Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-09-21
The SInir Enir.


looked for. On Tuesday about FIVE thousand
persons were on the ground On Wednesday
over eighteen iorsand tickets vcfo sold,
and probably not less than twenty thousand
persons were present during most Of the day.
(A strong cyidcnc9 Of the good habits Of
Vcrmontcrs, and the excellence Of our prohi.
bitory law, Is tho fact that q watclrul and
Efficient corps Of police made hut two arrests
Of drunken men that day. We spent seven
hours on Wednesday, on and about the
grounds. and Of the immense cuncourse saw
nota man Intoxicated or apparently under the
influence liquor in any dcgrce.) On Thurs
day tho attendance was much cmaller than
on Wednesday, but larger than on Tuesday
The price Of single admissions was we believe
higher than at previous fairs, and ticket
gave the holder but a single admission to the
ground-an arrangement which caused some
dissatisfaction among those who, having left
the enclosure for u few moments found it
necessary - pay another quarter on enter
ing again-so that the receipts must have
been considerably larger than Tie receipts Of
any previous Fair in the State. At Brattle.
boro last year. $500 vas the amount re-
ceivcd for memberships and admissions.
The displayof horses was the great feature
Of the exhibition, and was 50 fine as almost
to throw everything else into the back
ground The entries were more than double
those at Brattleboro last year. One hun
dred and one gcldings and mares were entered,
thirty-onc llamblctoni ms, frty.six Shcr-
man Morgans, thirty -two Woodbury. Morgans,
d" Flying Morgan " from Burlington the
"Myrick Horse :" the Belle of Middle
hery,' sal other it blacl; Black Hawks
Ia. It,, NvfS."> Of mattel lcss bcau.. =. , -
conspicuous among the number.
c trottins course afforded at times n
string spectacle. Inc raised gallery gave
seats to some three thousand people, mostly
ladies on Wednesday ten or twelve thou
sand more lined TIE fences and occupied every
stone or hillock which gave view Of the
course, and watched with eager eyes the
horses as they marched pas, in stately caval
cade, or flew by a. 2,40 gai;s. Perfect or
der was maintained by Major Dunlap, chief
Marshall, and his CORPS Of mounted asss-
tants, and but one accident of any account
occurred during the fair. On Thursday = NJ. a
trotting gig was upset by careless driving,
the horse dashed among other horses, and
three or four of them took fright, .Dd ran
furiuusiy among the thicscst Of the crowd
For a wiiic alarm and confusion prevailed
but fortunately no one was much hurt.
The display Of sheep wa. next in mpor-
tance. 1t was not however, anything like a
iull representation Of the sheepof Vermont.
few men from Addison, Rutland and
Washington counties, furnished nearly all
tue sheep on exhibition. The mass Of these
were French aud Spanish merinos, with few
long wooded Lciceeter's and Cotswolds a
large proportion Of all on exhibition were
presented by Mr. Bingham Of addison county
who has started with lis large flock for a
round Of Agricultural fairs, ina number OF
the Northern States One enormous buck
was noticeable for Lis size and IT,. length Of
his wool His price is 81 900 The pens were
/ grateful shelter from the san and neat Of the
first two days.
The shows Of cattle disappointed US. There
were some fue specimens but as a whole
/ they we're not remarkable for number or ex
/ collenc". There we've entered about twcnt,
1 yoke OF Oxen, ten yokts Of steers, six Cows
aud three bulls Of the Hereford breed tire
native Cows, six Aycrsniro Cattle, twenty
five DevUns, fifteen Durnams, and over thirt,
I of mixed breeds. Very few Of these were
/ from the East side OF the Green Mountains
Offowls there was fair display The swim
were few. The products vi Tie farm and garden
were but scantlly represented. The fruit
however, was fair in quantity and fine il
quality. Over hundred variety OF Apple
and numerous varieties OF pears and plum
we're displayed, with few grapes
! Mechanics Halt was pretty we'll lilcd
Among the useful inventions were the porta
/ bic ovens by Bloic"tt X Sweet of burlington
whose many e1cellrncies were properly eI
planned by Mr.. Fuller, the Agen, the ma
chine for peelng basket willows, 10y G. J
Colby Of Jonesvillc-a very valuable invcn
ton; simple and ingenious sliding gate fol
the farm yard, patented, the Hay scale-, h.,
Mr.. Sampson of Vergennes, requiring no pit
Manny's & Ketchnm's reapcrs Agriculture
Implements, a full assor tment from Castletur
and Boston rotary churns improved ma
c'inery for cav mills; casting. Of various
kinds, &c, &c. We SOW no specimens .
lasts " silver waro or Of Varncys rifles from
/ Burlington, or pf cloth FROM tho Vino ,sk
/ Mills.
The mantcls, fire lAcc- &c, Of narblerr,
slate from W. Castlet1H were close mita tiont
of rich foreign marbles, and formed beauti
flI display There were also some fine spe
clmors of slate, and u magnificent great hlocl
| Of snow white marble from W Rutland
/ Tie exhibition OF slate and marble was, how
/ ever, not what We expected, considering H.,
/ proximity Of Rutland 20 tic quarrios. Per
hnIs the fault lay in our in1rtnate r1pccta
tons.
! \ large case Of perfum"ry, essences, haj
oils &C. hy Mr. Bacon Of Ladlow, attrlcto,
I considerable attention. AMI cologne water
and hanl-hills were distributed in abundanc,
free gratis for nothing Hero was aAou
the usual quantity of osilnilcs, embroidery
paintings, drawings, &c, and some fin
/ flowers.
Two military companies from Bellows Fall
and Brandon, showed the excellence of thc
drill and the good look, Of their member. il
frequent pnradc' and marclinga to and fro
They attracted much attention but wcrc nj
ncongruous feature of the occasion, in tn
opinion of some who saw them,
Those who had anything to sell in Rut
land doubtless made money by the fair. Min