Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-18

Wednesday was Grange day at the Washington county fair at Kingston and the thousands who attended wit messed the biggest and best fair of the thirty eight annual events that have gone before. AS usual the grange ex- hibits are the most interesting to the admirers of the real old fashioned az ricultural fairs, and there are up-to- the minute events as well, making the fair the most complete of any held in the county. Ashaway grange was awarded the first prize. The exhibit was skilfully arranged and decidedly attractive and Included an excellent display of fruits and vegetables and general agricultural products. The Exeter grange, which has won the blue ribbon for two successive fairs, stood third, and the falling off caused much surprise. Hope Valley grange was awarded second honors. The parade of floats, representing the granges of the state was an interesting feature. Musical and literary exercises, includ- ing speeches and general discussion were held in Hazard hall.
 An exhibit designed to give the peg pie of the state the. benefit of import ant studies and investigations of soil conditions, fertilizers and various other information, is given under the auspices of the state board of agricul- ture, under the direction of Prof. A. E. Stene,
 y a branch of education under the su- perviSion of the state board of edu- cation, has an exhibit of the work be- ing done. There is considerable to see and hear at the Kingston fair.
 George FarnelI, who has been an of ficial court stenographer in Rhode ls land for twenty-one years, has resign ed owing to an increase of his bus mess outside the courts. MT. Far nell is in the expert class and has a number of assistants in his Providence office. MT. Farnell was engaged by a New London newspaper to take" the argument of the late Augustus Bran degee in the Diamond Johnson di vorce case. which was tried in the superior court at Norwich more than fifteen years ago.
 Owing to the extensive and unusual vocabulary of the late Mr. Brandegee the StenOgraphers of the Connecticut courts declined offers to report the ar gument Mir. F'arnell took the argu ment with ease, the report filling eight columns of the newspaper the morning after the delivery of the argument.
 MT. Farnell has attended a number of court sessions in Westerly and is well known here. Michael Connery has been appointed to succeed MT. Farneu as court stenographer.
 MT Farnell was appointed official stenographic clerk of the supreme court in 1892, nine years afte~ his arrival in Rhode Island. As a young man he pursued his study of shorthand and in 1878 was awarded a teachers certificate by the inventor of short hand, Isaac Pitman of England. In 1893 Mir. Farnell was admitted to the Rhode Island bar and in 1898 was ad mitted to practice in the circuit court of the United States. When Mr. Far nell first arrived in Rhode Island he became newspaper reporter in Prov idenCe. He was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1854 and was one of the standing masters in chancery of the supreme court of Rhode Island.
 Aviators William Thaw and Sam ue MacGoEdon, who have been at Watch HiIISand Pleasant View for the ward. resolved to open business in Newport where the season for sum- mer visitors is longer than that at Watch Hill. They made the trip by hydro-aeroplane in forty minutes and travelled at an aVerag ge rate of forty miles an hour. The flight was made under favorable conditions. MT Thaw was at the wheel, and followed the coast line from Watch Hill to Point Judith and then took a high and straight course for Newport. The air ship again crossed land at Brenton's point.
 Mir Thaw then directed the flyer in a northeasterly course at. the height of about 1000 feet, Circled over the golf grounds and then turned toward Newport harbor. The triple combina- ton machine skinned the surface of the water for time. then dropped into the water and was driven ashore on the beach at King park.
 Congressmen O'Shaunnesy and Gerry left Washington "Wednesday evening, and will arrive in Providence on the Federal express early this (Thursday)