Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-07-09

torms, with many of their friends and crowd Of III
erested spectators, attended the Fremcns Muster ut
Greenfield. In appearance and behavior this compa-
ny is n model and only sorry that owing to
the accident OF playing at an unfivorablc moment.
they were not lucky enough to bring home n PRICE
The result Of the playing learn was ms follows
Companies. Height Thrown. Prizes
Deluge oil Northampton, 146 feet $3.50
Pioneer of South Royalston, 1876 rs
Mechanic of lIolyoke, 1856 20
Protection Of Conway, 1870 20
Rough K Ready of Westfeld 1876 "
Hope of llnsdale, N H., 1901
NIazeppa of Bratteboro, 1874
AT West BrattlebOro the Fourth WIS celebrated bv
Picnic in the Academy Hall and under the trees mn
on the Green. At O'Clock, p. NJ, procession was
formed which after marching to the music of fife and
drum assembled in the seats prepared in front of the
Academy. After singing and prayer the Declaration
was read by VIM. j. Harris and nm Grafton pronounc-
ed by Henry Ranney. Rev. d. II. Ranncy being all-
ed upon gave sentiment and followed IT with appro-
pirate remarks Other sentiments and speeches were
expected, but the shade of the trees was rather too
cool for comfort the public exercises were here brought
to close. The business of eating and drinking
meanwhile went on menily and by night the ample
supplies provided by the committee were well nigh
exhausted. In the evening there was a display Of
fireworks upon the Green, and the exercises of the
day were concluded by brilliant torch-lght process
sion Altogether 1t was pleasant affair and old and
young seemed to enjoy it equally. The Grafton by
MIR Ranney, prepared within less than weeks notice
and delivered with ready and fluent utcrance with
out The aid of manuscript, extremely credita-
bic performance for of his years. and would have
done honor to n much older man. The music was BY
veterans who had evidently done the State some SER
vice. in that way in the days Of militia trainings and
in whom the old fire seemed to enkndle again as with
sprightly step they headed the column and SHOWED
how fields won."
The net proceeds from the sale n little short of
thirty dollars The repairs in the Congregational
| Church to which the sum together with previous
subscription of nearly hundred dollars is to be
appropriated including painting inside paperng and
whtcwashing, new carpet, chairs aud trimming for
the pulpit. Most Of these are already finished and
the appearance of the house very much improved.
MowISo MACIINEs.-From the multiplicity Of ma
chimes and the large attendance of farmers at the Va.
rous impromptu trials that have taken place in this
vicinity, very naturally infer that the days Of the
scythe are numbered, albeit may be some years be-
fore they finished With the advancing rates of
labor and the increasing difficulty of procuring suita-
bic help for securing their hay crops farmers real
izng the force Of the stubborn fact that resort to
horse power in this department of agricultural indus
try will soon be inevitable. Moving and raking ma
chimes will soon be their reliance.
On Friday Of last week the capacities Of four ma
chimes were partially tested on the hummer Farm in
| this village, belonging to David Goodel woods
| Mower" manufactured by Walter A. Wood ut Hoo
| sick Falls, the Young Giant manufactured by the
Ketcbum Machine Company, the Vermont Mower
| manufactured at ST. Adams, NIL two horse machines
| and the New England Mower patented and manuiac-
tured by John Gore Of Brattleboro one horse ma
chine, the ground and had an opportunity Of
exhibiting their working qualities. This exhibition
could hardly be called trial there was no limit to
| the amount of grass each machine should cut, no
| stated time in which each to perform its work
nor test Of draught except such should appear
by the exertions of the teams employed. In fact each
| was left to do his work best he could. The
grass was principally clover portions of which were
more or less badly lodged hundred or more of our
farmers and citizens present, and their observa-
tons and judgment of the performance of the several
| machines, resulted very unanimously in giving the
preference to Cores New England Mower which did
an amount Of work in given time equal to that done
by the two-horse mowers and did it decidedly better
The great superiority of Cores machine consisted in
its ghtness of draft and in the superior manner in
which it cut the lodged grass when moving in the d-
recon the grass had fallen, well in its freedom
from cogging and the facility with which it could be
turned at the and taken on and Off the field
Woods two horse machine appeared to do the next
best work to that of the Gore machine, and when
moving against the lodged clover the work was about
equal In the other direction the difference was APP
| parent. Woods one-horse mower did very good work
but its cut very much than that of it's
| competitor The superiority Of the Gore machine so
far this exhibition went so clear and palpable
as to convince of its competing friends of
| the superiority of its merits
| The Keene Sentinel in speaking of trial that &C.
Cured in that town on Tuesday of last week. says:
There were eight machines engaged-a two and a
one-horse machine of Woods patent two and one
horse of the Kirby patent onehorse mower of Cores
| or the New England mower, and a two-horse mower
of the Nanny patent. There quite n gathering
of farmers and others interested but rs there was no
committee or judges appointed to decide as to the
merits OF the different machines, each one was left
free to judge for himself There was, therefore, d-
yerslty OF opinion All the mowers cut the grass we'll
but it seems that Cores one horse mower was the
most general favorte Of the crowd. Ii certainly cut
the clover beautifully, and moved along with great
| apparent iieetness and lightness of draft.
| THE MOVING MACHINE TRIAL AT EAST PuTNEY
Mr. EditOr:- Having witnessed the trial of Moving
Machines at East Puney, on the 2sth ult we are de-
srous of protesting against the manfesty unfair and
partizan tone of the Judges report and of the edto
rial comment which accompanied it in the B. +. Ar
gus. Our structures on the official report we shall
confne to two points. The committee Of award gave
the Kirby machine the first premium, and one vital
point of superiority they aege was that it was a
Mower and Reaper combined But the machine was
not on trial as reaper. The fact that it reap
err was not submitted so far know to the judges
in their official capacity. The machine was on trial
as moaoer and nothing else. Why then did the
judges bring in this false test?
But admitting for moment that the Kirbys being
a combined machine was an element of superiority
il was not the only machine on the ground with