Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-20
Special to The Bulletin)

North stonington, Sept, ts.-Brighti sunny skies and ideal weather marked! the opening of the 12th annual fair of the North stonington Grange. Inc, at the. Grange fairgrounds here today, and from Pali indications the fair will be even.
 more successful than in past years. sThroughout the afternoon and evening several hundred people visited the. grounds to view the numerous attractive. exhibits, which in most departments are, larger and better than ever before. To days attendance compares very fayorabiyi with the attendance records on opening. days in previous years.
 Farmers for miles around have prize. vegetables. fruit and livestock entered and products of the home hresidef such as quilts. embroidery, fancy work, shawls, infanfs' clothing, etc, are also On display.
 The morning proved busy one for the dozen or more energetic committees in; lin charge of the receiving tagging and. placing of exhibits Many people inte-. rested in the products of the farm and home came from surrounding towns and villages by automobile, team and car. and the fairgrounds presented fairly lively scene throughout the afternoon.
 One of the Dig attractions is the main exhibition hall. Just inside the main en- trance Stillmans of Westerly has an at tractive booth in which the Edison phone graph is displayed to advantage The ground fiooFs of the building is devoted to exhibits of flowers. plants boys and girls club work, pies, cakes preserves and canned goods.
 The flower exhibit Is unusually large this year. Here are shown beautifully colored dahlias. gladiolas, marigolds, zin- nias, phiox and sunfower bouquets. Ex- tra space for the display of flowers haa been provided in a small room at the rear
 At the right of the entrance to the ground floor is an excellent display en- i. tered by the Wequetequock Boys and Girls club. Here are shown preserves, ] prize potatoes, watermelens, corn, pep pers, flowers, etc. This work Is carried
 on by the boys and girls through the CO., operation of the New London County Farm Bureau.
 ( In the center of the room several large cases are filled with home made pies,
 cakes cookies and bread. and there IS
 also display of eggs laid by prize hens.
 Attractively arranged onsa a long table are
 scores of jars of preserves. canned beans 1 of all varieties; canned carrots. crab | B.
 and a number of jars of jams.
 The top floor of the building is large l.iy devoted to art and fancy work. Here i are shown photographic collections ot | snapshots, drawings by school children a ] dozen beautiful oil paintings including 2 1 painting by a Is year old girl that is at | tracing much attention and favorable l comment, b4dsquilts of all kinds. hand made woolen shawls hand made pillow
 covers and infants dresses. A svo man, s1 years of age, has entered in the domestic art sdepartment,t display Q;
 six buttonholes.
 l At the rear of the room on both sidei | of the stage there are school exhibits o i drawings. Among those who have en ! tries in the fancy work department l! Mrs. Charles De Corran of Norwich, R r. D. No. l. She is showing a beautiful plano scarf in perfectly blended colors. | An entire building is devoted to tn I display of vegetables. This buildini
 which was erected two years ago by tht Grange blew down last fall, and had tc ke almost entirely rebuilt this year a a cost ot about sI.00e. Here may bt seen a display of vegetables as good al lean De faunf at any fair in the state
 There are pAmn1oth carrots, beets. butter l,beans. large potatoes of many varieties sduashes and pumpkins: Huge water
 melons, the products of North Stoningtnl I@farns are also shown At one end of tn Hong building. there are half dozel stalks of yellow dent corn, fully twelv' fleet in height.
 GThe nouftry department is filled thi 4 year with prize hens. bullets, ducks an, geese. Among the breeds shown ar
 buff partridge cochins, bantams, buff Leg thorn bullets, white and\ black Leghosl , heTs. silver duck wings white creste . and black Polish hens and many others