New Britain herald., 1917-09-10
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! pensive camera, box Of candy, a
watch, possibly a diamond ring, a
bath robe and many other attractive
things-maybe. If you don't win at
first maybe you will the next time so
"step up boys, be sport" the men in
back of the booths Is very convincing.
| The niger dodger' is once more in
| evidence and occasionally a lucky
| throw bounces a five ounce baseball
off his kinkly head, which pleases the
| crowd and also stimulates interest.
Another seemingly popular place is
| 1.-The side show" Those in charge de-
| clare that within is to be seen the
| "only and original" There are like
wise numerous liNtle eating places
where pretty girls and motherly
women administer to the wants Of the
inner man. AS is always the case
there are also. in evidence a few ply
steal unfortunates who have lost their
arms, their legs or their eyes.
Especially noticeable is one youth with
both legs cut off above the knees. He
is selling pencils and proves that al
though greatly handicapped in the
game of life he is by no means down
and out for with an ingenious ar
able to hobble about.
Laughing, shouting, talking, push
ing, shoving-the crowd that is ever
moving UP and down the Midway is a
good natured one, composed of those
who come for a good time and seem
to have found it. The Midway is the
Mecca of all excitement.
New Britain's Exhibit.
The exhibit of New Britain occupies
an entire tent at the extreme end of
the Midway. In it are exhibits of
farm and garden products, each
properly labelled and credited to the
individual who is exhibiting. Robert
H. Crawford, superintendent of the
Boys club, is in charge of this tent.
Decorated with American flags, the
various exhibits are neatly arranged
against background of corn stalks.
Of the severl factories whose employees
have exhibited theeir garden truck are
the Hart & Hutchinson Manufacturing
company
the Stanley, Rule & Level company.
The police department also has an
individual exhibit. There is a collec-
ton of potatoes raised by Chief w.
J. Rawlings, Lieutenant Samuel BAN
forth, Traffic Supervisor Clarence
Lamphere, Detective Sergeant A. j.
Richardson and Dock Officer A J.
Malone. Officer Charles Mccarthy is
showing some fine specimens Of mel
ons and tomatoes and Sergeant W. c..
Hart and Officer George Moffitt are
Justly proud of the cabbages they
are showing. Officers William McCue
and William Murphy have also sent
down some of their crops. A pile of
potatoes, which last winter would
have looked like a pile of jewelry, is
hi ~ 49, hat t1n
Britain Municipal Farm has raised on
its 43 acres. The water department
too, has an interesting and extensive
exhibit consisting of peaches, various
kinds of apples and some garden
truck, the last named having been
raiser privately by Superintendent
James Towers. The Boys club gar
den exhibit is worthy of attention and
this is augmented by several silver
loving cups the boys have won. The
Boy Scouts also have an exhibit and
SO have those who have been identi-
fed with the City Gardens movement.
This last exhibit includes some excel
lent samples of canned goods, all Of
which was done at a moderate cost
by the cold pack method. P. & r.
Corbin employees, as well as the Con-
necticut company men and the Lam
OerS, FrarN q CldTh WOIhIlSli 1loNo
demonstrated their skill as farmers
and the Besse-Leland company en-
ploves have done likewise. The much
discussed Town Farm exhibit is pres
ent after all, but under a different
name. 1t is labeled the Charity De-
partment exhibit, which it truly is.
Superintendent George F. Kibbe has
arranged an excellent display which
occupies a table running the entire
length of the tent. On 1T are toma-
toes, corns of various kinds, squashes,
pumpkins, etc. The entire exhibit
proves without a doubt that New
Britain is doing her bit.
The exhibit arranged by the Con-
necticut Agricultural college is an ex-
tensive one. In this department the
cattle and sheep exhibit is especially
fine. A COW Mauchlin Snowdrop I'd,
the Ayrshire which holds the state
record for milk, attracts favorable
attention. The sheep exhibit is also
excellent. one woman having referred
to them as little fat pigs with white
cotton on their backs" The state col
lege also has some fine horsefesh ex-
hibited and a couple of Berkshire
hogs The State geological society
also has some wonderfully fine fruit
exhibits.
In the honey tent are upwards Of
two tons of honey and beeswax ex-
hibiting are John Thoret Of Meriden,
A. W. Yates of Hartford. w. Rock
we'll of Bloomfield, S. H. Clark of Co.
bait, Allen Latham of Norwich and
John Crandall of Berlin. There is also
a beautiful floral exhibit.
The cattle exhibit Is the biggest ever
and this morning it was necessary to
erect large number of additional
sheds against the northern and west
ern fences. There are upwards of $50
yoke of oxen alone, to say nothing of
several hundred other species of cat