good not only
To the race track but to the grounds
themselves and the highways leading
thereto.
4 new feature Of the fair this year will
be the drills by the Norwich university
cadets who will arrive in Bratteboro
from White River junction tomorrow
morning and will make camp on the |
southeast corner of the fair grounds The |
program of the cadets each day will in |
clude review, Butts's rifle and athletic |
drill, battalion drill, company drill, |
Buttss exercises including attack and de
fense with infantry and artillery, and
evening parade. The parade, review and
! rifle and athletic drill will be given on
the track in front of the grandstand while
the other manoeuvres will be given inside
the track oval. The parade will take
place at sunset and the cadets will have
he assistance of the First Regiment
band. On Sunday morning at 0 o'clock
there will be review and inspection at
Q O'Clock, and during the entire stay OF
the cadets each day will be divided into
routine military duty.
There are many other new features OF
the fair this year in addition to the ca
diets In the first place there is the mid
way. which is bound to prove a great at
traction. This is in charge OF W. A.
Shumway, who has secured diversified
assortment of amusements, including
merry -gorounds, Ferris wheels, nam
moth cattle, variety shows moving pic
lures, photograph galleries. etc. Then
there will be balloon ascension each day
by Prof. Bonnetti, performances by the
flying Banvards mot Barnyards) and con-
certs by the First Regiment band On |
the morning of each day the band will
give a concert from the new bandstand
near the depot
In the various departments of the fair :
itself both quantity and quality are as /,
sured. The management has assurances
of better horse exhibit than for several !
years. Chief among the horses in point :
of interest will be the Morgans from the i,
government experiment station at Wey' ,
bridge. These animals are of the type 4
which government experts have selected :
to perpetuate the true Morgan character i
terest by all lovers of this distinctly Yer \
mont variety. Among the other Morgans !,
shown will be those Of E. D. Hinds, o
Son of Fowler, +. A. Darling of Burke y
and c. V. Paddock of West Claremont 2
n. ii. In addition to the Morgan ex
hibit there will be an unusually large
number of other horses including Perch
nrons and French coach stations owned
by Charles f. Brown 4 Son of Greenfield, ?
River Stock farm of Hatfield, Mass, and n
the farms of C. d. Noyes of Colrain and
NJ. +. Starkey of keene, n. H., and Il
owned by H. G. Greene of a,
North Cambridge. Mass. In the gentle ~
mems driving and matched pair classes
more than the usual number of high-class 20
'oadsters have been entered and these of
vents promise to bring out strenuous of
competition. N
The Valley fair cattle show is always W
ood and this years exhibition will be no of
lead has made it necessary to secure two -,
zig tents as additional accommodations. ~,
heretofore breeders of dairy shorthorns III
ave disliked to compete against the beef Go
ype and so the management this year on an
lade separate classes. The results of this fa Gu
hange are shown by the many entries 20 20
t dairy shorthorns, including animals :"
rom the following breeders: G. E. Brit no
on of Westmoreland, n. H., f. c. Rand sh pe
ole, N. H., B. F. Smith Of Wilmington, %
nd N. G. Simpson of Walpole. Mr..
impson will also show herd of polled-
ngus There will be Brown Swiss cat
e from the Speedwell farms at Lyndon
le Normandies and Dutch-belted from All
E. Stevens of Glens Falls, n. y, and wa
uernseys from the Bradley farm of this moi
,wn. R. w. Blood of Dummerston will anc
,hibit Normandies, NJ. H. Chickering of for
hesterfeld, n. H.. Holsteins, w. II. nat
eal of Meredith, N. H., Devons, S. B. clio
NTH of North Sandwich Herefords, +. the
Grace of Laconia N. H., Scotch High lar
nds and French Canadians, Henry Dor hal
nee of Plainfeld, Conn, Galloways and was
yrshires, j. w. Prentiss of Walpole, nat
olsteins, Clarence Harris of Queens wit
Try, N. Y, Normandies, j. Harry Dodge wol
Sutton, Mass, Dutch-belted and G. Fl. Col
adleigh of Tilton, N. H., Red-polled vey
tile A sight for sore eyes will be the stat
yoke of cattle which will be shown by cou
lry & Kicker of st. Johnsbury. Some wh'
these animals will compete in the ex to
bition classes and others will take part the
the drawing contests. This exhibit lau{
IS one of the features of the cattle show pro-
the state fair this week and will be will
,rth going miles to see. IN
The sheep and swine department will nm nm
large enough to suit all admirers of l1Ti lm
ese kinds of livestock. c. II. Mar al
all & Son of Vergennes and Colbert
Others of Chatham, N. H., will be Fl
ong the largest exhibitors The poul- lum
show has been simply swamped with earl
tries. More than 2400 birds are now rece
.stered and fully 800 have been turned auto
ay The names of the owners will not to
posted this year until after the awards Dav
made The number of entries in the ter
7 show is not as large as year ago. from
s being due in some measure to the of o
{ that it was not definitely decided to the