Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-10
ALONG THE MIDWAY.
Plenty of Life and Color and Stir
 Freaks, Pads and Novelties.


 way with plenty of tents and booths i 10 keep things busy. There's a merry l So-round at one end and deep sea l monsters. and tents of mystery are i sprinllled along. Sydney $. Merlis of l Norwich, who had charge of the mid way at the New London county fair, 1 has Alma, the fat lady. to draw the 1 crowds, besides d teddy bear wheel l and country store. The Damascus theatre is on hand and there are a ] number of games apparently tnoffen- l sive, in operation. A Boston firm has a big tent devoted to gas engines. and
 power washing machine appeals to ! hQISekeepefs. An electric lighting out ] fit is also demonstrated there. Another ! engine firm from New Haven has gas ], olene motors and pumps, The Ther- mos advertising car of the American i ThermOs Bottle company of Norwich 1 was another interesting feature on ] Tuesday.
 High grade Cattle Shown. i A fine lot of cattle occupy their usual places along the north side of the grounds and show the high quality of the stock that the breeders of East ern Connecticut are raising. The first cattle that the visitor meets are part of the Jersey herd of C. H. Savage of Storrs. one of the prominent exhibitors at the Wfllimantic fair fer years past.
 The prize bull Jacoba Ivenis Brother : E4lTG5 l helferS and couple of young bulls. George A. Kshn's Franklin Ayrshires come next in line stretching along in an especially handsome TOW. He had 1 the same cattle at Norwich fair and they took many prizes
 James E. Palmer, brings twenty five head of guernseys, headed by Lord Belmont, up from Round Hill Farm in 1 Lisbon and without these cattle and 1 their genial owner the fair would not ! be complete. MT. Palmer had his herd at the New London County fair and they get the same favor here as they did in Norwich. 5S sheep, ShrOpShiTes. DoTeste and Welsh Mountains among the breeds are shown by MT. Palmer occupying pens under the grandstand. Mir Palmer also exhibits 21 of his Berkshire, Q. l. C.. and Jersey Red pigs and altogether he has one of the largest and finest animal exhibits on the grounds.
 C. $. Briggs, another welI-known exhibitor at Norwich, brings his herd Iof g Jerseys and they make a fine showing out beyond the horse stables. King Carnival, years of age, is the leader of the herd, and d couple of other pedigreed bulls that attract at tentlOn are Agretta's Gold Boy and King Carnival II, one year old. It is Mir. Briggs fifth year at the Williman- tic fair and his many friends always know where to find him now C. B. Pomeroy of Willimantic has d dozen dozen nice looking Holstetns and Guernseys and T, \, Wafbridge of ] North Coventry shows fine herd Of Ayrshires and a big husky pair of i flve-y -year-old Herford working oxen, Late Monday f pairs of Durham oxen were added to the Pomeroy herd Southdown sheep were shown by Mr POmeroy.
 i Ralph Rhodes of Willimantic has 2 1 EloLstein and an Ayrshire heifer. Arthur Reed and Henry c. Walker l of North Coventry came Monday af- ternoon with ten yoke of oxen, Dur hams and Holsteins.
 Prize Poultry Exhibited. l To give more space to the poultry 1 department the second floor of the main exhibition building is used this ear and 1t ma heS TOomy and airy
 place for the collection of fowls c, Q. Barrows is superintendent and Wood i bury o. Rogers of Norwich will be the judge
 ! George A Chapin of Ludlow. Mass, d new poultryman here, has fine l large exhibit of birds. $50 of them. comprising upwards of hundred vari- cues. Last week he showed at both Hartford and Worcester fairs and this
 week he brings to Willimantfe prae= 1 tlcauy double show, Seventy five MalefIoWls are shown by Mir, Chabin i ln front of the hall and make the best i exhibits of ducks and geese shown at i the WiIiEaantic fair,
 A. T. Allen of Southbridge, Mass, 1 Is here again this year with about 60 birds, among them buff and brown Leghorns, buff and brown Wyandottes and white cap Black Polish fowl l They ;re all nice looking fowl.
 Grain and Veseta bIes. i The vegetables thai have been raised i on the Windham Town farm under the 1 direction Of Superintendent H. " l Ithamberlin make a remarkable dis play Ill this department, whose head
 quarters Is on the first floor in the mann building. There are about 50 1 varieties ali in prime. condition. c. l IL Savage has a splendid display of i 50 varieties of Vegetab bies and 20 Vari- cities of apples. The exhibit ef Bozrah grange comR7aads the adn4ira tian of i fair Nisiters. attracdHeiy laid cut on a ceRtral table.
 J.,H and Ii. f, chesero of Scotland