Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-22
BROOKLYN FAIR
Opens With Big Attendance on We'd
nesday-AIl the Old Time Attrac-
tions and Many New Ones.

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satisfactory attendances at a fair in
the county this fall. and the estimate
of those who passed through the gates
during the day was close to 1000.
AS early as nine o'clock, at which
hour some of the exhibits were being
! arranged. the advance guard of the
little army Of fair goers commenced to
throng~ to the grounds. They came
from every corner of the county and
the route of every highway stretching
| away into the country was marked by
a sinuous trail of dust kicked up by
| scores of speeding autos and slower
! moving vehicles.
Incidentally, the automobile almost
| entirely superseded the horse drawn
| transportation system that has been
! the dependence of the average person
| in getting from Danielson and other
| points to the fair grounds. Ma
| chimes by the score, the property of
| garage and private owners. whiZzed
across the good stretch of macadam
! between Danielson and Brooklyn, car
rying hundreds of passengers during
| the day and cleaning up a tidy return
| for the service. If there is a speed
| limit over that way. nary a driver had
| heard about it, for they plugged along
at a joy ride pace, giving their fares
a thriller not down on the list of fea
| lures of the day The wonder is that
| they got away with it without an ac-
I cident.
| But get away with it they did, and
| landed their passengers safe and
! sound after an amazing whirl through
/ a tangle of carriages, trucks and about
| Feature Exhibits.
| The fair itself has not changed as
| much as has the means of getting over
| to it, Those whose memories take
| them back over a 20-year aequaint-
I annRSf1in with f11ic q
the same staple features that have al
| ways served to interest and hold their
own as favorite attractions of what
| is primarily a strictly country fair.
| The giant pumpkins tall corn, town
| OK teams. home made jellies, and I'm
Gle Charles big red pippins, are all
in their accustomed places. The cat
! tie sheds hold as complete showing
! as ever and one end to the other of
the spacious grounds there is some
thing or somebody to make every min
ute of ones stay profitable and
| pleasing one.
Exhibition Building.
| Within the exhibition building where
! Tubbs' band of Norwich gave a con-
| cert during the morning hours. are
| grouped the displays of the business
| men, the vegeta BILE and fruit growers
| and of Brooklyn Plainfeld and Kill
! ingly oranges. OF this grange exhibit
many favorable comments were heard.
| Farm products served as a base for all
| of these, but they also included ex-
anples of the thrift of the farmers
wives as artistic needlewomen and ex-
| perts along culinary lines. The ex-
! hibit by Plainfeld grange was ar
| ranged by Mrs. c. w. Gardiner of
| Moosup who is receiving rnanv com
| pliments for the fine showing. The
| Brooklyn grangers have also been sue
| cessful in arranging a section that at
| tracts much attention. Killingly
| grange shows ~ varieties of vegeta-
| bles grown by members and has many
| other details to interest the many who
| pause before it.
Apples from WestIand Farm
OF the fruit shown in this building
| the collection of apples from the
Westland farm at Pomfret Center is
| especially notable About every vari-
| ETY. of apple that grows ON Connecti-
| cut trees IS included and each is a
| handsome specimen. This farm is
| owned by Miss Eleanor ]. Clark and
Mrs. CORTLAND Hoppin, wealthy resi-
| dents. Other apple exhibitors are A.
| B. Lapsley of the Fox Run farm, Pom
| fret Center, Lester Williams and
| Thomas Shea. Some plates of pears
| and grapes are shown. but of the
| fruits the showing of apples Is far and
| away the best.
| Woman's Department.
There is not as varied a display of
work in the woman's department this
| year as there has been at this fair
| sometimes. but all of the entries may
! be said to be excellent and that they
received their full share of attention
from the feminine visitors. There
! were some really beautiful pieces OF
| embroidered work
Poultry.
The building given over to poultry
| was filed all day Wednesday with
| fanciers along this line. O. f At
| wood, Brooklyn, shows Pekin ducks
| and chicks and white Plymouth Rocks
Waldo Blake has two pens containing
/ fowl of the same kind Two pens of
| barred Plymouth Rocks are shown BY
| F. r. Miller, also of Brooklyn Henry
/ Il. Copeland, Brooklyn, exhib silver
spangled Hamburgs, mottled aucoucas
and Indian game
Herman Lathrop, Brooklyn, has a
| pen of barred Rocks and another of
| the interesting F'avorall breed this
! latter variety being little known here
| abouts. N G. Williams has two pens
| of barred rocks, Mrs. Dawley A peu
of langshans and another of buff rocks
! Curtis Wheeler pen with FIVE black
| leghorns and another with FIVE brown
leghorns. Mrs. Walter Burdiek enters
/ Rhode Island reds, c. A. Parker In
1 d1an game, mOttled aucoucaS and buff
| rocks. Pretty Toulouse geese ana
goslings are shown by George e. Mich
OILS.
Prize Cattle.
Wednesday was cattle day at the
fair. at which there was the best show
ing of horned animals seen at a Wind
ham county fair this fall All of the
| shed spaces were taken by exhibitors
| representative of various towns
c. S. Hyde shows five Ayrshire
calves, all pretty animals. George N
Lyon of Woodstock has a herd of foul
| Devons. One of the largest entrants
| is Alfred "A; ennis of Chaplin. His
20 head include three Ayrshires, fiji
| teen Deyons and a pair of oxen Ear
| Gallup. Terrace farm, Brooklyn, shows
| fine eys-twelve head in all
yearlings, calves and COWS Included
One Of the best herds on the grounds
is made up of twelve Holsteins owned
| by y. +. Ford of Hampton. He aist
shows y pair of grade Jerseys Free
". Page of Brooklyn has a fine show.