The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-28

Tie tAliliiisNl tllat n Mls NrAVfatfrs VIA
had ol,pussd HE elrsilon an the grouni
that IT, Nas 1 Practitioner ~ meslifins
Iallrr Than II agriculture. would come 10
the Nallrl fair neat iall he would promise
him that no attempt aenh Ia made 10
have lin undergo a sursiral eleialloh nor
would any Attempt H. made 10 have At,
s-NeIanrr lailakr at pllls against hls wall,
nr, utonnor said that be- had huen pIes
vailed upnn la allnW hi, name % br used
a. candidate To surrtd Nj, llooAtr by
THAT genial confidence man, y, \, lay
lof lie pointed 0nt the competition that
/ the Nalle, fan musl rAIsrrl lrom the state /
fair at Whit. River junction, the fans at /
Rochester. \. H., and bfoeklon, Mass, /
and asked the cooperation ~ every mem 1
bet 1T the ass0ria,iun that the fair al 1910 4
maN hr nal only sutuvss hut an mnMali' 1
! htd one II Nae suggested hN Secretary +
lirn.on that a Hat tate at 20 cents an AMI ]
NAL might ~ adopted a. an entry Zee IA
the livestock department, N ! o'clock 4
thu mrmhrr, adihuincd 10 pariakr ii the
annual dinner which VA, served a. usual
IN the dining room 1T the llnpoks House
About 10 al dawn 10 lle dinner The /
menu included MANY good thing, and from
- Ia 80 o'clock aas slrmi At the iahlc.
President % unnoi acted ~ POSTMASTER, d
A the presidents table we've seated Rev. 4,
Ruy VI. lloushlou, Judgr j. l., Martin. /,
Henry q. CLARK. !. 4. Taylor T. Z. adams /,
and q +, Benson. At the adjoining table !
were seated ", 4 Sliumway l.. H. Hold,
en-. Judge 4 u Pier, y j Waterman, H. IA
George Weston Of Bellows falls opcncd =
the speech making and hi brief talk was h
reminiscent OF the days Of Col. Hooker ~
aud his associates. As usual Judge Nes n
ton INDUCED in story telling and the vol. q
ume oi applause that greeted hls efforts
indicated that they were appreciated. q
Judge Martin ia a speech tecming with ~
loyalty To Vermont and 10 Vermont inst q
tutinns, especially 10 the Valley Far asso. {,
citation, referred 10 the new d-pensaiion I,
lu which the boys were taking up the a
work laid down by the Old guard lie
spoke pointedly concerning the policy OF
The state IN snbsidlzlng a fair al White
River junction aud said that the people
II thl, section are not onh maintaining
he Valley fair but are contributing
through taxation for the support OF the
tate fair. He said that the success OF the n
valley iair was evidence OF the loyalty and ~
OF the men and women OF this
cction. In closing Judge Martin illus mi
rated point in his remarks with good NJ
tory and was warmly applauded
Rev. Roy VI. llougliton in a strong
pecch said that the fair last year was a
redit not only 10 the managers but TO the ia
NhibtorS and that u was true loyalty an
pom the part OF all connected with the lot
ssociation that had maintained the fair RI
hese many years in spite OF deficits. He no,
aid that the fair could he made an edu- en-
itional factor and that he believed no ,,r
in the state is in better shape ba
} develop country life than the country IL,
Iir. He suggested as a special feature
n the coming fair a series of addresses I
pom different phases of agricultural life so,
' authorities in different lines of agri. III
ilture. He compared the scientific farm his
of the west with the farmer of New n
ngland. Mr.. ioughton said that he nol
pped that appther Valley fair would find III,
e business section decorated IN hohor pal
Vice President Charles j O'Neil of Wal.
lie, y. H., said that the success Of each
ir depends upon the preceding annual
Getting and dinner OF the association.
)on't make il Brattleboro fair he Cor
id, but make it wider institution" Cor
r. O'Nei said that the last two fairs had Mix
iched what might be considered nearly Dat
yh-water mark in attendance. He said Nlea
at the executive committee must pre- Aiea
1t something new" to the patrons and Colt
deavor to make it more than a strictly Bra
'rm0nt county fair. Lin,
Mayor L. j. Waterman responded with Pro
ID wishes for the success of the coming Mid
r and interspersed several facetious ref Hay
noes to those connected with the man Hay
,ment of the association. Judge +. B.
,r referred to the educational features por,
the fair and said that an attendance of p -,
o or three days was in the nature Of a peai
elementary school for agriculture He - a.
re statistics of agriculture in the United Vaai
ties and referred to the strength of the ca Ia
Intry as manifested in the products of En,,,
farms. ma,
Judge f. w. Gibson was the last speak G fi,u'
He said that he had heard whis R paa,'
ed suggestion that there might be P i'o,a
geston of politics in the meeting OF the pv ~,
LEY Fair association but that he did not G Shoo
eve it to be true. He said that the Enos
ley Fair association should be in poll NJ =
and out of politics. 1t should be in S snap
tiles to the extent that each member '"s"
the association should be working for
interest of the association at every Butt
ortunity, and out of politics when it Eggs
les to the matter of mixing up with Eggs
politics of the state as has been done Mapl
some fair managers meaning those Mola
nected with the state fair. He asked Suga
more intensive farming and paid n Salt,
plment to the farmers of Vermont. Flour
800 o'clock the meeting adjourned and Flour
executive committee took up the mat Crab
of appointing the various department Corn
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