Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-16
NEARLY 5000 AT WOODSTOCK FAIR
Splendid Weather Favors Agricultural Society Tuesday
 Cattle Horses and Farm Products Best in Their Class Varied Displays in Exhibit HaI
Fruit and Vegetables.

Fruit and Vegetables.
 Vegetable exhibits occupy a large space in the exhibition building, | wherein also a section is set aside for | q flne display of apples. peaches, for | which Woodstock is famous. grapes | and other varieties of fruit.
 Domestic Arts.
 section is given over largely to a 1 display of fancy and art needlework and this is probably the largest and best collection of this kind of handi- work ever shown at the fair. Many women visitors fairly went into rap lures over some of the beautiful things shown in the cases Tuesday. Those who have enteries in this department are representativve of all of the towns in this section of the country.
 Experiment Stations Exhibit.
 A special feature at the fair this year is the exhibit by the Connecticut station. It occupies one side of the large room under the grand stand that IS also partly, as in other years, given over to the lunch service, which is under the direction of A. w. Barber of Putnam. The state exhibit is ar ranged with great neatness and at- tention to detail. Case after case con- tainingsp eciments of foods for ani- nlals, samples of grain, .inset< that are either beneficial or destructive to crops, blue prints of value and instruc- tive to agriculturalists. There is a showing of a collection of eggs. One case. in its upper sections contains samples of what might be consid red poor ration for a COW and opposite, what is 8 good. ration. The result in inilk produced is shown underneath, 2 quarts under the poor ration Section, II quarts under the good ration sec tion~ Cases of grains are also shown. The whole exhibit attracted a great amount of attention and probably gave many farmers some valuable hints and things to think about. The exhibit represents a secientific ar engagement for getting superior re- sults..
 Suffraeettes' Tent.
 Spreading the gospel of equal fran chise rights for women amons the thousands at the fair WIS a delega- tion of workers from the Equal Fran chise leagues in Putnam, Danielson, Woodstock and Hampton. The suf- r~agettes have a tent erected not far from the entrance to the grounds as headquarters and during Tuesday af- terr oon held a district meeting there,
 --tn brief addresses by prominent
 o'kers in the cause from towns men tio7 ed. Much literature was put out
 u.ing the day and many opportunities improved to supply. inquiring minds vi formation a. out the propasan- da that women of the country have ueeD so earnestly forwarding for more
 han a year past
 Premium Awards Tuesday.
 Throughout Tuesday the machinery f the fair worked with fine effective ness. The master hand of Secretary L. H. Healey was everywhere in evil fence in the manner and smoothness with which all of the details of the arrangements were carried out, his ong experience proving the big asset it
 lWays has been in the past in man. agement of the fair. Long before noon judges were going through the ex- hibits checking them up for awards and this work was well advanced in
 he late afternoon
 In the fine arts department Mrs. s. p. Humphrey of Danielson, for years an exhibitor at the fair. was given 9 first premium on collection of hand-painted china. Mrs. J. E. Shep- ard of Woodstock received a first pre- miun on an oil painting, Miss l. Nj. Sanger second on q collection of oil paintings and Mrs. w. H. McManus of Putnam third on a collection of six oil paintings. A first premium went to Edmund Anderson on q collection of pen and ink sketches and d sec ond premium on a wash drawing. Miss Louise Grosvenor was awarded premiums on collection of painting leather and for a painting on leather The judges in this department were Mrs. Rockwell and Richard H. Hicks.
 In the fancy needlework exhibits Mrs. $. P. Humphrey of Danielson won eight premiums and gratufties, Mrs Amelia W. Young of Danielson Eve premiums Mrs. Q. w. Bowen of Danielson was awarded seven pre- miums in the fancy needlework class and other awards went to Mrs. J. S. Green. Putnam: Miss M4ude E. Hea- ley. North Woodstock: Mrs. Grace F. Harvey, the Misses Constance and Sylvia Richardson, Rilla H. Child, Woodstock, and Mrs. John Duffy. Put nam, who had nine to her credit from one of the large displays made. Addi- tionai winners were Mrs. M Boyagin, Miss M. Aim, Putnam; Mrs Charles W. Johnson. Pomfret Gen. i ter; Mrs. F. w. Hinrichs. Wood stock; Mrs. Horace Covell. Pom fret; Miss Tecla Gustavson. Pom fret; Miss Ethel Strahan. Putnam; Mrs. W. II. Mathewson, Miss Louise Works.
 Cake Awards.
 Mss Fapnie Fuller. Pornfret, second on caramel layer rake: Rilla H. Child, Woodstock, ffrsts on chocolate loaf cake and cocoanut layer cake; Mrs. | A. M Gildersieeve, frsts on pound cake and sponge cake, second on lay CT cake; Mrs. G. F. Summers. first on | layer 1elly cakos MrS. F. S. Collins $, | second on layer chocolate cake; Mrs. ". H. Mathewson, first on fruit cake second on sponge cake: Miss Mar earet White. Pomfret, second on choc- olate layer cake: Mrs. F. J. Cortiss, | second on angel cake: Mrs. Horace | Covel, Pomfret. second on fruit cake; | second on pound cake: first on layer cholocate cake, second on layer choc- | oIate cake. Pastry awards went to | Mrs. c. H. Killiau. Mrs. J. E. Clark. Mrs. 4. NJ Gildersleeve. Miss Edith Carpenter. Mrs. E. J. Cortiss. Mrs | Horace Covell. Mrs. J. Phillips. Mrs. | c. r. Summers
 Sheep Awards.
 | H. NJ. Lawson, Union, first on two | buck sheep, first on three buck lambs; | F. w. Foskett, Putnam. first on SOW and pigs first on O. F. c. boar; Gustav | Carlson, third on brood sow and 10 pigs. Louis Bosworth, West Wood stock. second on one buck lamb; Carl | Norman, second on SOW and pigs; H. H. Davenport, Pomfret, fourth on SOW | and pigs. The judges in this class were David Aldrich and John P. Bar l Der.
 Pickpookets at Work. While some of the exhibitors were 1 demonstrating cream separators at the fair Tuesday, light fingered gentry | were circulating through the crowd l showing how their coin separator