Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-04
guess that they were of the Flemis Beauty variety.
 Peaches Attract Attention.

Beauty variety.
 Peaches Attract Attention. A special entry of a single basket of splendid looking Champion peaches from the Kitemaug orcnards of Frank | w. Browning attracted attention Tues day One Of the experts from Storrs declared it the best looking basket he l had seen til.ssy year. commenting on the ] fact that the Connecticut peach crop this season is almost no crop-a flat failure.
 Attended First Fair.
 An interesting visitor to, the grounds Tuesday was Henry Tyler veteran of the 18th Regiment now a resident of New London, who attended the first fair of the agricultural society held on what is now Chelsea Parade, 64 years ago. He was F years old Il then and accompanied his father, T Henry c. Tyler, and his sister Olive, now Mrs. A. H. Stevens, of Canter- bury, near Brooklyn. MT. Tyler, who is native of Griswold, recalls that the first fair had no races, and that there were speeches by Frank Trtlm-
 bull, of Stonington, Rev. William Gift, of Stonington Point. Dr. Baton, the Norwich druggist. and that J. P. Barstow was chairman of the day s } exercises.
 , At later. fairs, MT. Tyler recalls there were balloon ascens1ons. wit
 messed by big crowds.
 Potato Competition For State Prize In the competition for the state prize of $50 for the best one-half
 bUshel of potatoes, contingent upon l; winning at the local fair, there were ! five entries Tuesday, Allen Latham | of Norwich, competing with Norwich | Seedlings" Supt. J. B. Chapman ,oi ! the Norwich Town Farm, entering one-half bushel each of Delawares anG Green Mountains, and the Snip & En. zine Co. Farms. from Groton, com . peting with three baskets, Greer : : Mountain, Irish Co5blers and Garner No. 1.
 Fair Notes.
 Nearly every woman visitor to th' 2 Ship 6 Engine Company's tent stop ped to pat and pet the two big sleel , horses in the stalls near the entrance
 A contribution of seven dainty anC a useful aprons came from the Nev ' London w. c. T. U. to be sold at tn 1 1 county booth Tuesday and with then = come 2. money gift. By night all wer r disposed of. T Miss Nellie Starr, of Uncasville . county and state superintendent 0 II 1 anti-nArcotic work, assisted in thu i, W. c. T. U. booth during Tuesday. f At the post office booth, the sale n of thrift stamps and war savings cer
 tifcates kept up well yesterday. - Judges Get at Work. e On Tuesday afternoon the priz d awards as determined by the judge : began to be filed with F. HerbeI n Brown, entry clerk, at his office ad n joining Secretary Gilbert S. Raymond e in the building at the main entrance ,. After the judges had completed the u tours of the exhibits they affixed tn
 premium cards where the visitors U the fair could see for themselve n what were the meritorious displays o the buildings, tents and cattle stall The following are the judges: Hors
 es. mares and colts. Griswold H. Mol
 gan, Salem; sheep, Prof. J. c. McNut
 Amherst Mass: cattle. Prof McNu
 and Simon Brewster, Jewett City swine Richard Lake Faux Branfo1 Farms; poultry. Prof. Fitzpatrick, : Connecticut Agricultural college; oak
 bread and honey, Mrs. James B. Pa 2 mer Lisbon; vegetables and graf
 Prof. W. L. Slate, Connecticut Agr 9 cultural college; flowers. S. A1phel
 Gilbert; domestic manufacture ar
 fancy work. Miss Marguerite Richard
 New London, and Mrs. Calvin K Swa
 Norwich.
 Scouts Help Food For France.
 Boy Scouts at the fair on Tuesd;
 and Wednesday did effective work
 soliciting contributions for the Fo,
 For France fund, receiving sS3.19 f 4, the two days. The money all came
 small contributions mostly dimes, al
 the boys will he on hand on the Ia
 day to glean further for the wort cause. The scouts in charge were: A
 bert Van Wagenen. Horace Bill. G 3 Briggs, Robert Eastwood, John Fe
 lows. Joseph Leuck. Merton Palm 2 Russell Rathhone Harold Rasmuss
 and William Latham.
 Prize Cups For Poultry.
 In the poultry department in G ID Poultry yards of Norwich were awar o ed the silver cup offered by Char ,+s Slosberg and Son for the best d iLe play of poultry The cup offered ,aI Plaut- Ca dden Co, for the best q ir play Of water fowl went to Miss FlC
 ence T. Browning of Norwich Tov Ia The display of eggs this wear was { ,[,s largest in the history of the depat on mont. thirteen dozens being shown. es- Ship and Engine Exhibit Grows. nie The New London Ship and Eng He company filled their tents Tesday. 1 m remainder of their fruit and Vegetah oh and tbeir cut flowers exhibits arrivi W. late Monday night. A pair of carr r. pigeons of the breed used by mt, government in carving messages V yin also added to the birds on exhibit lin. After the races each afternoon Ser h. James E. Dunn who, went to F'ral m. with tIsa Canadians and has by ip- wounded eighteen times and thorous
 1y incapacitated for further militt rell service speaks in front of the t el- and tells of his experiences in Frar is Sergeant Dunn is employed at 0k- Ship and Engine company.
 Auto and Auto Truck.
 The well known and popular Bu ge- automobile, the only pleasure car T. be shown in agricultural hall is the played by Louis H. Naples, who 8 ar shows the Federal truck. rom one mt | five tons, and also tractors. ov- Whippie ccrn. , na- Silas Whipple of Leff1ngwell he hibits the Whipple sweet corn in :
 fieultural shall. He shows the c
 both in the ear and in the stalk { kes demonstrates it's merit
 na-
 cts, THREE NEW SUITS
 1er FOR SUPERIOR coU p~o l~r William H. Segar of Lebanon and iEaue s,an Jme eeieilGaht liant Ill rmo soi's e l lie