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a 1- Si j- jh i- Success J pje First of Eclipses AH Its predecessors si v j Well Splendid parades Attractions Grand Music L The toothextractor did a big j cess The Wand Drill by school girls was very pretty Bums Hardware Store made a attractive display The two side shows under canvas Mr Elmer waa on hand pies of his There were competitors for home made bread The show tomatoes carrots pumpkins and was Great interest in the baby snow There were r competi tors- The artistic- display of photos by Smith Bros was exceedingly credit able The furniture shown by was greatly ad mired The telephone in the Secretary s ok fice on the grounds was a con venience Several sets of harness were si- own but the exhibit- was not equal to some former years The children were wonderfully lighted with the performance in front the grand stand Hon J Davis was on grounds both days extending hand tohlscdbstituenta The Fine Arts were well contested and included many excellent paintings and The boys themselves Dumb Bell Exercise keeping time to the music of the Highlanders Band The weather on Wednesday was rather cool lor the refreshments stands to do an extra large business The usual number of fakirs occupied the Midway and made things interest lor the crowd watching the re sults There were three cream separators claiming the attention of dairymen and Mr Willis was positive the best i The Town most decorated from one end to the other and private cameras were generally There were only two in the race and crowd watched- thein with as much interest as if they had been horses The 50 ft extension to the Stand was appreciated by the crowd that witnessed the performance in the ring The natural history collection a good show in itself occupied a whole section on the south side of the Main Building The Fair grows better and better each year Both the and the trolley did a big business yesterday The trapeze performance and acro batic tumbler were feddd l display of musical instru ments was very attractive People npver about the grounds Immense crowd on the grounds yes- fine- show Decorated Float from Drawn by horses trimmed and carrying pupils School nhpils pupils Holt School pujils Decorated from A horses pupil Snowball pupils Mounted Howard Galithumpans il A- Elephant Between seven eight thousand Frog people were on fhe Trick House performance went home sedU- feg J Goulds Esq of Ux- was renewing on l Mr assisted in music in Floral Hall with two pianos and an organ i J There was- a fine show of Poultry The was too small to exhibits Mr Shaw Principal- of the Central Business Toronto who was in he School Childrens took the Essays with and the results will be made known in a few days pme of Jhe mottoes stretched across Main were Should Acquaintance be For- God Save the King- The Old Boys will Never be For gotten North York the Birthplace of Great Men North York is Proud of Sons The School Children took exception al interest in the Fair There were specimens Penmanship for Map Drawing Bouquets of Wild Flowers Compositions on New Ontario loaves of Hornemade Bread sets of Tea Biscuits and Layer the baking looked School Band Separate School Newmarket- Newmarket Model- School- Public School Second Street EG No Newmarket The various school flags and rib bons pfoducea Just alter the Landing broke down and the school had to walk Street School easily won the prize for Best Turnout There was a mounted standard hearer boys and girls in uniform on horseback Then- came a facsimile of the 2nd of the Section drawn low truck and bearing the date of ejection with names the trustees Cody A Dickson and A Phillips this was a large float drawn by eight Geo Wealthy Sr Richardson 2nd Miss Forsyth Yellow Bell Flower- John Green wood 2nd Any other variety A Starr 2nd S Richardson 2nd John Kennedy small Mrs son 2nd Redmond Simpson Collcctfon best and largestPFraricis 2nd Jos Newton Pears V A Starr 2nd Red mond Simpson V Beurre Simpson A Starr Willis 2nd A Start- Flemish KeiferJ Martin 2nd Francis Winter Simpson Miiiaxfc Collection best 2nd Starr Plums- v- t BragsfaaWeRedmond Sirnpson Golden i Green Simpson Imperial 2nd J Lombard Samuel Partridge Glass SeedlingRedmond Simpson J Partridge Japanese any Simpson Any other variety Redmond Simp son 2nd J Partridge Grapes Concord Stephens Delaware J Partridge Niagara Walker black Stephens A V red Martin r Garden Vegetables Artichokes Jerusalem J Par tridge Beets Long Blood Stephen Sellers 2nd Thompson Beets Turnip Thompson 2nd a I J 000 yards Bunting for Decorating all Colors Cental Also FLAGS UNION Hi from 5 cents upward fine matched and decorated horses The float contained a portion of the school in session with teacher at desk and pupils at regular school desks Girls uniformly dressed and singing The Red Blue THE CONCERT Wasnt it fine i -Il- The barret music was immense The proceeds were nearly About were present Fax was better than he ever was before Harry Howe can play the slide trombone just as nice as if done The decorations were better than Such an interest as this augurs ever before yards Plaid at per yard i AT I CORNER STORE THE BEST COOKS USE BAKING POWDER geuf The r J Store 21 artments f t well or future exhibits The display of grains etc New attracted great atten tion especially among the and it was well placed There were The lads did the musical drill in grand shape Did you ever laugh so hard at a Concert The Kilties how to sing and varieties of grasses sample whistle too and dance the Highland sheaves from a field of fling oats and rye in the straw ft long also in the straw a new grain for feeding purposes ft long se cond growth timothy and other sam ples There were also a dozen or more excellent photos of farm scenes in New Ontario which conveyed an Mr Wright the shoemaker excellent idea of the country and the iade a tiptop The made a tiptop display The auto matic Could not fail to command attention The gate receipts on Childrens Day were indeed a Surprise The greatest novelty of the Fair was the Pianola exhibited by Mr Forsyth in connection with Mason 80 less than last year The School was not J This is play- the and yet equal to a year ago Messrs of Scott and T Stephens of carried a lot of prizes again this year They seem hard Carriage Building was than fined were 14 handsome buggies beside cutters etc a magnificent Considering the general scarcity of fruit the exhibit was better than might be anticipated There were less than It sets of snow apples The Band arrived on day evening and took part in the In front of the Grand Stand as well as all day Wednesday The Ladies Work excelled every thing shown here before for quantity ae well as new designs There were no less than sofa cushions and Centre Pieces The Big Tent was a great relief to the Main Building but there is not room enough yet It wants a Gal lery on the North side facing the Driving Track Mr Toronto formerly of this Town showed something new in photos and a couple of excellent groups but they were not In competi tion for prizes The 48th Highlanders arrived on the oclock trolley and at once serenaded the Town from one end to the other They remained till Thursday night The exhibit of the Specialty was greatly admired by business men from the city The handsome work was shown to advantage in metal casings school desks office cabinets etc Crowds of people visited the Ontar io Government Terrfc and were loaded up with literature about the farming lands in New Ontario The persons in charge were very attentive and thoroly pouted The Horticultural display was most beautiful There were callcctions of nasturtiums and wis of asters besides other- cut flowers and potted plants in great variety prettily ar ranged around the artistic fountain The flag and singing by the or little school girls dressed in white were very captivating Sir Arthur Oliver accompanied Fax pit the piano with great toot Hes not the easiest singer to play for The Musical Ride by the Mounted Cavalry was well placed and was one of the most taking features of the en tertainment The Episodes in a Soldiers Life was so realistic that many ladies the audience dont want to get any nearer a battle ficldl The Town has an electrician of whom wo may feel proud The way the Fair and also the Rink were lighted is a credit to Newmar ket Its hard to say which was Faxs best song they were all so good- Silly Simon Hopping About the French Waiter and the rubber was a joke Nearly yards of bunting were used in decorating together with over flags One was the largest ever seen in Newmarket ft long and ft wide The committee deserves great credit Bugler Williams dressed in was received with great applause A comparison of the entries shows With the identical bugle that he the operator has perfect control of the expression The excellence of touch and tone quality has given the Mason Risen pianos reputation and combined with their artistic beauty command the admira tion of the public No better piano is made and with the Pianola Attach ment a person can play the very fin est music without the tediotisnesa of years of practice which is soon for gotten- if not continued ft was the newest and greatest mechanical at traction of tbe Fair and no doubt will determine many prospective sales being coupled with these superior in struments that the Fair was ably sustained They equalled last year which was a long way ahead of all predecessors Horses Cattle 111 J J A A fc f4 V Poultry Grain Seeds Roots Field Crops I Garden Vegetables Cut Flowers 100 Plants in Pots Preserved Fruits r f 9 Ladies Work plain fancy 306 Childrens Natural History Fine Arts Manufactures 253 493 118 42 sounded the charge at he gave many of the calls used by the Canadians in South Africa 512 36 CHILDRENS DAY Was a great success Fully children procession which moved along Main street in the fol lowing order Mounted Marshall Lloyd Highlanders Band of Toronto men in kilts Yonge St School in Decorated Float from Holland Land- with 77 children Following Is a partial list of the PRIZE FRUIT Apples AlexandeiGeo 2nd A Starr American Golden Russet 2nd Francis American Pippin Geo Baldwin Redmond Simpson Ben Jos Newton 2nd Fran cis Duchess of Oldenburg Mrs Hoover King of Sellers 2nd John preenwood Maidens Greenwood MajGeo 2nd Northern Spy Newton 2nd- Lundy Rhode Island Greening Stephen Sellers 2nd Redmond Simpson Roxbury Russet Padget 2nd John Greenwood Snow Richardson 2nd Geo St Lawrence Geo 2nd Redmond Simpson Twenty Ounce Green wood 2nd Stephen Sellers Cabbage Summer J Partridge 2nd Stephen Sellers Cabbage Winter J Partridge 2nd James Cabbage Red G Partridge hen Sellers Cauliflower Redmond Simpson 2nd Kavanagh Carrots F 2nd Greenwood Carrots AOV table Thos W Stephens 2nd Mrs Celery red fit for table J 2nd J Partridge Celery white fit for table Samuel 2nd James Kavanagh Celery golden fit for table Samuel 2nd Mrs Corn sweet 2nd Cucumbers Stephen Sellers 2nd A EStarr Cucumber pickling Mrs 2nd W Stephen Citron 2nd Stephen Sellers Egg W Lee Hops grown this year Jas 2nd Mrs Muskmelon 2nd Mrs A Watermelon 2nd Mrs A A Skinner Onions large white fl Lee 2nd Stephen Sellers Stephens 2nd Sellers Onions yellow Lee 2nd Onions white pickling Frank S Onions T Stephens 2nd Stephen Sellers Parsnips 2nd Martin Peppers large red J Rush- brook 2nd Mrs J Smith Peppers small or long red Mrs 2nd Pumpkin small Mrs 2nd James Peanuts Stephens 2nd J Radish winter Win Rynard 2nd Stephens Salsify Stephen Sellers 2nd T W Stephens Sweet Potatoes Wm Denne Squash tabeT W Stephens Squash Stephen Sellers 2nd A E Starr Tomatoes largest Stephen Sellers Try us for what you want and get our Prices L AiiiiaiAiiiAia I I ens and Boys Clothing Boots and Shoes Press Goods i r 2nd J G Partridge Tomatoes best shaped Miss For syth 2nd Mousieyi Tobacco Samuel 2nd T Stephens Vegetable Marrow Stephens 2nd Richard Kirton Collection of Garden Vegetables Stephens 2nd Continued on Page Markets Flour barrel a White TO a per bushel a ftS a 046 per a 0 dau per bushel a 48 Bolter a Ka 11 a Wool per lb Her per loo per pair a fl Brno 14 IBM per hush 40 a i Carpets and Curtains Linens Millinery and Mantles C- c c 1 mm Are cordially invited to inspect Our Stocks compare ask and make yourself fully acquainted with them Newmarket Ont