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bit was a pleasant surprise. Mr e Department of Agriculture, , said that he had not seen as Jey were lean, sound, and of id firs. Fegarding the vegetables, oe he never 'saw 'better potatoes, er vegetables: except 'tomatoes attracliveness 'of tomatoes' for £0 be popular ja this locality. In t. Other grains were a good fair ot make a very good showing. last Yeah, and added congideras the re was good, and. will of canned and preserved fruits; erest as the, years: pass: Taken One display. i is worthy of siting to the Department for in | hand, We are still.of the more centrally located, as they would be This statement, 2 farmers have neither tinformation that to them 'in good time; owing fot 4 arrive until 7.35 he tent. They certainly. did not do this Meade, 2.271. ter showil The'm machine did not arrive in Port Perry until 7.35 pm. on Thursday. : Actording to Ms. Hamilton's personal statement which appears in issue of the paper shipment was made by express from Stamford Con, on Monday the 8th inst and should haxe reached Port Pérry on Wednes- day the oth of September. This would. have given ample time for the areaplane to have been assembled ready for flight, As soon as the machine' arrived it was taken 'directly to the grounds and Mr. Hamilton and his mechanic began their work for its erection. They worked all night, but necessarily their progress was slow as they had but very poor light, In the morning Mr. Hamilton who had been without sleep for over twenty-four hours took some rest, but his mechanic work ed on, - At noon there was still a great deal of work to do as the machine is very. complicated, and a loose bolt or a misplaced wire might meas loss of. life. ) Hamilton appeared on the grounds shortly after dinner but was unfit $o work well. He had been under great mental and physical strain, and was not in proper shape to work. As the time slipped by and the areoplane did not seem anywhere nea ready to start the crowd grew impatient and started to ask questions. At two o'clock Hamilton demgnded his $100 saying that his machine was on the ground ready for flight, The money was paid, but the mem kept on working away at'fixing the machine. Two more hours passed and then Hamilton told the writer that he would be ready by five o'clock. At half past four he said: "I'm not saying this to everybody but between ourselves I don't think I can be ready to fly before dark, X don't know what you will do about it, but perhaps you had better let the: people know and not keep them around until the last minute." This statement was at once carried to Mr. Purdy, manager of the Fair, who immediately went to see about the matter and in a few minutes the public "were informed that the flight could not be made. Those who are acquainted with these facts will readily see that the Directorate of the Fair were in no- way to blame for the failure, which they regret sin- cerely knowing that the public were disappointed and annoyed as they had reason to be. } To the Public i in General Before leaving Port Perry there are a few statements I wish to make to the public in general. The unfortunate outcome of what was to have becn an aeroplane flighs: on Sept 12th, was not the fault of the Reach, Port Perry and Scugogg Agricultural Society, nor was it my fault, The aeroplane was shipped from Stamford, Connecticut, on Sept 8th. and should have reached Port Perry on Sept roth, The machine arriv- ed at Toronto, on Sept roth, but was held up for twenty-two hours butt it was not complete, as the motor box had been left at Hamilton A called up the Superintendant of the Canadian Express Co. Toronto, amd he informed me that they would.not ship the two boxes that were there until the third box which was in Hamilton, had arrived in Toronto. I wish to state that I had no trouble whatever with the Fair Committee or. with the directors 'as to the payment of money for my flights here. 'The money was put in the Bank under escrow agreement. It was an'utter impossibility to assemble the machine and get it ready for faght on' Sept 12th. 1 also wish to state that I received $100 upom the arrival of the machine in town and that I am at a loss of over $200 : for which T cannot blame the Fair Board, as it was no fault of theirs. The only persons I can blame are the Canadian Express Co at Toronto. : 'well for the public at large, to know" that the contract between , it was impossible for them to . Curtiss called me up by phone at Port Perry. - I refused to do so hipping and the short time to ship as a Pessonal favor on his span to