Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-10-01
THE HERALD.
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT /
COUNTY FAIR

We give place in our prescst number to
the report Of the proceedings II the Ru,
land County Fair. together with n lis, Of
the awards a. gwen upon tho decisions Of
the VARIOUS committees The society was
favored with n beautiful a day a. could
have Seen selected, and the immense multi
tudc in attendance showed conclusivcly the
feeling and interest taken in the objects Of
, the ASSOCIATION The most sanguinc were
altogether disappointed in seeing so many
Of their fellow citizens togcther-it being
without question by far the greatest gather
ing ever witnessed in Rutland County.
Many We doubt not were surprised to sce
so snall a showing comparatively Of the
rich products Of our agriculturlsts-the
handy work Il our mcchanics--and the
rich, useful and ornamental work Of the la
dies Of our County; but when it is taken
into consideration that this was the first
fair Of the Society it must he conceded that
even in this respect, ours was far Far
even for the best agricultural and meehan.
'ical County in the State. Indeed every
Thing that ,ras exhibited spoke well for ola
Vermont The fat cattle were fat Ac
working oxen looked as though they mirh!
work the sheep looked exceedingly mild
and docile, and notwithstanding they had
furnished many fine coat for other, they
werc all well coated themselves The dis
play Of horses was far better than W, could
have expected in view of the dminphcd at
tcn.ion which las Of late years ben paid to
the raising ofthis kind Of stock; whl the hhie
horses, the lille oxen and cow.-and the
Anlc shcep-althongh apparently somewhat
embarrassed, appeared well and gave great
promise for the future
The exhibition Of vegetables, fruits,
household manufactured articles &c, &c,
were in the highest degree pleasing and
though competition was limited and the va
nety and assortment not y large AS might
have been wished, every thing displayed,
was Of the best kind and in the best order
Too much could not bcsaid in praise of the
several samples exhibited of that peculiarly
Yankee article maple sugar. OF the four or
five tubs which we examined no particular
difference in Wilderness or cleanliness, except
by the closest inspection and comparison,
could be detected. The pumpkins looked
yellow and luscious and as though they were
ready for Thanksgiving whenever it might
come The apples, the pcars, and the grapes
all looked invhing. The squashes looked
as though even they were satisfied with their
huge proportons--thc cabbagcs and cauli-
flowers looked extremely crouty-while the
bee,S beat the several rich little
specimens Of the vegetable kingdom that
lay around them
But we have already said more in rca-
ton TO the particular articles exhibited at
the Fsr, than We had intended and we
have therefore no room now left to
make few general remarks which we had
designed saying, expressive of our sense Of
tho high Importance of the Society, to the
agricultural and mechanical interests Of our
County. We shall therefore conclude this
TASTY notice of the Fair, by saying that ev-
cry thing seemed to pass of well: We heard
no dlSapprcbation expressed of the manage.
mcnt Of the proceedings. nor Of the decisions
of the various awarding committees. All
wore smiling faces, and notwithstanding a
heavy rain in the evening, doubtless gave
I"ny set jackets on their return homo-all.
we imagine, awoke the next morning with
pleasant recollcctions of the scenes of the
preceding day.