The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-09-01
Addison County (Vt) Fair.

The Annual Fair Of the Addison
County Agricultural Society has be-
come fixed institution. For fourteen
years the citizens of this county have
come together annually and have sus.
tanned Exhibitions which have been OF |
Great Credit to Addison County |
and have givrn it namo and reputa.
ton through the Unitod States Of
which no other county can bo It.
Here has been the Lou.e of the
Black laawk Horses,
the home of the best focks Of
Spanish and French Merinos
in the Uuion. These Fairs have done
much TO STIMULATE TO ExERTIoN our
breeders Of improved stock, and their
value to the county in every sense has
been inestimable. They. have bene-
fitted not only those who have drawn
premiums; for these, comparatively
speaking,are Of much less consequence
than the reputation that the county &C
quires by the breeding and EXHIBITION
of such animals as have been bred here
for the last fifteen years.
Ths value of these Fairs accrue not
alone to those who draw premiums
they are of
Direct benefit to every person
who breeds stock and sells it the rep
utation which these Exhibitions have
given TO the county has directly
Added from 20 to so per cent.
to the value of tie animals thus bred
and sold by every citizen of the county.
We believe then that sound policy
and personal interest alike should
Prompt every Stook-breeder,
whether he intends competing for PRE-
miums or otherwise, to come forward
with prompt and liberal hand to sus-
tain these annual exhibitions, and to
so sustain them that the good name ard
credit Of OLD ADDISON shall in no
wise be lessened by their Indifferent
success.
The resources of the county are
ABUNDANT to constitute this annual
Fair one cf which we may all be proud;
it is of direct
Benefit to all,
and the policy which would deter our
farmers and citizens from literally sus-
taiung it would be shortsighted and
suicidal.
Let every stock breeder realize that
these Fairs have for ten years past put
money in his pocket, by increasing the
value Of his hocks, his herds, his horses;
aud ask if it would be better to sus-
tain this reputation which the county
has acquired. by sustaining these ex>
hibitions, or otherwise.
Let him therefore seek his own in
terest, while he promotes the honor Of
his county, in literally contributing to
their soccess.
The Fifteenth Annual Fair
Of Addison County will be held at
Middlebury, VT, Sept. % and %,
1868. We have abundant reasons for
knowing that it .,lH '',s
Will be fully equal
to any of its predecessors. The Man
ayers promise that no proper pain.
shall be spared to render it pleasan,
and profitable to all who may attend
whether from this county or abroad.
We believe our
Exhibition of Cattle
: will be better than ever before, whis
Exhibition of Sheep
will surpass that Of any local Fail
held in tho United States in 1858
While list eff horses is not prom,
ised knowing that many of them viii
not be present, We are assured tina
: our exhibition in this respect will b.
equal to that of any former occasion
and will not be surpassed here or else
, where. The Managers have appropri
ated an unusually .'.
. Large amount of Funds
, to Floral Hall, for 1858. The &C
|. commodations will also be better thai
I heretofore, and ample space will b
had for the suitable disposition of tn
:, definite number Of articles, the handi
: work of our Green Mountain Girls
: who know well how to create and re
i. tain our undiminished admiration.
= We believe the ladies in every par
S of the county will spare no pains
c make Floral Hall in every respect eve
more attractive than it has ever bee
8 in past years. It. did them grei
: honor in 1857, and we are confden
l. will be even more to their credit i
1858,
The Farmers, Mechanics an,
y b.. -....t-, Artizens
!. are everywhere cordially invited
: contribute to the Exhibition.
n The Track will be put In geo.
Q Condition.,