The Press., 1912-10-02

underwent an operation at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Joseph
 Mumblo, on Saturday.
 Mrs. G. Allen and daughter in law,
 Mrs. Walter Allen of New Haven,
 were entertained by Mrs. w. G. AL
 lens parents, MT. and Mrs.. Henry
 Wardwell, for few days last week.
 Frederick Wright Field, 62, died
 at his home Tuesday morning, follow
 ing an operation which he underwent on Saturday for appendicitis. MT.
 Field was a native of Somers and had spent his entire life here. In politics
 he was stanch democrat. He was
 a charter member of Mount Vernon council of American Mechanics, hold
 ing the office of recording secretary for number of terms. MT. Field is
 survived by his widow and two chil. dren, Mrs. Laura Bill of Hartford. and
 Frederick W. Field, Jr., also several grandchildren. The funeral will be
 held at his home tomorrow afternoon
 at 3 o'clock. Rev. Earl H. Thayer, pastor of the Congregational church,
 will oficiate, and will be assisted by
 Rev. Sherman Thompson. The burial
 will be in the family lot in West cemetery.
 The 74th annual fair of the Union agricultural society was held in Som CTS last week Wednesday, and in point of attendance and number of exhibits
 in all departments it was the most successful ever held by the society. The Union society is composed of farmers and others in the four towns of Enfield, East Windsor, Ellington and Somers, and for the past "A years the annual fair, which rotates in turn from one town to the other, has been the big event of the year. It is con- ducted along the quaint old lines as laid out by the ancestors of the mem- bers, and anything bordering on the modern is strictly tabooed. The an nual fair is an annual reunion of the four nearby towns. The exhibits gave every indication that an except ionally bountiful harvest has been the lot of the farmers this year. The cattle exhibit was not up to the record of former years in numbers, but the quality of the exhibit was probably the best ever shown at the Union fair. The poultry exhibit was the best ever and was the feature ex- hibit of the fair. The display of fine arts and fancy work and the horticul- tural products and domestic products were fully up to the high standard of the fair. The exhibition was held on Somers street, and ranged on either side of the road for a half-mile or less. The games of chance were few. One or two real fakirs endeavored to get their games going, but the officers of the fair quickly ordered them to close up shop before they had an op- portunity to fleece anybody. It is es- timated that between $500 and 5000 people were in attendance during the day. The important event of the morning was the parade at II o'clock, which was easily the most elaborate event ever held at the Union fair. The formation was as follows: Presi- dent Ernest s. Fuller and the other officials leading; Grand Marshal Mar GUS A. Kibbe and Assistant Marshal o. P. Fuller; Carpet City band; float, Goddess of Liberty" Battle street. school; float, Landing of Colum. bus," Center street school; float, "The Puritans," Somersville school float, American Mechanics" |" repre- senting parts of the ritualistic work; Daughters of Liberty float, represent ing "Cuba and Columbia;'' Somers creamery float, illustrating the system of pasteurizing milk; W. 0. Pease, float, showing busy day at the plant Somers mills float; Somers fire depart ment float; A. S. Hurlburt's float, showing shade-grown tobacco; Par sons one-hoss shay which was in use no years ago, in which rode Erwin Avery and Mrs. Ann Lee. The judges awarded the first prize to the Center street school float, second prize to Battle street school and third to the school. The principal attraction was the ball | game between the Hazardville and Somers street teams. The former team was reinforced by Haverly, Oates and Carson of the Brussels team, and the game resulted 24 to 8 in | favor of Hazardville. The batteries were: Ryan and Paradise for Hazard vile, and Dimock and Russell for Somers street.