The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-10-10
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MGDDLEBURY, OCT. 10, 1855.
Rough Notes on tho County Fair.

for this calamity. no Fair would have c.
quallcd that Of the present year Rain
and mud prevailed at last, in spite of the
excellent pluck m1uif cstcd by the large
number of the good people present. The
lowering and drizzling skies of Thursday
morning obscured the fair promise of the
evening before and torrents Of rain be.
ginning to pour before noon, utterly
spoiled the reminder Of the programme
except the address Of JAMES O. ADAMS.
Esq, of Manchester, n H., which com.
rcnsatcd for much Of the other great
loss. Midllobury looked in her worst
plight at evening and we fear many an
finals arrived home not at qll bothered
in appearance b., their journcy-to say
nothing Of human beings
FLoGAL lIALL.-Thc Ladies depart.
meut OF the Fair was we'll filled and at.
trac.cd universal notice and commenda-
ton The paintings of Miss kilbourn
were specially beautiful The several
specimens of uaedlcwork. ana other ar
tcles of taste and utility were superior
to those exhibited in former years The
bouquets were magnificent
PLows &c.-Ths'o was an excellent
show Of Flows. and some other farming
implements The Rock Foundry plows
exhibited by Mr.. Paine as well as those
Of Bartlett \ Co., Of Bristol deserve
special mention
Among the many other fine Horses ON
the Fair ground not noticed i'll the list
Of premiums, was the beautiful Black
Hawk Horse "Orphan Boy" exhibited
by james f. Frost. Of Shoreham. Also.
the celebrated fat trottor "Columbus.'
owned by Mr. Smith, of Orwell We
might name many others Of rare value
and beauty, which were greatly admired:
but from the impossbiiity Of our giving
more than has,y glance at any part of
the Fair, We mast forbear any attempt
at such enumeration.
-Thc fine horse exhibited by Juba
Howe. Esq, of Grown Point, n. Y was
not of lIamblotonan dam, as was re-
ported, but three.fourths Black Hawk,
the granddam being mare from Con
necticut, owned by David Hill, Esq,
proprietor of the original Black Hawk
-The bee hive, bees and bee prep.
aratiors exhibited by c. Perkins, Of
East Middlebury, received and deserved
much attention. These inventions, We
hear, are getting into extensive notice
and use They were quite favorably re-
ceived at the Rutland County Fair
There was much excellent fruit
on exhibition at the Fair We can
speak with special knowledge Of that
presented by Newton Rose. Esq. Of
Waltham, who showed some twenty or
thirty varieties of Apples, and several
kind of Pears and Grapes. Mr.. Bur.
roughs, of the sam, town, who never
fails to make good show when he at
tempts, was not wanting on the occasion.
- Onions, Potatoes, Pumpkins,
Cabbages, Sc, were represented by some
Of the finest specimens Of each that we
have ever seen.
The show of Sheep, Cattle and
IIorscs-the latter pariicularly-was
good, notwithstanding the opposition Of
the elements.
---The premium two-years old Bull,
Of II. & +, S. Plumley, New Haven, ex-
hibited 1t the Fair, weighs 1850 lbs.
lie is noble animal.
"A pen Of Merino Newcs, exhibit
cd by n. A. Saxton. Esq, of Waltham,
and conceded to be eminently deserving
premium in their class were excluded
by the Committee we learn, on the
ground that the same sheep had reeeiy-
ed the first premium last year. In point
Of fact, only two of the ten, Mr.. Saxton
informs US, were exhibited last year.
and the whole number required for one
pen is only Gce.
As compared with former years,
tho entries of articles and animals were
much larger than usual. With good
weather, we should have made better
show, in many respects, than the State
Fair.
Mr.. Adams delivered a highly
appropriate and eloquent address. The
courtroom, where be spoke (the rain
preventing his appearing on the Fair
grounds as originally intended) was
crowded to overlooking with an attentive
and approaching audience We give
elsewhere an abstract Of the address-a
cory of which was by vote of the Socie-
ty solicited for publication It is rare
that any public address so exactly meets