The Press., 1917-09-20
THE FAIR.

The time for the Stafford fair,
 October 10th, 11th and 18th is fast
 drawing near. Many of the plans
 are already perfected and the com
 mittees are all working hard in an
 endeavor to make the coming fair one
 of the best The vaudeville committee | has booked large list of attractions
 of the best to be attained for the free
 stage performance as follows: Diavolo,
 in the most sensational bicycle act
 in the world. The Idanias troupe,
 consisting of five girls introducing
 number of thrilling manipulations on
 rings. The Chung Ling Hee troupe,
 Chinese aorobats, in various wonder
 ful stunts. including slide for life
 from the grand stand to the platform
 while supended by their queues. The
 five MaoLarens in an extraordinary
 song and dance act, playing bag pipes,
 tromb bones and piano. The Bijou cireus, consisting of dogs, ponies, a
 buoking mule and several people, who perform on a revolving roller table.
 Robin, the king of comedy jugglers. Allie Johnson, the human monkey, on the slack wire Harry +. Henry, the baritone singer, who will De the official announcer, filled the same position last year. The premium lists are being sent out this week. The book is larger than usual and in- oludes, besides the regular premiums of the society, the special corn prizes offered by Hon. e. P. Mclean to the boys corn club members of Connecti- out, the special premiums on potatoes Anll corn offered by Col W H. Hall and the Connecticut state fair assnci- ation and long list of premiums for boys and girls not over IS years of Rge. This list includes produce raised by the boys and girls in their gardens, of their canning, sewing and premiums on their poultry and pigs. | An exhibit that will be of unusual interest at the fair will be one arranged | by the combined efforts of the various of the State Council of Defense aud the State agricultural society. This exhibit will be housed in 8 tent 4OxsO feet and will consist of interesting data, charts and material. There will be complete drying and canning outfits and demonstrations will be given each forenoon and after noon conducted by teams of girls trom canning clubs or by the college demonstrators. The home economics exhibit will also contain departments devoted to the cereal and it's use, a department devoted to the school lunch, infant feeding, infant cloth ing, home medicine chest, etc. A dairy exhibit will be devoted to war rations and methods of feeding COWS There will be a soils and crops exhibit. There will be poultry exhibit. A very interesting part of this will be laily demonstrations in selecting non- producing from producing hens War -ations for poultry will also be set '0rth.
 Mir. and Mrs Frank Day are reoeiV- ng congratulations on the birth of a laughter yesterday.
 There will be a meeting held on ( urgioal dressings tomorrow at ? D. n. in the Current Events rooms. I
 George N. Bertrand, an employee I t the Rhode Island worsted mill, has cen granted a patent on an electric c top motion for looms. q
 Lewis A. Jackson was before the k orough court last week Thursday ( harged with operating an automobile I without a registration and without l
 license. He was fined $50 and costs 7 y Deputy Judge E. K. Taft. John t Riley was tried before Acting Judge ( V. H. Reed on Saturday charged with and breach of the peace. | Ie was sentenced to Holland jail for 1 i've months. On Tuesday Vim. Mur- ay was charged with intoxication, ,reach of the peace and striking his wife He was fined $25 and costs { md sentenced to six months in jail The same day Mrs. Sarah Lee was 1 'harged with breach of peace and was ined $1O and costs. Acting Judge ' W. H. Reed also tried the last two ases. Yesterday morning Adnah ( French was before Acting Judge Reed harged with assault on Mrs. Sarah ' zee, breach of the peace and use of S busiye language. He was fined $25 S nd costs. I