The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-09-25
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n Is, Flint had buggy wagon on exhibit
lion, IT beautiful design and workmanship,
aud il be should make a present Of Il % as
sac should not think Of Refusing H. Lyuds
s. Gin also presented a wagon which 10 sPo-
ken Of In ,auuiher place.
~ fudurur exhibited some u bis hanii-
work Ia the matter NJ o nice harness, and
some trunks lie isa good workman.
Z WIN. A, Chapin's Broadcast Seed sower
attracted much attention and we'll il might
i1r the time is nearly past when men will be
contented 60 ~ iato "a ton acre lot with the
seed swung In bag Under one arm, and at
tempt 20 scatter Il through their fingers,
when they can get on a wagon and ride over
the ground and SOW the grain great deal
better and ten times 10 fast
A show case Of Geu, VI, Barney contained
finely arranged assortment Of Boots and
Shoes, showing the variety and extent Of ar
loIcs chat he Is always ready 10 furnish ut
No, ? kitlredgo Block.
Tho display Of Mes,rs, Winter, Wiley A
Co., Bakers and Conieolioners, was exceed
insly rich and beautiful. The many kinds
Of nice cake, confectionery, Sc, which their
show case eontsined looked "good enough to
cat" Aud they keep just such, or will make
% order, at their establishment ON Main
street
Nh J. g. bingham exhibited % case Of
goods taken fr~n his drug store, consisting
N surgical instruments, permmery, washes,
oils Sc, lie always keeps a good assert
mcnt In his line.
There isno excuse now for stealing (bor-
rowing, we should snyl umbrellas, for Mr..
s, A, Ellis takes old frames and by q sort Of
hocus-poeus makes them just a. good as
new" samples OF. which could be seen In Me
chanios' Hall during the Fair, Mr. T., also
exhibited one Of Esly * GreonApcrfect Me
lodeons
4 lot Of wagon ayletrccs exhibited by Lang
s. Gage Of 1hctford, VI, were worthy Of no.
ticc also a seed sower patented by Chas,
Cnhoon Of Portland, Me, This was a little
machine S1-@at ~ large rs coffee mil the
merits Of which We know nothing,
We also noticed I3olcnns from Gilbert \
Sponccrs, plows from the Union Works Of
Luke Bullcll, scales, hardware, Ne from T.
n 7. Fairbanks, \ Coz butter tubs, cheese
presses, churns, sash and doors OK yokcs,
horse aud hand rakcs, baskets, etc, etc, in (
great profusiou.
The farm and garden department was well
represented Passing down the north side .
Of the building, We cncour tered pumpkins,
squashes,-mammoth and scmi-mnmmoth,-.
cabbagcs, bccts, cucumbcrs beans, melons,
sccd-com, potatoes in end less varieties, and .
Of an enormous size tomatoes as large as
soft hat,-an all Of which one can see the .
committees opinion los referring TO the, pre-.
MUM list.
MesUs. J. 4. Gould and John Fclch Of .
Waterford, exhibited some fine apple, and .
plums. Mr.. Gould bad Gnty.opc ruicii,r
Of apples, and they made very Gnc show
Mr., Goodcll had some very Gur ,rmrcs OF .
Ilun,- a- iurgc, rs eggs We next came TO .
the butter md cheese white and brown
bread, and honcy--pIcasont to the eye, and .
sweet to the taste. There were some tubs
ec,cr, nice maple sugar, refined and unrcfu-
ed, an Of livery white and cleans wc saw
the names Of John Fetch and r. Lynn ON
two Of the tubs
Mr. Syl,iuu. Graves presented several
species Of fowls; the Chtogons, Tor some
other barbarous nance Black Spanish, Silver
Pheasant, and the common Crccper. These
were the only fowls on exhibition
fi''fT great feature Of tie afternoon OF the .
first day was the parade Of the Dan,ilsc Rifle
Company, commanded by Capt. Dole. Amer
dinner at the ST. Johnshury lIousc,-whcrc
the inner man WINS abundar,ly cared for hy
Mr. Watson,-thcy marched 20 the Fair
Ground, headed by the Boston Brigade
Band. They entertained the crowd for a L
couple Of hours 10y their cvolutions, in which
they evidently showed much good drilling
This company has. a neat and tasty uniform,
and they behaved themselves in very gen
tcmanly, as well MS soldicrlikc manner They
left n very good impression
here.
The exercises Of the first day closed 10y
show of driving horses on the track. The
Lady Fremont" Ntrottng nag, run through
the crowd, with the gig attached to her, at n
furious rate, but cleared herself from the gig
and was caught without injuring any person.
She made scattering among the crockery,
and pics and cakes Of victualng stand, by
knocking out its underpinning as she passed
it.
Thus closed the exercises Of Wednesday,
The weather was freezingly cold, yet there
was large crowd of people They evident
ly anticipated good day on the morrow
and they had it.
SECOND DAY-TIIURSDAY.
The second day of our Fair opened bright
and beautiful; and the people began to pour