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A WEEKLY FAMILY PAPER . EIGHT PAGES.
| you XXXVI.
Batetxi at the Putnam Po*t (>fhr#
m tecoodxM**# matter.
PUTNAM, CONN., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 1908
NO 38
Fwd *1 .rrell left Monday to e n
ws senior year at Yale.
* Wwar<l Cutler, Jr., left this city
' for Oklahoma, where he is to
*ad several weeks.
*' Mr and Mrs. John C. Phillips, of
barton. Vt., are guests of relatives
o-Uweity
jlr*. Janies B. Bowen, on Laurel
" u entertaining Miss Elizabeth
Ho wen, of Providence.
The list of electors in the town of
p”na® is being revised “nd P*rfected
[j. week by the registrars' of voters.
Mr, Amy Lung of Worcester is
^iiest of Mrs. George Gilpatrie on
pamont street.
..Rev. and Mrs. F. I). Sargent enter
their son Harold Sargent, of
\orwieh, over Sunday.
-The Stafford Springs Agricultural
v* i.i hold the o9th annual Staf
iTd Fair Sept, :i" “'id Oct. 1.
-Mr. Geo K. Shaw and w ife, Pleas
4!,t ivenue. entertained on Friday, Mr.
pjward SI,aw, of Providence.
-Mrs. David Clarke, Killingly ave
n,e. ba> been entertaining her sister,
v .. Artie 'hies, of Providence.
_p. W. -. ward's family, Grove st.,
j. entertaining Mrs. Benton, of Guil
ford, sister ef Mr. Seward.
-Mrs. Fred King and hei daughter
Kkaaor, have returned to their home
i: Jamaica Plain, Mass., after visiting
w ati,es in this city for two weeks.
-Mr. Arthur Adams and wife have
m uaed to their home in Trenton, N.
J„after visiting Mr. Harry Murphy’s
family on Market street.
*_M. M. Dwyer and Victor I'hapde
laine were in Norwich this week at
tending the annual convention of the
,siate Liquor Dealers' Association.
-On Monday, the regular winter
schedule on the local trolley line went
into effect. The service which hasl>eeu
half-hour will now be hourly.
-Miss Barbara Brigham, who has
been the guest of her sister, Mrs. Wil
liam Wheaton, of Grove street, left the
(iiv on Monday for her home in Ma
eon, Ga.
-Alden Cole, civil engineer, in the
e :.i, >,v of a Pennsy I vania railroad coni
v. is at home spending his vaca
tion with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
R. < ile.
—\\m '.or Alrien Morse, son of M r.
a:il Mr.. (.. liyron Morse, was mar
:w-,i t ■ Miss [{use A I>epin, of Thonip
- - r■ -ay afternoon. Sept. <». in Nt w
1., .hi, t.y the Rev. James \V. Hixler,
D. I).
-MemU-rs of \V. It. (’.of this city
" ri i lined by McGregor l’ost of
bamebon. Tuesday after noon. A musi
<■;> program was given and refresh*
lir'iilsst rved. Members from Norwich
Were n|s i present.
— ixiit'ir and Mrs. ('art It. Johnson
a. i their two sons, of Franklin. Mass.,
“• rt .11.is of relatives in this city, on
Nm<iay, making tire trip in their auto
mobile.
— T.’ uit Haves, in tlie absence of
Captain Murray, of the police force,
®ti I- away on his annual vacation,
i'doing iptain s duty in his absence.
Ket:- I'apre, patrolman, takes Sar
rrant Hayes' beat.
— K n Agent K. C. Jewett and
“ A gone to Toronto to attend t tie 1
; -t annual outing of the Kail- j
r"a,i Ag N Association of New Hug-1
‘•■“i. which will tie held in Toronto. I
Agent Jewett i. a member of the exec
kh i aimittee of the Association.
— The Wolf," a drama of the< ana
<iun wo, |., opened the theatrical sea
v : the Bradley Theatre, last Friday
t'ening There was a good si/.ed an- i
dienee present, who showed they ap- !
preeiation of the play and players by
ifrartv applause.
—The I>epartment Inspector of the
" ^ * w ill Ire entertained by the lo
f«l corps. Friday, Sept. ih.’d. Dinner
*i ! be served in their rooms at twelve
°clook All members are requested to
** present.
—The annual meeting of the Wo
n:*n a Board of the Day Kimball Hos
t>Ua. will be held at their room in the
Kw Block, on Wednesday afternoon,
•'eptembcr j:;, at three o’clock. Officers
*nd committees will present reports of
*ork of the past year, and new of
ficers will be elected. A full attend
*a<* is desired. Hec'y.
I-i»i of letters remaining in the
Jtoa n Post ortice for the week end
•o* S-pt. l.i:
Udi, — Miss K.
Js-ke- Mrs. \V
ii 4
aw U ;
A. Crosby, Mrs. E.
m. Decatur, Miss Clara
'I rs. Fred A. Flagg. Miss Ma
ry. Miss Mattel Jones, Miss
■ates. Mrs Ellie Matbewson,
■ Martih, Miss Mary Key
tli Tasker.
n—Henry Adams, Richard
'htr lio*, J. Thapiro, I-ouis
•ad kas
*• line
fietag a
stars i
'‘fit* red
i Mayhew, son of Mr. John :
this city, has entered the
the B. D. Bugbee Corpora- ,
ertLsing manager and win- I
r. Mr. Mayhew atlemUjpi I
schools in this city, and later
:£‘ employ of A. D. McIntyre I
n. in his drygoods store. He !
■ty fifteen years or more ago. j
't^adily advanced in his cho- j
of business—his last position ]
'!>onslbie one with the O’Hor- j
of Providence. Mr. Mayhew j
■pon his new duties last week. ■
—Mrs. L. E. Richardson and her four
children have returned from a visit ■
With relatives in New Bedford, Boston '
and Worcester.
—Ala meeting of Putnam t'hapter.
No. 41, R. A. M., held in the Masonic
Temple, Grove street, Thursday even
ing, a degree was worked upon two
j candidates.
J. Herbert Marsh and mother of
Providence street, ha\e returned from
a two weeks stav at Bay Ridge, N.Y., I
and Oak Bluffs, Mass.
—Mrs. Herbert Plummer of Salem, I
Mass,, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. j
\ inton, on Woodstock avenue. Mr. [
Plummer returned to Salem on Mon- i
day after spending the week a- a guest
of Mrs. Vinton.
—This w eek Friday evening Putnam
I-odgeof Klks will confer degrees on a j
class of eight candidates. The initia- !
l tion and social session w ill lx* marked
| by the presence of the Kiks' Glee flub
and an orchestra. The event w ill usher
in the season of activity w hich will ex
tend through the winter season.
:
— Ernest Whiltemore, of this city, |
ami Miss ('alia A. Neff, of Norwich,'
were married by Rev. E. 1». Sargent at I
the Congregational parsonage, Ih.s !
city, on Labor Day. Both Mr. ami
Mrs. Whiltemore are blind, ami troth
are graduates of a Hartford institute
for the blind.
—<tenoral E. S. Boss, Agent of the
Willimantic plant of the American I
1 bread Co., observed his golden anni
versary of service at the thread mills
of that city, on Monday Sept. 7, com
pleting titty years of work. Gen. Ross
is one of the deservedly honored men
of his city, county and State, and hav
ing just been appointed one of the Re
publican Presidential Electors, we can
add of the nation also.
—Presiding Elder J . 11. New land of
the Norwich District, presided at tt.e
(Quarterly Conference at East Hamp
ton Methodist church, recently. The
chief matter for consideration was the
I proposition of liev. E. \Y. Gray, form
er pastor of the Methodist church in
this city, to accept a call to ( alifornia,
at a substantial increase of salary. The
parishioners at East Hampton finally
decided to raise his salary to an equal
amount to that offered him, and lie
w ill remain here.
—Last Saturday forenoon a horse and
wagon owned by E. !.. Smith, created
a good deal of excitement ns they dash- !
ed tram the front of his store, the horse
in his fright rushing across the street,
bringing the w agon in collision with
one of the iron posts in front of the
(’■ ngregutional church, doing it serious
damage. The horse continued its mad
Slight down the street, with the dam
aged w agon sw aying from side to side,
until it fell, tripjied up by one of bis
feet getting entangled in one of the
wheels. It was a fortunate fall, as the
horse would have come in collision
w ith a: vehicle a short distance ahead
of him.
— We hail a very pleasant call W ed
ne.-day from Mr. T.J. Leonard, of Pro
vidence. He, with lii- wife, tame to j
attend the Woodsiocw Fair, as one mo
tive to meet more old friends in that
way than ire could any, other, as lie
loves to renew old friendships an I ac
quaintanceships. He has many such,
being a native of Woodstock and is;
i w ell known in tliisj part of the 'tale.
! lie spend* his winters in Florida to es-i
I cape our cold w inters, from w hich he
! suiters on account his lameness. Ha\- ,
, inu long been a business man he is very
ant of things useful and w ortb ,
knowing, and being a good talker, he;
makes his observations very entertain- :
ing. We observed that he was the |
best taikerin llie U-onard family. “<)h j
no," lie replied, "My brother George I
can give me a mile start and easily
I catch up with me." Among other
matters of which he spoke w as the im
mense shipment of oranges from the
section of Florida where he makes his
home. If we could rejieat what he
said it would be decidedly interesting.
—Some time ago we spoke of the
purjsise of Mr. K. X Arnold to build
another green-house in his beautiful
garden on Farrows street. It is now
being completed, and is even larger
than the present immense sized one,
and will need to be to store up for w in
ter the large stocks of perishable stocks
of flowers, shrubbery and vegetables,
when frosts come, and which he will
have ready to supply customers winter
the same as in summer. The magni
ficent display of dowers that dlls the
grounds are silent instructors of refine
ment, as can tie noticed in the display
of dowers and shrubbery in front of al
most every dwelling on the street up
to Walnut street. It give- the dwell, j
ers pleasure to have them to care for,
and also impresses passers by w ith feel
ings of great resject. Besides the line ‘
residential streets, many obscure see- ,
tion' of the city are showing this grow
ing taste for flowers around iheirdwei- i
lings, and it does them good. In an
ailev-way. where had never before been
seen a tiower in front o' any of the se
veral tenements, a new family moved
into one of the dwellings last spring,
and set out dowers in front of their
parl,and soon the entire front wa- thus
beautified. Even in front of the other
dwellings, where there wa-no soil to
grow gra>'. the children planted wild
dowers The alley-way ha* been made (
brighter and better because of the im- ^
pravement.
Woodstock Fair
Fiftieth Anniversary.
Woodstock Agricultural Fair.
I THE LARGEST CROWD EVER SEES!
Everything combined to assist the
managers of the Woodstock Eair, in
; iheir united effort to make it one of the
most attractive e\er yet held, and in
| combining with it an A Mil Home hay.
! The weather was superb which of itself
i tilled the hearts of the sons and daugh
ters of Old Woodstock to go off some
where, and of course there was but one
s|k>i where they could find everything
I combined, that would gratify them to
| tile full and where they would meet
and rejoice with old friends aim nc
■ juaintBnces, and have a w hole day’s
pleasure—and that was at their own
home Eair.
The result was amazing in the unan
imity with which these joy fill antici
pations |aissessod all hearts, t ringing
; them together on the old hist, rie spot,
; devoted to a grand home service, where
all. and more than all, their bright an
ticipations were realized, and made
them richer and happier in the sweet
and enduring memories they carried
with them on their return home Tues- !
day night.
The number who visited the Eaircan
for the present only lie estimated. It
is claimed by some to be five thousand
—three thousand heretofore lias been
esteemed an immense crowd. What
ever the correct number, the greatness
of the crowd must have thrilled the
hearts of the Managers w ith gratifica
tion that their services in behalf of the
gisai of the Society and town had been
j fully appreciated.
Besides the exhibits of everything
pertaining to the Agricultural Depart
ment, there were a large nurnlrer <>;
attractions to gratify every class of
people, young and old: and those win
undertook to tt'ke in everything that
they desired to see, had a busy lime,
and then could not succeed.
The display* In Exhibition Hall in
vited general attention and held the
people for a longtime that they might
examine and admire the more attrac
tive exhibits—to notice all, even for a
minute was not iH>*sible. The Putnam
merchants were well represented- At
the left of tile entrance a line show of
musical instruments were displayed
by jeweller Oeorge K. Shaw- Fancy
pastry, cake and line breadstufl's were
displayed from Barber’s liakerv- The
It. D. Bugt>ec * 'or|M>ration had a large
and line display of millinery styles,
laities’ waists, blankets, shoes and lin
gerie. Ballard A Clark bail a good
show of some of tiie latest and l>est
hardw are goods, and a line of tools en
titled “Keen Kutter.” An attractive
display of the Sorosis shoe and other
footwear was made by Chester M. El
liott.
The Intervale mills of Quinehang
! had an extensive line of fall and win
| ter suitings.
The show ing of vegetables and fruit
j while excellent was not altogether
i what Woodstock Is Capable of making
I although some exhibits of both fruit
' and vegetables were of a higli order.
A large space of tile Hall was devo
ted to exhibits of Mowers and some rare
I tail blooming plants.
The I.adies Department drew the at
tention of all lady visitors, where were
line displays of needlework, embroide
! ry, cut-work, Mexican drawn-work,
and other ladies' handiwork. A coun
terpane of .Sicilian drawn-work, made
in one piece, by Mrs. V. L. Hawson of
Woodstock, was on exhibition. To
complete it required eleveu months of
continued labor. It was greatly ad
mired.
The little folks had sights and amuse
ments to delight them every moment
of their time, and their joyous excite
ment kept them from feeling tired un
til they turned homeward. Wednes
day was their si>ecial day.
The cattle display was of usual char
acter, but not altogether such a large
exhibit of high grade animals as might
be shown by Woodstock.
Awards to working teams of cattle
were made as follows:
K. R. Carpenter, Charlton City, first
for trained steers, tirst for two year
olds, tirst for three year olds. I. A.
Paine, North Woodstock, tirst on one
year olds, second on three year olds.
Mrs. A. C. Hibbard, Putnam, second
on one year olds and on two years old.
Tow n Ox Teams—1. A Paine, .North
Woodstock, first, and als> on town
»teer team*.
I-IXE <o.\(HXNO PA K A HE.
The Coaching Parade was an attrac
tive feature, the entries driving around
the race track. The premiums award
ed were a* follow*:
t ;av. A, four in-hand—if. H. Daven
port. Pomfiet, first: F. F. Davenport,
Pomfrel, second. •
Class B, Iwo-horse carriage*— K. H
Healey, North Woodstock, first; Pierre
Foster. New Haven, second: Clarence
W. Bowen, New Y ork, third.
lias* I», pome—Pierre Vo-ter, first:
John Jarvais, Putnam, second; J.
Oagne, Pulnarn, third.
Special class, donkeys—Win. Jar
vais, I’utnam, first.
Class K, four-in-hand, heavy teams
—I’ulnain ('osI company, first
Class it, two-horse heavy learn— [
Westland farm, Pomfrel, first; Clans
liait'lrom, Thompson, second: Arthur
Williams, South Woodstock, third;
Amasa Morse, X. Woodstock, fourth.
I.ADIHS' IrKlVlNU ('UAHs.
Tlierc were two classes of five each.
Awards were as follows;
Class A — Mrs Frank Kennedy, I >av
ville. first; Mrs. Fred Williams, Wil
| llanisv tile, second; Miss Pearl Alton,
I Hast Woodstock, third: Mrs S. B.
Overlock, I’ontfret, fourth; Mrs. It. i
Bracken, Wciwler, fifth.
Class It—Mrs. II . C. Atwood, Wil
liamsvllle, first; Mrs. Fred Miller,
Brooklyn, second; Miss itladys Noyes,
1‘omfret, third; Mrs. A. W. Barber.;
| 1’iUiam, fourth; Mrs. O. ( Heberts,!
| Webster, fifth.
The Society doea not make horse
racing an important feature, hut as so
I many love to see racing, races were1
: provided, bill if the horses had not
! marie « mile in -i min., or had beaten
I lire liesl records half a second, the hap
| py crowd were just as well ph ased.
There was to have been a balloon as
I eensnrn but as the aeronaut met with
an accident at another Fair lie w as not I
able to appear, so the ex|H-ctant were
disappointed in tire possibility of see- j
ing him fall from his ball.ron on their I
grounds.
The addresses of Congressman Kd
w anl W. Higgins, of Norwich, and IU.
Ceorge Austin Bowen, of Woodstock
Hill no doubt drew many |rersons who ;
would not otherwise have attended the !
Fair. The Managers cannot have too
many good tilings. We give herewith
complete the Address of lir Bowen,
and regret that we are unable to do the
same w ith the other address. The his
j lorical account of the W isidstock Ag
I ricullural Society, from its early in
I (-option, so fully amt ably given by l>r.
I Bowen, in hi' address, will be prized
! by every present and pas’ resident of
j \\ ood'tool..
I Sketch of the Woodstock Agricultural
Society Briefly Told.
l:\ UK (l^i U ' I I \ BOW KN
There i> a trite -ay ik in New Kn
gland regarding ones einm instances
ami fortunes, to the effect that liis
f tcullies of reflection exceed in power
tlrose of liis perception, or as the vernn
cular expresses it, “oues hind sight is
b 'Her tiian iiis foresight”, lint his
tory m 1st put on record ttiat once
lliere li\eil a man whose foresight was
j fully eq ual if not au]>erlor to his liinil
sight. That man was not of a past
age but ia alive today, ami one of Ibis
eiinpany, you all know him, Mr. K/ra
( '. May'of this town. In the fall of
lavs, just fifty yea's ago, iie said to Mr.
Chester Child, “Why emit we have an
agricultural soeiely of our own? We
have a good town, many good farms,
and many excellent farmers. I believe
it would be successful, and of material
help to the whole section''. Mr.
Child agreed w ith him, no arguments
needed, and fuilber agreed to procure
some notices calling for a meeting on
his next trip to Southbrldge. Tint he
did; they were 0 x a inches in si/e for
the printing of which Mr. May paid
In accord with his agreement. The
notice read as follows.
n ot to;
Is hereby given to all |>ersons Inter
ested In forming an association whose
object shall be to promote the interests
of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts
in Woodstock and \lcinlty, are re
quested to meet at the vestry of the
Baptist meeting house in .South Wood
stock, Saturday the Kith day of No
vember, lfiftH, at 1 o'clock P. M., to
devise ways and means to carry the
same into effect if thought expedient.
A full and punctual attendance is
earnestly solicited. Woodstock, Oct.
loth, ISoH.
The historian will score two points
here, the well known utility of a Bap
tist church, es|iecially the one over
yonder, and the g*ssi luck attending
the H5lh day of the month. The fol
lowing named persons were present;
Chester Child, Ueo. A. Penniman,
Kdward Killam, Amasa Chandler,
Win. K. Arnold, E. 8. Penniman
KgraC. May, C. C Potter, J. W. Wells
Nine progressive men. It means
something to tie a progressive man, j
how many of the eilizetM of our vicinity !
today carry that tr»;le mark? History !
is indeed rieh for now we have nine j
men whose foresight was equal to i
their hind sight for they immediately |
ci»uim"ne*-d work. Mr. K/ra < May ’
was called to the chair and Geo. A .;
Penniman wa« made clerk. Mr. Pen
niman is in esteemed old age, and by
reason of infirmities is unable to be
present, but 1 have the pleasure of i
presenting to you Mr. Km C. May, j
Mr. lid ward Killam and Mr. Amasa !
(handler. It must Ire gratifying to!
these gentlemen to look over this beau- j
tiful fair ground today, owned by the *
society, and free from debt, to see IU
splendid exhibition ranging alt the
wav from critter* and “garding *n*»
to“MMi.r" aspirant* for political ho
nor*, (for such their op|>onent* al
ways label them ■ ami this bright In
telligent crowd of people, ^each one
having just paid twenty-live cent* at
the gale to he ao classified*.
At this initial meeting of November
13th, a committee of six w a* «p|»>inUx|
to draft a constitution and by-laws.
They were S. 1,. Potter, t’. I* Smith,
Krra I Van, Chester Child, Win. K.
Arnold and A*a T. Child. They did
their duly well for at an adjourned
meeting held November »'th, ISob, the
notices for which were procured by
Mr. K/raC. May, they presented their
work w hich was read *e\ eral times and
accepted, and has served the so
ciety ever since with only such alter
ations a* Its own articles amply pro
vided for, even to it* revision in i'S-S.
These gentlemen tfor the record where
1 lind their name* call them such'
have all passed away, a fact to In1 ic
grctted, for wort' they living they
might |*>ssibl} have been a*kcd to
draft the new constitution for the
state of Connecticut w hich *o many
political sleight of hand performer* so
much desired and tried to procure
some live years ago. Tills society a*
well a* the state i* jogging along i|Uite
well, seemingly prosperous, t'hcsc an
Cicnl constitution builders Wife hard
headed old fellow* and knew a tiling
or two even then.
At this st ctiml meeting another good
thing was (tout' -namely, the ap|s>int
ment of a cciiimitlce of six, twii frinn
each parish, to circulate the ronslitu
lion Mud solicit llie Interest and mein
hershlp of the people. Two of that
eoiniiiiltec yet remain- Mr. I'.dwsid
Kill am and Col. Alexander Warner.
That they did good work is evidenced
bv the fact that at the first regularly
called annual meeting, held on tile
second Tuesday in February, t*n7, the
names of two hundred and eleven citi
zens of Woodstock and vicinity were
presented. The list is headed by Unit
of Mr. Kdward Klllam. The Child
family has always been a leading one
in this town. Did they take an Inter
est in this new enterprise ? Sixteen of
them at least did, for that number
signed the roll. Tin* name of l ake up
pears ; he was flu* grandfather of a
gentleman of that name well known
to every citizen o the State liy reason
oi many good notions in legislative
matters from lime l<> time, ami con
siderable free advertising of late. ’The
seeker for history will also tinil the
name of Taft ; but alas, his doorplate
I tore the name of Marcus, and not
“Mill,’ and i do not know if any rela
tionship existed. No mention is made
of the none of Bryan, although the
1 lemoortUie party was there at the full
height of its power. Franklin Pierce
had just retired from the presidency,
ami I lie old bachelor, James Buchanan,
had just commenced to warm up the
presidential chair which afterward
grew so exceedingly hot for him: for,
during his term, all of the terrible
forces of tlie slave forces of the south
which develop'd tile great civil war
were in active cbulilloii. We speak
lightly of fifty years ago, but wlial a
vast amount of national history has
developed In that time.
The llrsi li-i of olliucrs elected was
the following : President, Kara Dean;
\ ice-presidents, I 'he* ter I till t, W in. It.
Arnold, J. I . W illiams, I S. Hugbec,
Albic llisciix ; corresponding secretary,
Judson M. Lyon; recording secretary,
George A. I’eiimmaii ; treasurer, Ham
tiel M. Kenner : directors, K. S. Pennl
man, <<eorge A. Paine, Charles D.
Smith, Abel Child, -d, and Alexander
i Warner.
A long list of able men have followed
these lirsl corps of onicer*, changing
frotn year to year as time dicUled.
They have l»een earnest men, ami to
t teir faithfulness the prosperity of
this association has In great part tieen
due.
The matter of tncor|M>ratlon of I he
.Society iiad been talked from time to
time, and at the annual meeting held
January klh, l*»il, Horae* Sabin, It. H.
Mathewson and John Paine were ap
pointed a committee for that purpose.
The legislature was in session, and
the committee were aide to obtain a
charter, which was adopted at the
next annual meeting held in Kenner's
Hall, Jan. 0, 18f«.
In searching the records we find
many interesting incidents, and con
versations with “old settlers,” we may
call them, furnish many more that
show the development of the Society
from year to year, but from lack of
time we must exclude them from this
hasty sketch, Intetesting as they are,
recalling the names of many long
passed away but still remembered with
neighborhood kindness. We can only
look upon a few of these events. A
committee consisting of W illlam It.
Arnold, Kdward Killarn, Kirby Haf
ford, K*lwin H. Hughes and < H. May
were appointed, an«l reported plans for
fifty cattle |*ens, lo ft. sijuare, of chest
nut timber, posts « fl. long, «x« iri.
rails to ft. long 2xo in. This recalis I
t!ie fact that the first fairs were held \
on the common, in front of the Haj»
tist church, ami occasioned the Society
no iittie trouble to erect, remove and
store this I u in Is-r front time to time.
In January, lvtT, it was proposed
and voted that a joint stock company
be formed with a capital of M,<**), in
•harm of fiSoaeh, for the purpose of
purchasing a lot, fencing it, erecting
buildings, etc.; toil I cannot learn that
It was ever carried out, or why It fell J
through; it only show s that then, a* j
now, the financial question wax the
predominating one t onimltlecs %ere
alao appointed to procure the enact
ment of a law lo print'll the sale of re
freshment*, drinks, etc , on fair days,
and one to procure a gratuity from the
State.
A great event in the history of the
Society was the purchase of the pres
ent fair grounds. Various plans had
been talked of from time to time and
rejected, hut culminated iti January, 1
INTO, requiring several meetings to
earry it out. t'ontnilUee* were ap
|>oiiilcil for various details, anti re
ported. The interest must have heen
great indeed. Quoting front the So
ciety s record will give the I vest idea of
the plan carried out.
“Thomas NVurwt, K*i|., Iwlng pres
eat, requested by J. IMinon to
slate to the Society what he would do
in regard to selling Ihe Society a lot of
land for n fair ground, ami his »talc j
taenl to the S<hicty agreed wlih the i
report of eoinniillee on fair (ironml i
previously recorded, vl/ That lie Is1
ready to itlve tUt-> So •iely a IhmIiI for a i
deed of what lami they may require
for a Fair taround, at flail |«m acre for I
ten acres, and ?1W |*'r acre for all over l
ten neie- which they may require, anil
will give them the pi tv liege of a mail j
I »o mill wide from the main mail
south of llolden Llppetts shop to the ,
Fair 11round*, to l*e used hy the So-|
clely when they need to use it, ami nl j
other time* to tie subject to ihe control j
of said Warner. \nil he further agrees j
in his statement to give the Society a j
valiif deed of the above deserllied prop
erty as stain as ltrey shall tenoe the lot,
and w ill take a mortgage on tlie same
for security.” This land was in time
purchased, and Improvement* at once
commenced. A sum of twenty one
hundred hollars indebtedness w as soon
on the Assoelation, which had to I*1
met. Twenty-one rnetnt>er* of Hie So
clety came forward, advancing ♦ It*1
each, alt agreeing that no interest
should i>e called for till the principal
had been paid. 1 am happy to stale
that (jiaiil results have followed this
plan. Kvery note was paid In full,
and Mr. Warner's mortgage also.
The erection of our Iiall required sev
! oral mecUiql* to formulate ip.nns, loea
(1,111, mid most of all funds ito car ry It
on, ami Were all In id in 1*71. A omi
mil lee of si v solierled lire funds, hut I
cannot learn u|*m jusl what terms.
(>n March 4th of that year 11 was voted
to build, Messrs. tteorge A. I’emilmau
and Oliver Ii. I’erry guaranteeing the
bulimia' of funds needed. I make a
s|seial note of Ibis, calling attention In
the fact thal generosity on the part of
the |saiple has always been shown,
tieiierous deeds form tlie best part of
the history of the world. One of the
original mcinlssm, now passed away,
told me years ago, “We all entered our
slis-k al lire lair, and If we won a pre
mium we never called for If, but Just
gin In to tlie society.”
On Hept«mls*r HHh, 1H71, Mr. Henry
<\ Howen entered Into nil agreement
with tlie society whereby lie donated
the Mini of s.ssr, receiving In return
certain life mernls-rshlps amt prlvlleg
, cs, and the free admission of (be facul
ty anti students of Woodstuek Acade
my to all the fairs. Tills sum was op
|H>rlune and materially' helped lullqul
dale the debt.
j In lN'ii we get trace* of n Inw unit
I with • ieorge A. Hpulding, which was
! finally settled by an agreement. To
nail the lid flown light ami prevent fu
ture trouble, Mr K. ('. May offered the
following, which wan voted:
“Resolved, that hereafter no null at
law shall be commenced try any mem
ber or officer of the Woodstock Agrl
cullurnl Society w ithout a vote of the
aame in a legally warned meeting.”
Can we con*lrue this to mean In our
private business alao. for we are all
meinbera of the aaMoclatlon? I Judge
that in conaldered the ruling, for we
have not had a lawyer residing in town
•inoe the vote wan taken.
We alao llnd In our record** many
votes panted to build cattle sheds, for
thank t>od, we yet maintain a cattle
show of tile good old faahioned ty|*e.
Ten stable* for horde*, #400 for improv
ing the track, Increasing the sise of the
hall by the front addition itnaivi feel,
three dtorle* high. That Col. A. War
ner prepare a history of lb* Hoctety to
be read at the 3**th anniversary of the
town, which 1 dare say, was more In
teresting than this one. In lHtt* that a
grand stand loo feel long with a din
ing hall be built, alao a Judge*' stand,
etc., eUr. All khowing an ever increas- ;
ing pro*|<erity, though money was
hired at limes to carry out these im
provement*.
in iso.; a proposition came into Ijelng
to unite the two iMS-lelies in the Court- j
ty, selecting a new location, ele., Mr.
C. J. Hush, the president of the Wind- i
ham County Hoeiety apis-arlng and ad- ;
v<<catliig the same. A committee was
appointed, consolidation was talker!
fot » year, but Dial trust was busted !
Isrfore It »«< formed.
At the t:>l annual meeting we find
the ladle* coming trtumpbally forward
in ltw management *rf llus fair. A‘*Im-1
dies’ Iteparlment" was ad led, with a
regular list of officers, and a hoard of
directors, superintendents, etc. Their
premium list cover* all household ar
licit"*, floral, Hoc arts, decorative, culi
nary, clc. Ills noticed that lhcv have
never established a el a.** for husband*,
with award* tvased on aaealeof point*,
a* we Judge lhe cattle, pnaaibly having
In mind a rule of Ihc Society that a*
animal of Ulterior merit shall tie enti
tle** to a premium,ami lemma a dearth
of winning material.
We llml many name* of former reai
ilenta of this locality llnltetl with the
transactions of our Society, other than
we have already mention*!. We caw
all recall J. K. William*, William
lihodes Arnold, Judson M. Lyon,
Samuel M. Kenner, William Irving
Itartholomcw, whose records evince an
much care, and written In such beau
liful style of penmanship. riea«e lake
nolice ye teachers of modern schools,
lew is J Wells, also a secretary, with
his sentences so tersely prenenled, also
an excellent penman.
Oliver II. Perry whose heart w a* al
ways with agriculture. John IHmon
breeder of horses and entile, author
of "American Horses and Horae It reed*
ln« ' John Uiles mol his splendid
exhibitions of blooded stwk, Oeo. T.
Itlxby, lieo. A. Paine. Hvujamln Sum
ner with famous l.vondale herd of
shall horns, headed by,lH«rmn Hub
hack 3d", the inont mngniltcleut hull
ever exhibited In New Knglnud K. M.
Kox, so enthusiastic ov er the hall dis
play. >s l>. Skinner, Marlin Paine,
Captain lira-ins II Wei la, Samuel
C. Cumins, James Allen, Kdw I'.
\\ inner, trrasurer for many years,
Stephen O. Itowerr now of t itllhuula,
tmt always In our heiuti. Henry W.
Ilibhttrd, and n host of others of ei|ttal
merit, which time and apace will not
permil us to mention.
Theme men and their ammoelalea maria
the xoelely of the pad, creating It by
Irani toll nod unlimited time, they,,
with small resource* did a splendid
work All honor to them. The society
la tit our hands today, fifty years of
age, possessed of n good iprti|terty, inntt
yet a good reputation, building* In
excellent eondltlon, on commending
grounda, tree of debt, ami an errthn
mlamtie membership. We, with thane
greater opportunities should do IsHtcr
than our pivrleeesserrs, and make lira
nexl half century redownd to the era
dll of the agriculture of laututis old
Woodstock. Will you do It ?
—Miss Ixirtltleire Usvltt, of Wurges*
ter, ts the guest rtf local relatives,
to v. It. K. Hciiolt will preach lit
the Hirpti-t church, this city, next Hun
day afternoon.
—There w ill la1 a Socialist address hy
Mr.t'liuk, of Phihtdciplrla, on Colon
Srpiare, Prlday evening.
Paddy Wilkes, a horse Isdongtng
to It. M‘. Hoyle, of this city, won lire
2;!kl class race, at Wtsalsloek Pair, in
three straight heats.
—Mr. and Mrs. (I. A. Hammond,
Hr. Nell Mncphater, and Miss rtara
Holt, went fropi here to New York on
Tuesday.
—A meeting of the Kil/ahtdh Porter
Pulliam Chapter, 1». A. It., was held
al the chapter rooms, Kent’s block, on
i Monday, Kept, 14th, al :i p. in., preco
| ded by a Hoard meeting at in.
| Miss 8. I,U*ie Clarke, the regent, called
, the ime|lng (9 order, mid Harriet II.
I llrown, the Registrar, called the roll.
A report of the Hoard meetings held
I since the last regular meeting In June
I was read hy the' HeourdlngiHceretary,
1 Mrs. Clara Williams, anil accepted
I Mrs A. W. Howell’s report as Trea
I "uw*
—A song recital was Riven In A. O.
H. Unit Wednesday evening by Hur
ton K. la*avUt, assisted by Ub« Katlj*
lene Is'avltt. The poem* for which
the inn*t<-al settings were written by
Mr. Leavitt, were the com [m*i lion* of
Kreil P. Rock well of Woodstock, mill
in themselves have much depth anil
rare charm. The composer iieemed to
I have caught the spirit of the poetao
closely allied wax the inualc to the
wordi^ The Interpretation of the Motive
[ by MIm Leavitt, by reason other vo
calization and clear enunciation, gave
opportunity for appreciation of both
worda and rniialc. Mr. Rockwell gave
a reading of one of hie proee compoal
lion* during the evening. Mies Leav
itt gave two lieaullful violin eolos, a
Hungarian air and lullaby. It waa an
evening of great enjoyment to the good
number of music lovere preaenl, and
appreciative thank* are due the given
of the recital.
Interesting Loca.li
Watch for adv. of Rig Putnam Pair.
Attend Rig Putnam Pair, Oct. h-8.
Pleasure galore at Rig Putnam Pair.
Kxhibll at Rig Putnam Pair,Oct. h H.
Hurrah ! for Rig Putnam fait, Oct.
H H.
Purniahed worn* to let, with Im
provement*. Meal* near by.
;o*tf I'- Banana, 1M Houib Main *t.
(Specialties at Jeweler Hhaw'*. Wed
ding invitation*, stiver, cut girt**, elite
*t*iio«ery.
Have you tried Arnold'* oyster* Mile
season? The first are always excellent.
Presit every day.
Piano* that have been rented for the
summer at special prices; alto a Ho*
< bickering square, ju»t tright for
elturch, school or ball, only *n&. Jew
eler Hhaw. 'M—3H
You are cordially invited to attend
the miilinery opening at A- U.i.aaa’a*
Putnam, Wednaadiijr and T
He pi. £f and 24.