Putnam patriot., 1913-09-19
THE WOODSTOCK FAIR 4 BIG SUCCESS
Attendance Crowds Previous High Record
EXHIBITS VARIED 4ND NUMEROUS
4 Real Old Fashioned Country Fair


 days Of Woodstock fair. It was Jusl right. not loo warm and not too cold and there was scarcely any wind lC stir up the dust Of the roads leading te ond from The grounds.
 Monday vas entry day and al day gong The exhibits came through the gates and we're stlraciirely arranged Bv night when the tired workers laid sside their tools of construction every thing was ir readiness for the pleasure seekers. Exhibition nails. barns and pens were faI Of leattie, bofses, poni- try. sheep. swine. garden prodsee' flowers. aft collections and Trade ais- plays.
 Early Tuesday m8rningpeoPie began to pour through the g7tes. Automo- bi es have played a prominent part ID revising these fairs al a'disfanee from the railroad. Transportation facilities were excellent. One could jump into waiting auto and be at the ground from Putnam in fifteen minutes.
 The fair itself WAS along the lines oi previous yeafs. IL was the same good old fashioned cattle show and fair that bas been fast disappearing giyir place 10 quasi vaudeville entertainments often times not of 50 wholesome a saf- ieiy. President Preston and the oi ficials were well pleased with the at- tendance this year. IL was probably not as large es the record year but cfo \ ded 1t closely. This k NIT. Pres ton second year as president and both years have been big ones and he stated that be was greatly pleased "ith the way the people, both exhibitors and visilois had responded.
 The midway was confined within very narroB limits. There Sas a WIid msn. whom the barker assured the people had lived for I4e years on snakes and bull frogs. some dancing girls that did not come ap tu the Woodstock fair standard and were conse quentIy put out of business, and the usual number of peanut, popcorn and soda stands, with X tintype gal lefy and chance to get doll, teddy bear or other articles for small sum. Among the Putnam exhibitors in the exhibiton- hall were, Chandler & Morse with showing Of Sterling ranges and Home heaters, firearms and ammunition.
 Ballard & Clark with their Glen. wood fauges and heaters.
 Byron D. Bugbee with line of Bea- con blankets, robes and crib blankets
 C. NJ. Elliott with fall line Of So rosis and Hayward shoes including satin and hand beaded shoes.
 Hundreds Of women who visited the fair found much to interest them in the cake and pastry department, where housewives of Woodstock and various surrounding towns had dis plays of food that were extremely tempting
 There was big display Of cattle, sheep and poultry at the fair this yeaf, nll Of the space r4lated to these depart. ments being ilkrtt ny exhibitors.
 Another fee5urc lhst held much at tention this year was the showing of high grade horses. Among the eutfies were three from the Connections AEfi cultural college. Agra, an Afab sthl- lion, A seglami Obeyran, from the deseti. this artmal WIS loaned to tht college by Peter s. Bradley, iiinPham Mass Afllmon, Il beautiful seal bfaNt s.ulioa, and Midnight, Percheror slaliion, two years old.
 S D. Wicks, Pom1Tel, shows Judg, Judee, an imported Pereheron mare with her stud colt Narquois, and Jou >,aee, ot tbe same breed with he siaa colt Noifcif s r.. Mason O Webster, shows l<edere, and Don Her 70 lfom the hakesiat stock farm, tw, telallful stallion. f W Foskett ha, tn impressive ~trin- of horses ano ptixe winners euteted hanny Belle with colt and others The Lakesid, fHrm also shows Ladle, kaleite an, Mignon, three fine pefehefons.
 Awards made at the fair Tuesda, for entries were as follows. r.. NJ Wheaton, Putnam, , tirsts, | second George S Bowen, Easlfofd, 2 iirsts, second.
 Besons-R R Richardson, UN triave, 10 iit,ts
 Jef>eys-C. S. Child, Woodstock, Grsts, 6 seeands; X. N. Cutler, Put nam. fists. C. ! Thompson, sec onds W. Erickson, south Wood stoc ;, first on one year old bull
 Hoi>tcins-W William K Warren East fru, S ht>ts f seconds; F., NJ. Whea toa, Putnam. lirsts and l secondi k k Richardson, second; q W Brick son. ! second; Il F.. Cunningham fhau, ! de>f; J. P. Sharpe, Pomfre Center, flrsts.
 Duleh beued-C. ]. Thompson, nrsts, 2 seconds; l.. Nj. N heaton, Put nam. first.
 Guernseys-Marsh and sihley, A burn, Mass, l first Ii. Child, Woos stock, 1 tirsts seconds; W. C. Child 5 frsts second
 Mrs. s. P. Humphrey, 'Danielso' Ffuaity on jelly layer cake; Rilla l. c dld, Woodstock, first on layer ehoeu he cake, first on eoeoanut layer eak C Miss Edith Carpenter, firsl on spong cake, second on layer Jelly cake and loaf chocolate cake: Mrs William N