Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-23

annual exhibitions of its kind remain ing to Windham county and its field is now not only the county after which the society takes its name, but much of New London and Holland counties and sections of southern Massachu- setts and the border sections of Rhode Island There were many people present Wednesday from all of this territory.
 They came early and stayed late. They came in comfort, were well en- tertained and went home happy. Nine ty per. cent. of those who came to the grounds Wednesday came in motor cars. The one-horse shay of hallow- ed memory was nearly missing from the list of vehicles. Some few. of course drove" to the fair, but they were in the minority. The horse. has not lost his place at the fair, however and some splendid animals were to be seen about the grounds, these en- tered for competition in various, events scheduled for the exhibition.
 Favored by Fine Weather.
 There wasn't anything in the way of weather troubles to handicap the fairs chances of success. Wednesday was about ideal as a cattle show day. It was cool everywhere on the grounds, not very dusty after the rain of the previous day and a fine breeze famed the checks of the smiling throngs.
 Driven of the Midway.
 Early Wednesday the midway at the fair was given the once over by association officials ard members of the state police. As the result of this inspection some men who were start ing in to operate a jingle game were chased off the grounds and others with questionable devices intended to ex- ,rNN lrwz N.N- along were also handed their hats and asked Whats your hurry?'
 President Frink said that some men buy concession rights at the fair rep NsSenting themselves as engaged in legitimate enterprises. but once open for business and believing themselves secure from further worry proceed to run a little crooked stuff. These are given the gate at Brooklyn at the first opportunity. The show never has been a harborer of crooked games and its reputation for freedom from skin games is not going to be impaired if watchfulness upon the part of offi- ciaIs will help any, and it most cer- tainly does.
 State Police Arrest Three.
 Incidentally the state police made a little cleanup early Wednesday morning, Deputy Sheriff Edwin Ben nett of Brooklyn assisting. AS the result of the haul. William Daley, Asher Brown and Lillian Brown, col ored residents of Danielson and the town of Plainfield, were arrested and arraigned promptly in a justice court in Brooklyn, charged with having H. quor in their possession with intent to | sell. Each was fined $10 and costs which they paid. A handbag filled | with liquor was seized from a vehi- 1 cle that one of the parties arrested had driven on to the grounds. Nc | sales were charged against the de- | fendants, who returned to the fair af- ter their appearance in the court. These little incidents in no way | marred the fair, however, and in fact | were not known of by more than . ! ent.s The crowds were busy with oth- CT things. They found plenty tha' | was amusing, interesting or instruc. tive and other peoples troubles were certainly not theirs.
 | Exhibition Building Crowded. | It wasn't, an easy matter for one tC | crowd ones way through the exhibi tion building, but it was worth the eff | fort There are some mighty fine ex hibits there, things that the farmeri | and housewives of Windham count! | may well be proud of, and would hay, been had they heard the many com | plimentary remarks made by admirinl | thousands.
 There are vegetables galore-pump lxins as large as a German Black Ma ria shell, handsome melons Qusciou | would he a good word to use here but we can't prove it, though willini to be), a splendid exhibition of DO | tat0e3 of various varieties and corr | that is of such distinguished straii that it runs a close second to tha | imperial grade raised by Judge Tuck CT at East Killingly and running. a they tell it up that way, six ears L the cob, by heck!
 Tempting Apples.
 T never had a chance to steal ap ples like that when I was a boy, mournfully intoned one good-nature man of advancing middle life as h glanced shrewdly up from a long drawn out and admiring contempla ton of gloriously coIored fruit fror the Lapsley orchards at Pomfret an the H. B. Buell. place in Eastford. ] was an odd tribute to the success that has been achieved by Windhar l county apple growers but 1t summe up a knowledge and appreciation Q the astounding advance that has bee made in fruit culture by followin modern scientific methods.
 Such vegetables and fruit as groN in Windham county were shown 1 l endless variety and the judges wer I
 mortals, to the job of deciding wh should have the premier and the less CT awards.
 Grange Competition.
 There was competition aplent l among the exhibitors in the man
 classes whose entries were displaye In this building. but none more kee
 than between Brooklyn, Wolf De and Plainfield granges. Each had lib
 eral display sections and had mad
 the most of their opportunities. Thes
 grange displays contained some of tn
 very finest exhibits of vegetable 7 fruit, preserves, dairy products, flow
 CTS, needleworlx, etc, etc., shown z
 the fair and all day long the crowd
 surged about the sections inspectin
 each article minutely.
 Wolf Den grange of Pomfret in
 cluded in its exhibit a reduced fac
 si1nile of the exterior of the famou den in that town and let their neigh ! bors of Brooklyn grange know by card prominently displayed that whi 5 Brooklyn might well be proud ' claim as its own such a distinguish ed patriot as General Israel Putnam , his exploit at Pomfret won for hil ? considerable of his fame.
 5 Woman's Department.