Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-09-30
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George ID. Aiken of putncy occupied
small plot of ground near the main en-
trance to the grounds with his nursery
exhibit. "A good number of various kinds
OF shrubs were set out attractively.
l.. III. Barber exhibited several makes
of pianos, and victrolas in his building
and many persons enjoyed the music
rendered by the pianists and listened to
their favorite records on the victr0las.
Between the heats horse lovers on the
grandstand were entertained by an exhibi-
ton of jumping by thoroughbreds owned
by Henry NJ. Clark of Springfield Mass,
and j. ID. Law of Northampton, Mass.
The competitive test of dairy cows has
not been completed. Several entries COM
piled with the conditions, and % samples
were taken yesterday to the milk plant
of the Windham County Cooperative
MILK Producers, Inc, to be separated.
The Eight Bluedevils pleased the
| crowd Wednesday afternoon by doing q
| portion of their acrobatic act on the
track in front of the grandstand. Every
body seemed TO agree that this was the
best act the fair management has ever
put on.
| Company l. First Vermont Infantry
had a tent for headquarters in line Will
the Red Cross and cleanup squad tents
, The company had an army truck, rifles
and camp equipment on display and the
truck was used on various occasions.
w. i. Duntley of Brattleboro, Fred
Lebeveau of Walpole, n. H., and J. II
Burleigh of Keene, N. H.. We're race
| Judges. The timers were g. f.. Foster
and w. \. Shumwoy of this town ant
II. Il. Guernsey of Keene. i. G. Taske
was clerk.
Tho Dewitt Grocery Co. building wa
occupied by large displays of Worceste
lsalt, flour. and Scrub-Not which wa
demonstrated by two women from tn
Keene Washing Products Co. The De
Witt Co. also had an auto-kamp trale
on exhibition between floral hall an
the pet stock building.
A tent near the Made-in- Brattlebor
building was set up by the Vermont Stat
Board of Health and the Vermont Stat
Tuberculosis association. Attention wa
called to this by large poster outsid
referring to the presence of the healt
fortune teller. Various health poster
were hung inside the tent and childre
were weighed and measured
DIR. J. II. Carmichael, the vetera
Springfield. Mass, reinsman, was given
deserved puff by Starter Standsh upo
the presentation of the five-dolar golt
pieces the doctor won in the $50 class
20 years ago which indicated that ID
. Carmichael won race here in that yea
with his horse Winnie Wilkes.
A first aid tent and rest room ter
were set up near the main entrance
the grounds by Windham County Cha
ter. Red Cross. The first aid tent VIZ
lprcsided over by nurses from the Mem
rial hospital. A practical nurse fro
r the Mutual Aid association and a volul
h lteer from Bratteboro branch, Red eros
were on duty at the rest room tent.
f There was a time in the early hou
@ Wednesday morning when Valley fair o
o ficials were giving thanks that the asst
= citation had taken out rain insuranc
They got something much better than il
r demnity, however, in the form of mi
l. sunshiny weather that put in an appea
Il ance around o'clock and lasted until
crowd of almost record proportions ha
= gathered for the second and closing da
v of the big show.
l. The vaudeville attractions We're n
lknOwledged to be the best that the ia
has had for years The feature act W,
the Eight Bluedevils, team of Arabia
g ltumblers that won applause at every a
v lpearance. Nine. Berzac's animal circl
IS was also popular, the antics of the unrid
: able mule furnishing great amusemen
II 1.-The bill also included Seigal < Irwin, q
Il unusually good team of gymnasts, and Il
II Flying Henrys, accomplished trape
land ring artists
10 Five men from the United States We
l. 'erans' bureau cleanup squad occupied