The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-09-25
Caledonia County Fair,
FnlsT WKnNEsDAY


FIRST "WEDNESDAY,
The fret day Of our Fair wa, particular
~ cold and raw, Notwithstanding this, quite
IT. large number Of people assembled on the
Fair grounds IN the morning, and the num-
Der gradually increased till the last Of the
afternoon. The heavy thunder shower Of
Tuesday afternoon, otlootualy dispellcd all
dust, and the roads and grounds were Ia "a
good condition,
The morning was principally devoted TO
the necessary prciminares Of entry aud ar
rngeulcnt for the exhibition. The grounds
presented quite lively and animated appear
ance, The Boston Brigade Band, which re-
paired early to the ground, d'-coursed from
their stand, from time to time, most excellent
music,
Mechanics and Floral Hall we're filled with
active men 4 women arranging for an adyanta'
gcous display ofthe works ofNaturc and Art
Of mechanical skin and taste, which had been
brought to our Industrial Exhibition, Tents
were erected in various parts Of the grounds,
some containing monstrosilics IN nature, and
others claiming to be museums and galleries
Of paintings and fine ar,s-but all more orlcss
purtaking Of that element commonly known
as hHmJug-simply trnpS to catch the guar
tcrs and the twclycs" Of the uusophistRatcd
and I'll; the juvenile mind wish all sorts Of
4 bad things Thus much for the grounds and
their appurtcnanccs.
The forenoon was devoted to the cNamina-
/ ton Of cattle. Following the order Of the
I programme, we spent the morning la looking
at the oxen The number Of oxen on cShi-
btion was quite small-much smaller than
usual. We were sorry TO notice this fact
and cudcayorcd to ascertain the cause. We
found some were dissatisfied that the Fair
| Ground Co. should bring in Kentucky cattle
/ to exhibit by The SHE OF our homo products,
I Calthough they were not entered for prcmi
, UNI, others thought it was nothing but
/ horse show" and as the interest Of the crowd
wouldall center in the display Of good * fast
horses, it would do no good to bring for'Sr--l
their fine cattle A very mistaken notion,
we think. However, there were some fine
cattle on the Rroundsi but their numhcr
I should be quadrupIcd another year, ST.
Johnsbury had thirty yoke Of oxen in one
string, headed by some very fine cattle own
ed 10y Geo. and Simon Aver. Watcrlorddid
not turn out her oxen this year. When
Waterford does her best she cannot bee beaten.
Passing around the enclosure, we noticed
young cattle, cows and calves, sheep and
swine in considerable numbers. Mr.. J. a.
Gould exhibited calf of six months Of age
which weighed 600 lbs--a very nice animal,
but by no means the only one there.
Mr.. T.. A. Parks exhibited some three and
four rs5dId raItc that did one good
to look upon. a nair of very handsome four
years old, weighed 800 lbs. and one three
years old steer weighed 1850 lbs These
cattle had never done any work. and of course
were in better trim than oxen that had work
ed all summer. AS it was they suffered
nothing in comparison with the Kentucky
cattle in the pen by their sides and there were
but few judges Of cattle on the grounds but
what gave the preference to the Vermont
stock.
As was announced last week, the Fair
Ground Co. introduced some very fine west
crn cattle into the Fair this year, for the
farmers Of Caledonia county TO look at. They
were mostly three years old steers long
bodied, long-legged, smooth-haired cattle
looking much like our Durham stock. They
were really nice lot of steers but whether
they were any better than our Vermont cat
tie, we leave the farmers to Judge.
We have no room or time TO notice at
length, as We would like TO do, many features
of the Fair that were interesting TO us, and
undoubtedly would be to our readers. One
thing is evident from what we have already
seen at our agricultural shows; and that is,
it is just as easy to raise good OK, or n
good horse, or good sheep, as it is poor
one; and it is vastly in favor Of the producer
to raise the best.
Passing into Mechanics Hall, the first
thing that met our gaze was beautiful lot
Of marble work from the mandatory of
Brigham & Crossman Of 81. yohnsbury., 1t
was work made for their customers, and com
priGed the cheapest as well as the best work
manship. 1t showed much skill.
Boyntoh& Deming Of St. Johnsbury, pre-
Sented stoves, &c, taken from their shop,
but no better than they exhibit their custom
ers daily nor need they be.
A very handsome sleigh was next seen,
which very appropriately advertised the work
of NJ. o. Miller 6, Co. of Lyndon.
Col. Ira Arlington Of St. ]. Centre exhib-
tied beautiful chamber net II was paint |