Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-09-04
COUNTY FAIR
Good Weather and Big Crowds Make Fair

a Success

County Agricultural society opened
Tuesday morning under very favor
able weather conditions. The princi-
pal part of the programme for that day
was the drawing in and arranging of
the various exhibits in the different de-
partments and the assigning to quar-
ters of the live stock on its arrival As
early as Saturday morning began the
drawing of the different parts for the
construction of the merry -go-round, the
ocean wave and the Ferris wheel. A
gang of men was busy all day Sunday
getting these in readiness for the week s
business. The midway was the scene
of activity among the fAkirs and others
in arranging their stands and tents and
by Tuesday morning everything was in
readiness for the opening of the big
fair, though no charge for admission
was made on that day 1t looked like
the best kind of fair weather, but in the
evening there was quite a shower
Wednesday opened bright and clear
and the incoming trains from the north
and south and automobiles from nearby
towns brought large crowds and by
noon the spacious grounds were we'll
filled. 1t was an ideal fair day and
the great crowd seemed to enjoy it
every minute. However, inthe even
ing there was downpour of rain
which left the track in a rather heavy
condition for racing
The attractions We're better than
usual and brought forth much applause.
Before the grandstand daily We're four
big attractions A Wild West show of
some twenty COW boys, COW girls and
Indians with dozen or more horses
amused the spectators with spectacular
exhibitions of riding, throwing horses
and other daring feats. Bensley on the
vaudeville stage did seemingly impos-
sible tricks with barrel and a wheel
Here, too, the Bragaar Brothers, the
great European comedy artists, made
fun for the crowd with a comedy bar
act and an exhibition of burlesuue
wrestling. The Benedettoes, acrobats
of note. made good their claim of having
the best revolving ladder act in America
'h" Mddlebury band of 26 pieces fur
nished music during each afternoon of
the fair.
The Ferris wheel and the fascinating
ocean wave captured young and old as
usual. Among the other attractions on
the midway were a marvellous mermaid,
and troupe of wrestlers. The melo-
deous strains of This is the Life" was
heard all day from the merry-g -go-round
The display in Exhibition hall is the
best in years, some of the work be-
| ing quite extraordinary. Mrs. C. H.
| Spooner of Mortified, who acted as
Judge here, had great difficulty in de-
Gliding in number of cases. In needle
work the following showed excellent
wYk and won prizes: Mrs. O. Z. Chill
son, Middlebury Marjorie Vadnois,
Bridport; in embroidery, Mrs. H. w.
Jones of Middlebury and Mrs Farms
worth of Vergennes For the largest
and best collection in class a Mrs.
X. R. Flint of Montpelier took first
prize. In china painting. Mrs. |. c.
Sharon of Shoreham showed some ex-
cellent specimens, while Mrs LeBaron
of Waterbury h ID the largest, best and
most varied collection.
One of the most interesting people in
the hall was Mrs. Inez Klavora of Barre.
She is graduate of the Royal Imperial
school of lace making of Vienna. To
see her handling with expertness five or
six spindles of linen thread and turning
out the most perfect cluny lace imagin-
able at machine speed was nothing short
of marvellous. Her lace exhibit is esti-
mated to be worth several thousand
dollars. On the upper floor Middlebury
College also had booth where ready
information was given to interested
people. On the lower floor of Exhibi-
ton were the DeLaval separators;
Bailey's piano rooms of Burlington with
their familiar singer; NJ K. Moore fur