The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-09-26

the famous Franc mia scenery were wonder
full specimens Of the high perfection attained
by this modern art.
| The room devoted to agricultural imple.
ments and manufactures was also well filed
1t must suffice if we mention ~ name few
of the more prominent. Entering from the
East end, we noticed lot of plows from
Luke Buzzell of Paddock's village; beyond
following down the center, succeeded in order
beautiful specimens of marble work from the
mandatory Of Brigham & CARPENTER
stoves. and cooking ,angc, without which
no house can be considered furnished. con-
tributed by Boyrton & Deming; the Feed
Water Heater of Nagoon & Co.. a portable
grist mill and an improved horse rake, by T.
X. Fairbanks various styles of IEolcons and
sewing machines, from Gilbert & Spencer
an elegant secretary of beautiful workman
ship, made by o. H. Wclch; fine furniture
from the warehouse of Hall & Clark; a
charming back CANNON and chess board, and
an elegant card-table made by Charles Pack
ard; and wagon Of superior Workmanship
by y. b. Flint. Returning on the North
side. we noticed n succession large number
of tubs of refined maple sugar. of which per-
haps shade the whitest was made bv Dca.
Morse Of Danvile; bottle of syrup of the
Chinese sugarcanc, made by Dr. II. S.
Browne; specimens of fancy cake, BY b. F.
Peterson, at Winter 4 Co.'S bakery; seven
teen varieties of apples contributed by John
Felch of Waterford. also beautiful apples of
several varieties from Edison Brown of st.
Johnsbury, and \. Gould of Waterford; a
rare variety of grapes from Mrs. lde of Pas
sumpsic; besides fine specimens Of tomatoes.
potatoes. beans. pumpkins. squashes. young
fruit trees, Chinese sugar-cane. butter. cheese.
bread. &c. nc, &C.. the exhibitors of which
we did not learn. Again, passing down the
South side. we noticed churns. ox-vohcs, a
grain cradle rakcS. ax-hclvcS. bcc-hivcs. poul-
try. rabbits. leather. boots and shoes. land
so forth and so nn." whcrcon the reader may
learn the committees opinion by examination
of tae premium list. In. addition to these.
We noticed beautiful am complete assert
mcnt Of pcrttlmcrv and druggists ware from
the store of J. {. bingham: case of boots
and shoes from the shop of Geo. VI. Barney
Il model for Il potato planter and tli:g."r. cx-
hibitcl by the inventor. Mr. G. J. Bunlv of
Lyndon: moving machine of Aliens pa
tent. exhibited by Buck n Co.. Lebanon. n
H.: straw-cuttcr by Alonzo Davis. of It
John >burv: and q rifle male bt Hugh Ste
ycns of Barnet.
But while we were looking at these various
contributions. the crowd kept increasing till
the whole enclosure was surSing ocean OF
human heads. The balloon was SLOWLY
swelling. the vast crowd patiently waiting
The exercise Of horses Gu the track. where the
cd French Morrill,. Black Hawk stallion
owned Is Mr.. Coburn If Cabot. powerful
/ Black iiawk nv Mr.. B. 7. Rix of Dalton. the
l'cmiS horse from Lyndon. and Mr.. y. Z.
llintS stallion. were the most universally ed
nircd. occupied the attention of tn, multi
tudc. y portion Of the premiums were an
nounccd. and a blicf speech make by Gov
Fairbank>.-and still the balloon was not suf
ticiently inflated. 1t is a rare thing in the
country to see ten thousand people drawn
together and held in anxious expectation. as
was the "a" then. These who were near
enough could see the daring pronaut compile
ting his preparations for ,h, ascent. and not
only theirs. bi:: the sympathetic feelings ,i
the whole multitude were with him. vino was
doubtless the calmcSt of them all. At length
the signal bell rung cut. Mr. Wise took is
place in the car carefully adjusted the ballast
and. releasing his hold of old Mother Earth
va;
''-upboinc by unseen WIGS
Towards the cmpyrcan realm Were Sings
| D!,incSt Drpheu>. and his cho>ch harls.'
sAnu then burst forth the restrained cnthu>i-
asm Of the people in shout after shout. as the
balloon gracefully rose into space Their,
vas very little wind. and not cloud was in
sight. so that no more favorable circumStan-
ecs could have conioined to favor the ascent
When some four or five thousand feet high
Mr. Wise attached a bag containing a live
cat to a parachute and let it fall. 1t came
down easily and safely Just without the enclo-
sure. After ascending quite distance high
or, Mr.. Wise found his balloon still lowering
so nearly over the place of ascent that he de-
termincd to descend to the ground and again
rise, in order to show how complete
" the craft was under his control.
Accordingly he allowed enough gas to escape
to accomplish his purpose. and soon alghtcd
on an elevated piece of ground, about half a
mile from the place of his first ascent Throw
ing out ballast, he once more rose into the
air. cnG soon passed out of sight beyond the
Eastern horizon.
Thus were closed the exercises of the Fair
altogether the most success ,ful one ever held
in the County. In one Or two particulars it
may haze fallen below those of other years
but in most respects, as will be cen from the
abOyr hastily nrcDorp1 account there has