New Britain herald., 1919-05-13

ing. The entertainment for the open l ing night will be a minstrel perform ance given by a mixed troupe from New Britain. It was announced last evening that there will be no drum corps night during the fair. The drum corps will hold a celebration at a later date.
 The committee in charge of the fair is as folloWs: John Delorey, Daniel Malarney, Bernard Corr, Peter Corr, James Corr, Edward Moore. John Moore, John Hart, Robert Ritchie, P. J. Buckley, John Fitzgerald. George Sullivan, Fred Karam and L. E. Golen.
 At the drum corps rehca rsaI, which was held following the business meeting of the fair committee, it was announced that the local drum corps will not take part in the convention at Hoboken, N. J., it has been in vited to attend a state convention on the same date at South Manchester.
 Entire Farms Sold.
 Colonel Charles M. Jarvis, propre- tor of the Berlin Farms in South Der lin announced this morning that the entire farms were sold yesterday by M. H. Ried, an auctioneer. Much of the land was sold at a low figure. The buildings, as well as the extensive lands, were sold at auction.
 The Well-known Jarvis chicken farm located on the Westfeld road was sold to l. Straw, of New Britain and the purchaser was offered several hundred dollars more than he had paid for the property an hour after lie had purchased it. Paul and I. R. Goldstein, of New Britain, gave the highest bid on the two buildings To- cated on the Berlin turnpike and pur- chased the property at a surprising price.
 MT. Ried, the auctioneer, said this morning that there were over 125 acres of land and six buildings sold to local people at their own price. l Many of the lots were valued by Mr. Jarvis at a much higher price than what they were offered to the public i for. MT. Ried stated that the farms brought $500 more than what his con- i tract required. For the next two days Colonel Jarvis and MT. Ried will be engaged at the home of the former in drawing up deeds Of the land sa les At present the only property owned by Colonel Jarvis is his home on Warrington Ridge and several lots adjoining the estate.
 A number of farm implements which were left over from the sale | held last Wednesday were offered to 1 the public before the opening of the i land sa les and were sold very rapidly ! Colonel Jarvis will retain his home | for the present, although much. of his [ time will be spent in New York Citv 1 where he will be financial manager of
 the Federal Adding Machine company.
 Rev. Benedict Visits Here Again.
 Key. A. J. Benedict, formerly pas 1 tor at the Kensington Congregational l church and who for the past seven-
 teen years has been the pastor of the
 rom mpStonc Congregational church at 1 rom bstone, Ariz., arrived in town this 1 morning after having travelled | throughout the state of Connecticut
 delivering interesting lectures at the l Congregational churches on the sub ] ject of "The Work of the National l Foreign Society of Missions in the | West" Rev Mr. Benedict has been
 in the east for the past three weeks l and recently gave an address at the
 Kensington Congregational church. 1 During his stay in town he was the
 guest of Mr. and Mrs S. M Cowles. l Rev. Mr. Benedict states that for
 the next two months he will be en- l aged in the east delivering lectures l in many of the churches of Massach
 setts, New York and New Jersey. Af-
 ter completing his work in the east he ] will return to his home in Tom b.