Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-25
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
 PLANS BIG FAIR. Arrangements Made For Flying Ma chine With Other High Class At fractions.

The New London County Agricul- tural society is close to 50 years old, and in it's time it has put on some annual exhibitions that were pretty good; but the 1913 sfair is going to be a Twentieth century fair-at least
 that's the word of the young men with a sprinkling of older ones, that are leaving no stone unturned to give the county. or even the whole of East ern Connecticut, the best thing fair wise that this corner of the state ever had or heard of.
 You see," said one of Secretary Charles D. Greenman's most success full boosters yesterday, we propose to show the people hereabouts what can be pulled off locally. We don't want the folks in this county to get the fool idea that they must go to Charter Oak or Stafford, or way off to Pr0Vi- dence or BrOckton or Danbury to see a fair that is a flair. We'll show 'em a fair right here at their own doorstep.
 Secretary Greenman was d happy man Thursday when he gave out the particulars, in so far as he had them, about that flying machine. He said his contract with the Thor Aviation company of New York called for two flights a day, in Curtiss biplane, by an operator who has had much sue cess in this job of sailing up into the blue and heecy Armament. The name of the operator he has not yet received from the Thor people.
 On the second trip of the Trod av- iator he will be accompanied Heaven ward by a local newspaperman, who thinks it time some scribe from this part of the state made real effort to get up in the world.
 The horse racing this year will be something extra good. Faster classes and bigger purses will stimulate the interest, and among horsemen familiar 4Iz. ,1x rI,f JaI will be in apple order for fast going the impression prevails that the track record may go this year
 The cattle show and the sheep show and the hen show will all be good. The 1912 layout of livestock was uptop but the powers that be on the cattle end of the job are telling folks that 1913 will beat 1912-not all to pieces, maybe, but some.
 The granges are lining up and cor respondence MT. Greenman has had with several of the agricultural bodies led him to say that the priZeS-$50 to first $50 to second, and $20 to third will be fought for with a Vigor. Changers from all over the county will it is expected, compete; and the big hall will set out more good stuff, shelf for shelf and table for table. than it has in many a long September.
 The stage attractions, not all book ed yet, will be extra good; and the midway is going to have something doing every day The grounds will have plenty of electric lights at night, All that side of East Great Plain will be as bright as a sunny moon the first three nights in September.
 Jack McGrath will Wrestle the first afternoon. His adversary, not yet se- Iected, will be a foeman worthy ef the big fellows steam and steel.
 City water will be supplied on the grounds. The old pump water has spells of going backish.
 All the labor unions in the city are going to sell tickets to the fair this year Admission is to be 50 cents.
 Its more to go in. but we'll give every buyer of a half dollar ticket the time of his life," said the secretary. About every real good fair in New England has long been getting 50 cents and many cattle shows in Massachu sets get that, and always did, for two out of three days. It'll be a dol lars worth of fun for 50 cents-thats aIl.''
 New attractions will be announced from day to day. The society's officials believe in plenty of publicity, They are willing to burn the midnight oil, if need be, to give this end of the state a real, bona fide. simon pure twentieth century fair, and everybody on the in side can see where they are going to come pretty near doing it.