Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-08
18000 People Were at East Great Plain on the
 Opening Day
NEW STANDARD FOR AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Its Stiet Eclpses All Previous Gatherings on the Fair Grounds-Fme Flights by the Aviator-3,o00 Attended the Night Fair and Saw Fine Fireworks -Interestino Racing.

and people scurried to right and len as the water wagon came lunnbersrg along. The horses swung out fh,so,,gs the gate with precision but Il5, f5e street way the wagon tit a gvrsy o--y Car and the latter lost wheel fnerebyi
 Dive Not on the Programme.
 A more humorous incident was fb.& or two men and a boy on ladder - wnlch they had climbed to zee t6s stage performance. The ladder vvas ~, .L side or the diving tub near fbe fbe csnta slana Ihs trio got up beyond ger neatly seesawed over and f5enasst- e1 them in the tub. But. forfnTss - TOT them, there was no water s, .s That was the reason why the divins siri oio not appear Monday.
 Fed the Hungry.
 The eating places felt the rrs..w,<s. or a record crowd on Monf5av Asoriskle or Preston and his corn. 0I nelpers were at the Patrons r< Husbandry restaurant and f-asr M S..s z.s vt lng tables were crowded for f1onrs Svstt croWds around the door. The r.,,sert nao the eating place along the ,s;S5a ~st exhibition hall. and 1t and the ost,s- ss inasler a places were rushed Joseph A. George had has familiar cigar stand Tn thriving location and tie ,ralfrt canoy tent was again on hand. Soda water in great quantities were hsn5ss out over dozen counters.
 Norwich Bulletin Tent
 The Bulletins tent had proYninent position at the east entrance fo fhS Midway and it served as d restinsr piace 70 many people during the day. Across from it the rest tent of Troors 5. Norwich Boy Scouts, was also wal patronized and their checking tent va also busy place The Bow Sco,1fs af- tracted much interest by their wfe- Wagging during the afternoon, some the bleachers and the others at fheie i tents. ' - - On the Vaudeville Stage. On the vaudeville stage, afternoon ana evening. a good progran1me vgaS given. better at night, after tI1e De rslls, the aerial artists, had arrived. Ihe three women did clever work fr the air and the man showed ren,arfr-' able strength. The cannon ,acf oe Lugusta and Diana embraced some good wire work by the band. in the course of which he balanced the heavy WI. SW.nirnng wheel Of gun carriage on ms head and at the same time tossed out hoops over sword held by his partner. - EnIivenins Band MusIo. TubPs. Military band, under Directors J. M. Swahn, did its. part credifaf1v and enjoyably in enlivening the after noon and evening. In the afternoon master Harry Brown Allen played on his cornet to the pleasure of the crou6 and in the evening Arthur Campbell and Frank Racine aided by uere- phones and accompanied by the band. renaered some popular songs in e4 entirely acceptable manner.
 Two Fine AeropIane FIights.
 The aeroplane flight made by Avi- asor Joseph Richter was a big featurs or the Labor day programme. He went up in the morning at 10.30 for a short night around the grounds, but at q o'clock his big flight started of He went off toward Maplewood at the start. but circle back again and over the grounds he maintained a steady upward spiral movement that took him up into the air half mile or mora Then he began a series Of spectacular sWoops downward. with figure eignts thrown in. until after about ten min- utes in the air he guided his craft safely down to his starting ground, The automobiles greeted his descent with the honking of horns and it was an unusually pretty flight. It win be feature of the fair all three days Fancy Fireworks.
 The pyrotechnics at the night fair were excellent 4 few bombs sent up at g o'clock started off the display. l pieces. fountains and series of bombs introducing novel effects high in the air. The American flag wss a par ticularly fine piece and the finale was Good Night.
 Those Who Did lt.
 To leave out the men who put tho l life in the fair would be failing in tha Charles Greenman. the little man with the big job. kept things moving in the right way on Monday and his ex- ecutive ability did not find itself lack ing. Treasurer Frank ". Brewster was another active official The new entrance. where J. Frank Corey and Frank H. Hilton sold tickets. relieved the men at the old office, MT. Brewster. Arthur H. Wyman and Fred Tyler. or much work. but none of them had Rutherford c. Piaut was another or the fairs busiest on Monday. He poured oil on troubled waters and strengthened out many a tangle by his diplomacy. Calvin L. Swan was In his old place at the grandstand ticket or fice and Austin Furlong took tickets there. Howard Benjamin, Haroid Powers and George Chase took tickets at the old gate. and Prank Logan, Jo. seph Adams and William Moran ct Baltic, were receiving them at the new entrance. Franklin Lord was assisting Secretary Greennan at headquarterS.
 The Track Events.
 Fred T. West as starter this year was the right official in the right place. Without partiality and with satis- fying degree Of celerity he got the 1 horses of and there were no disputes among the racing men If the fields were small. the horses that did race providcd rrssty racing, with close brushes enough to keep up the inter est and the enthusiasm of the horse- m&n and spectators in eenersL Othe< l faTriher Sace* were sleo t. be seen in Of North Stez0Eg.<.n. 8fi,hael B. Ring of Norwich and c. NJ. Adarrs of Dan iessen as the judges and timers. Wil- liam W. Beckwith as the official an- ~nuncer and Ronald M- KimbaH as
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