Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-09-17
THE STATE FAIR.

turcd articles in the centre, and for farm
products, &C., on the sides. The hall for
lighter works of Art, is on ground q
little elevated at the right of the entrance.
The trotting ground and the elevated seats
for spectators, are much as they were before.
The stalls and enclosures for animals,
with conveniences for feeding and wa
tering them, are placed on tho North
East part of the enclosure. Ample tanks
for water are provided which will be
supplied copiously from the Water Works
of the village.
As to the situation of the Fair Ground, all
who ever were on it, know it to be one Of
unsurpassed beauty. The weather is now
propitous, and the prospect is for great
assemblage, and good display. The occur
renee Of the great Springfield Horse Show
at the same time has, of course
take away from us a good many
fine horses, which otherwise would be
here, but we shall see that Vermont has
II good many of the same sort left.
FIRST DAY.
The Fair can hardly be said to be ia irly
under way as yet so far as an exhibition is
concerned, to-day being the day for entering
articles. But already the ground begins to
look black with people, the air to be filled
with bleatings, lowings, neighs, and grunts
of stock, and shouts of men; and the halls to
be too small for their contents. Up to two
o'clock, the entries in Floral Hall were l23,
of Flowers, Embroidery, Pictures, &C., sew
eral articles frequently coming under one
number. In Mechanics Hall the entries
were 1876, of farming and other tools, hard
ware, butter, cheese and vegetables of all
sorts Under each entry there were
from one to ten different articles. Of
stock the entries were as follows
Cattle 100, Durham, Devon and mixed blood;
of Sheep l6, Cotswolds, French and Spanish
Merinoes; of Swine, Poultry, &c, fair
proportio we did not learn how many; of
Horses sos, cassed as follows Sherman
Morgans, Stations and Colts, SO Matched
Horses 35 pairs; Mares and Fillies Is; Wood
bury Morgans 80, mares I Bullrush Nor
gans 10 Hamitonians and Others 43 (; Geld
ings and Mares 81 Foreign Horses 81.
We might fill columns of our paper with
the bare enumeration OF the articles of inter-
est in the Fair. \ brief mention of what
most struck us in our hurried walk through
the halls to-day must suffice for the present.
In Mechanics Hall we noticed, particu-
larly, great array Of Stoves exhibited by
G. 5. BLoDGErT * Co. and GILBERT Dow of
this place-the variety of patterns was very
great a beautiful case of Boots, Shoes and
Caters from Miles e HOWE; Saddles and
Brides from McKEEN a. WIGHT Fine Will
low Baskets from G j. Colby, of W aterbury;
a long table Of fine vegetables, of which were
especially noticeable box containing Is
varieties of Potatoes exhibited by F. j.,
MEEcH of Shelburne /; BRINsMAID & Hill
DRETH's beautiful show case of Jewelry and
Silver Ware show cases of goods from C. F.
| STAMFORD and n. PECK d Co. Outside were
Reapers, Mowers, Flows, Corn Shelters,
Huskers, &c, We especially noted as hand
some Pleasure Wagon as ever we saw, from
j. w. DANIELS, of Morrisville.
In Floral Hall the first thing that caught
our eye as we entered, was a floral design,
reaching nearly to the top OF the Hall, exhi-
bited by Patrick Ryder, gardener to d. d,
Howard, Esq, it is a most beautiful piece
Of work. eve were shown the list of articles
exhibited by Mr.. Ryder, bouquets, designs
and vegetables of all kinds, filling a whole
page in double columns,) We noted case
of elegant Silk Embroidery by Miss j. II.
WILKINS, and Morning Dress by Mrs. G.
NoYEs. On the walls were hung Pictures
in Oil, Pastels, &c, and the tables were rap
idly filling up with the works of delicate and
tasteful fingers. The crowd at the Secreta-
taries' desks of those making entries was very
great.
SECOND DAY.
The entry books of the Society were closed
at - o'clock to-day, and the Exhibition is in
the main complete. 1t is marked by the pre-
ponderance of horses over every other depart.
ment, which has been, and probably will be
for years to come, the main feature of oul
State Fairs, The display of horses is very
large and fine, but is not, in our opinion
equal to that of two years ago, either
in the number of noted animals, OF
in the average of beauty and me
rit. Tho occurrence OF the National Uors,
Show at Springfield, Mass, which has at
tracted the best horses Of the Southern part
of the State, and of the Connecticut Valley
is II sufficient reason for this. Still the
show Of horses is one of which Vermonter,
have no reason to be ashamed There arr
many promising young horses, which have
yet their fame to make and will yet make
it,-and there are numerous fine and almost
faultless specimens OF the various branches
ofEquine Aristocracy, whose name has spread
from Vermont all over the land, and to For
eign Countries.
The grand cavalcade of all horses entered
for exhibition formed the principal feature Of
the forenoon. The horses were arranged in
their several classes, and more than filled the
half mile track, though many horses entered