The Press., 1911-10-04
The Stafford Fair.


 Thursday are the days of the annua fair, and with good weather thes days will be replete with interest The management has sue ,eeded in ar ranging a complete and attractive pro gram. There will be 8 novel dol show, the idea being to show al kinds. As an inducement all person' visiting the fair the first day, bring ing Q dog, will be admitted free. This will help the attendance ant ought to bring together the largest collection of common and blooded dogl ever shown on a fair ground. Any person not owning dog is at perfect liberty to borrow one for the occasion The automobile parade for the last day of ths fair is feature that is bound to prove interesting Decora- tions do not need to be elaborate to be tasty, and with good list of entries this will be a brilliant spectacle Many people like to see a balloon at the annual fair, and this particular crav- ing has been provided for. Prof. Hardy will be here for three days, and will make double and triple para chute drops if all goes we'll Iuclud ing the balloon and one more act that has not been closed yet, there will be ten numbers in the vaudeville pro- gram. This alone is worth the price of admission to the fair. Horse en tries for the speed classes were never more numerous than this year. The big stake raoeR will show soma good sport and the other classes are we'll filled All the horses will be proper ly cared for, as there is lot of space under the big grandstand that can be utilized if necessary.
 Tickets for the reserved seat grand stand and season 'cket4 are on sale at James F. Warren's clothing store.
 One of the features of the fair next week will be a motolc cle race open to riders in Holland c,unty. Entries for this event shoul1 be sent t M. D.. O'Oonnell, who will have charge of it.
 Patrick O'Hala of Ro, k'ille was In town over Saturday.
 Mrs. M J Leach of Dana, Mass j, is visiting relatives in town.
 Roy Sanford has ent,red Morse s business college in Hartford.
 Mrs O. E. Brown and daughter are spending a few days in Cheshire, Mass.
 Mrs. H. P. Lowell has gone on an automobile trip with friends to Rhode Island
 Mrs T. R. Prentice ;nl daughter of TurnervIlle are visiting relatives in town
 Charles Bolieau has a roomy new barn we'll complsted at his place on Westford avenue.
 Mrs. Harvey Cornwall uf South Glastonbury was the gue4t of Mir. and Mrs. E. l.. Burr over Sunday.
 The Wolf patrol of Boy Sc ,uts will meet at the Congregational chapel at 1.45 p. m. for "hike :"
 Alvan Smith has taken 8 position iu the printing department of the insurance company at Hart ford.
 There will be a meeting of Onneco tribe, I: O. R M . an1 Haymakers' in Society hall Thursday evening.
 D. P. Stuart of New York has taken a position as examiner and ship, ping clerk with the Cyril Johnson Woolen Go.
 Miss Beatrice Oongdon returned Monday to her studies at Ingleside, New Milford. Mir. and Mrs. Ohristo- pher Allen accompanied her.
 Arthur Comfort was taken with an epileptic fit while moving 8 piece of furniture into the residence o: A. I Mitchell yesterday. He fell on the piazza and inj1red his nose and one eye badly
 The following is the standing of the four leaders in the handicap golf match for the presidents cup:
 Handicap Won Lost IHS-N~