The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-09-28
Reported for The CALIFORNIAN.
The Fair at Lyndon.

VII TIC coHiuion at Lyndon Centre. 1ne IN
terest manifested in this exhibition. and the
success which followed cannot but he encour-
aging to the friends of agriculture in northern
Caledonia. 1t was the first festival of this
new society, and if it can be relied upon land
We see nothing to lead US to contrary COR
cluslon) as good beginning to a series of
successful exhibitions. the friends of the or
terprse have every encouragement to PROMPT
them to new ersasedness in the undertaking
The weather was rather unfavorable in con-
sequence of occasional showers which contin.
ued during the day. Notwithstanding this
the office of the Secretary was thronsed with
/ exhibitors from eight in the morning till
noon. and the grounds and halls were filed
with articles for exhibition, without regard
to clouds or fears of rain.
The opening of the Fair was announced By
the ringing of the bell This was followed
by grand cavalcade of oxen in town teams,
which was feature of the fair worthy of \
more extended notice than we are able to
give at present. Lyndon led the van in point
; of numbers, marching into the village in
do"hfe Tile two hundred and eight oxen, at
tached to the Agricultural Car and accompa-
MED by music-music which in nature and
spirit rcsemb!ed that Of the days of IS. Shelf
field team of lio oxen then appeared to which
was attached like Car forty feet in length
bearing the stars and stripes; Burke and
Sutton accompanied by the Sutton band; and
st. Johnsbury, Wheclock and Kirby in close
! succession. Among these were many supe-
rior oxen, and such as do honor to the com
munltles from which they came. After para
ding around the grounds for nearly an hou,
under the direction Cf the marshal. the teams
swcre arranged in columns across the Common
presenting al exhibition seldom if ever vii.
messed upon similar occasion. They stood
tnot in "battle butt in beautiful array. seven
hundred and nlnety-two oxen. including from
good 20 extra specimens Of the JnutS Of Cal
edonia. In addition to the oxen there wer,
nearl TWO hundred head Of ether cattle, in
Guiding bulls. COWS and Young stock, whici.
swclled the whole number of cattle at the
Fair to but little less than ten hundred beads.
From these might he selected many very fine
cattle. The oxen exhibited by Wiasor ard
Hoffman of Lyndon were noble animals.
weighing 1910 lbs. Amasa Bcmis OF Lyndon
and George Aver Of ST. Jol.nsbuly presented
some file working oxen.
There were also some noble exhibitions Of
other cattle. OF bulls, those CT Samuel Big
Glow and +. b. Chase of Lyndon, the former
cross ofthe Hereford. the latter full Durham.
we're worthy of special notice. and presentc,,
a pleasing contrast with the Devon blool.s of
Drew and Eatcheider of Danville. The one
large, muscular ara noble the other fair. full
and beautiful. Robert Pe,ticr Of Lyndon
exhibited very superior COW, said to be Sec
ond to none in this section Of the country.
Tie herd OF +. b. ChaSc-oS in number
contained some fine specimens of this class.
Among his collection were some Very extra
year.ings and two Year olds-saL BY one OF
the judges and one well versed in the quail
ties of good stock, to be :lic best he ever saw
together. But neither time nor space will
allow us to pa:licularize SO fully as We woul,!
be glad to do,-lct it suffice that all good
Judges pronounced the exhibition Of cattle
at Lyndon one Of the largest and best ever
witnessed in northern Vermont
The show Of horses was not large but yer,
coed. The horse Owned by d. I.aw,on of
Burke displayed fine action. Those of VIM.
Harvey Of Lyndon, Simon Aver and ID. Hoy,
Of st. Johnsbury deserve more thar passing
notice; but they speak for themselves, and
like many others present require only to be
seen to have their merits appreciated.
The exhibition Of sheep, swine and poultry
was meagre, though there were few worthy
noble one, weighing $50 lbs.
There was but little fruit exhibited. The
show of vegetables was large. The spcci-
mems were of extra size and good quality
VIM. Harvey of Lyndon presented a cabbage
weighing nearly so lbs.
The exhibition of mechanical works was
not large. The knitting machine exhibited
by MIR. Coe attracted much attention. especi-
ally among the ladies. 1t is truly curiosity
and seemed to do good service under the
hand Of the manager.
The Ladies or Floral Hall vas point of
special interest, among the ladies in particu-
lar. They did nobly in adjoining and beauti-
flying their apartment SO extensively with
their rich handiwork. The ladies really out
did themselves, which resulted in a very hap
py disappointment to every one present at
the exhibition. 1t was supposed that they
would do rel, for it is very vel! known that
the ladies who interested themselves in this
department were never guilty of doing other
wise, but SO large display Of truly meritori-
Gus articles was altogether unlocked for and
unexpected. Had We time ard space we
would gladly par.icularize some Of the many
superior specimens Of ladies' work, but should
We make such an undertaking, the great diff
Guilty would he We should experience less
to know when and where to make our period,