The Press., 1910-10-19

The public showed their uanal con
 fidenca In she Stafford fair and wera not dlslpp 1inted The weather waa an impartanb factor in tho pronounced sucefss nf She annual fall festival
 Three mora perfect days Oonld nctl have been made { ] order Tuesday the openi, g day. was warm. without peing uncomfortable The beautg of the antunanal season was enhancsd bs the anft summer air, and lent ' aA to living Wednesday was cooler
 with more air stirring ThnEs iay a repetitiun Of Tuesday In tae matt
 of weather Tha orowd oame on slss' middle day aa usual, and was Alle largest for varst years. The grand. stand and bl.4 clrrs were filled kaI ovelfl owing the second day. with, crowds surging thFonRlls Ahee midway
 While the fficials are not prepared to make deflnit, statement at pFasent.. the probability is that the total re. ceipts will be tue. largest In the his tory of the society. The new holiday, Columhus day, fell on WednesdAy. and this helptd the attendai cs.: 'as. ID was observed to qnita an ext fnb in Massa
 ohusstts. B lcle town attracted about the usual crowd on Wednesday. which reduced the attendanoe here some.
 what The plan of having She fair late worked out .all right Other similar events being over. the priv- Ilege men came here in large numbers and the midwa was extsnsives and busy. In addition to t4e merry R0- round, there was sizabla FArria wheel and ma hine g 4vinR4 the4wave effect. The ktrongestBandtinost mod- est men iu America were here, direct from the Bro, kton fair The diving girls gava a g cd Clean show-in fact it had to be clsanly, ey were In the water so much There were no strorg g games, but tlloSa who wished Eo haz ard as high as ten cents had an 0ppor. tunity The ball EOssarp, the jingle board men and the other WtA Known games were all represented in abnnd. ance. Good order prevailed thrOuRh- out the fair There was but Ffttle drupkenness, and as far as known no losses from pickpockets The plat form show cost lct of money this year, but it was worth 1t, as there was general intereat iU the various acts and many expressions of appteoi- ation have been heard since the fair closed. King and Queen, tho famous diving horses, oheerfulIy did theiF ssl; each day of the fair to the delight of all who saw them The Huber bears did not seem as ferociOos as we were led to believe previous 50 their ap- pearance, but bears are very deoeitfnl and appear cheerful even when plan ming bloodshed. The maiden who had the bears in charge put them through g lot of interesting trick ;, and tlIe act was we'll worth the mooey 1t cost The other vaudeville acts, while not new, were all excellent
 Owing to windy conditions the human bomb did not explode the first two days, but he delivered the goods Thursday, making two. ascents. Tha frat time he went up in his cannon and was fired out. landine withoutao-. oident. Later in the afternoon two men went up and made good double parachute drop. ao :.
 The Ka1T exhibits were viewed with interest by the crowds, and the prem, inm lists will show the extent of these exhibits as we'll as the awards The dog show was small this year owing to unavoidable oircumstances but be- ginning was made and the feature can be worked up to command a lot of interest. as almost everybody likes dogs. More interest in the cattle exhibit was shown this year than formerly, especially in the drawing contests for oxen. A crowd of people watched these contests during ths afternoon of the second day A new feature was the exhibition Of district trains. Nearly 70 yokes from nearby places. in procsasion that Eeaohed long distance around the track, paraded