Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-10-10
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

WINDHAM COUNTY FAIR.--Ihe county rhlr
opened at Westminster on Wednesday, and closed
Friday with trot gotten up by the Westminster
Fair Company. We were only able to be present
the first day. Not having had access to the entries
nor the premium list, we shall con6ne our obser
servations to some of the more prominent features
of the exhibition as they then and there presented
themselves.
We learned that 67 horses of all classes were en-
tered for exhibition. They were not shown on the
track while we were there. We noticed fine six
years old stallion, of the Woodbury. Morgan yarie.
ty, entered by John Ayres of Grafton There were
n number of excellent horses on the ground, which
subsequently gave good account of themselves.
The show of cattle was the best we have at
any county Fair at Westminster, although there
are but few towns in the county that could not
make larger and better exhibition of neat stock
There were about 20 pairs of oxen and steers on the
ground including team of22 yok-s of steers from
Putney Among the oxen we observed very nice |
pair of fat cattle which weighed 400 pounds
Several other pairs were of superior order Of mer-
it. Chester L. Sargent of Brattlcboro exhibited n
pair of years old steers which weighed 1880, and
pair of two years old weighing 1925. These
were the best cattle on the ground, in opinion,
and very difficult to match anywhere. S. i. Wheat
had large pair of steers Messrs. s. E. and j.
D. Wheat of Putney were the largest exhibitors at
the Fair They had horses, cattle and sheep on
the ground, all of excellent quality and in large
numbers. Such enterprise is worthy of especial
commentator. David Goodale Of Brattleboro ex-
hibited pairs of two years old steers, cows and
n calf, all excellent cattle. Mark Crawford enter
ed thorough bred Durham yearling bull and
heifer of the same age, both of which were uncom-
monty worthy. The bull is the best yearng ami
nal of that description we have in the county.
1t will prove valuable addition TO the stock Of that
town. Warren Smith of Dummerston exhibited
grade Durham yearling bull which took the first
premium in his class at the State Fair John Ay-
ers of Grafton, exhibited full blood Ayrshire bull
This stock possesses excellent milking qualities but
is inferior for the shambcs A. NJ. Winsow of
Putney had lot of superb heifers Oh the ground.
lie is of the most pains taking and successful
stock breeders in the county, and his contributions
to our Fairs are deserving Of study. N. c. Moore,
John Minard, Horace Goodhue and others of West
minister had good stock in the pens,
| The show of sheep was good George Campbell
/ Of Westminster presented about sixty Spanish Me-
rinos and Silesian sheep from his well known flock.
Messrs Wheat of Putney had an equal number, all
Spanish Merinos; L. & W. White about dozen
of this variety and some else couple Of bucks.
The balance, chiefly owned by II. May, L. & W.
White, Jonas Aldrich, and John L. Nichols, were
of the Leicester and Southdowns, pure and mixed
few wagon loads of swine were on the ground
to which we presume the committee in that depart
ment will do justice. Not solitary fowl graced
the arena.
The Hall devoted to the dairy, sugar, fruits, gar
den vegetables, household productions, manufac.
lures and the like articles though small was filled
to repletion. We saw several excellent samples o.
butter, cheese and sugar, chiefly made in West
minister, sll of which, without exception SUI
peror in its kind. The exhibition of fruit wa.
much the best we remember to have seen Mt any o
our county Fairs, notwithstanding the season is 81
, unfavorable for its growth. Alonzo Dutton & Son
of Dummerston showed several varieties of apples
f pears, grapes, tomatoes as well as beams, swee
potatoes and other garden vegetables. They mr.
turning their attention to this branch of domestic
industry with success. c. S. Locke, exhibited q
varieties of apples Z. & r. Goodell, So val ietie
of native apples besides n lot of grated fruit
Grout, 81 specimens ofapples Joel Page, As va
rietes of apples and pears, among the latter 0
which were some excellent specimens of the Bart
lett and Flemish Beauty Rufus Clark of Bratte
boro, Ga varieties apples, and several of pears
grapes, and ounces John Jacobs, 80 varieties @
= apples Martin Gates of Dummerston, 32 varieties
, with specimens of plums and peppers I; Hiram
b Wooley of Rockingham, ~ varieties of apples
e and j. Worden a lot of apples. The awards G
, the Committee on fruit must be consulted to ascer
: tain whose fruit was considered the best
The quantity Of garden vegetables was not larg
although some of the specimens were. l.. r. War
u presented some mammoth squashes of variety IN
known to us. Hiram Atkins of the Argus, exhit
itec squash labelled a Buchanan Pumpkin,
and which weighed l4l pounds, 1t bore about a
u much resemblance to n pumpkin as the democrac
of the present day does to that of Jefferson or Jack
" son, The Argus man evidently means to be " su,
punkins" And we think he is.
:. The large variety of household articles on exhit
ition attested to the interest the ladies take in III
= Fair We had not the time to examine them mir
n utely, nor should be qualified to express col
l. rect opinion of their merits after any examination
The premium list will do justice to this class
exhibitors. Messrs. Chase Trip Of Braltlcbor,
exhibited beautiful case of watches jewelry an
silver ware ; Dr. j. NJ Comegys, dental cas-
= containing some excellent samples of his work
l. L. Howe, some fine pictures from his Daguerrea
p Gallery C. 4 W. Bemis, hammer, bits, and
l. horse-shoes of superior manufacture and finish
and Levi X. Fuller, formerly of the Telegram
p Office of this place. miniature steam engine ,
l. his own construction. There were other article
Is which We have not space for enumeration.
;, The Ladies Society furnished dinners at Ii
IF Town Hall, got up in good taste and with ever
e variety of the subsantals that best suit hungr
i mans stomach. Moreover the tables were waite
:, with great attention. In a boat on the Connect
o cut River, sat a man playing on cracked voli
prepared to furnish the parched lips of the bbulor
u with miserable connections under the entcing ger
eric name of rum. This evasion of the liquor la
i is as ingenious rs the consequences execrable