The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-10-05

Fair opened bright and cold. About noon
the wind ceased blowing and We had half a
day of beautiful weather. The morning was
taken up in the exhibition of draft horses,
matched horses and stations. Prominent a.
mong the draft horses could be seen Bruce's
noble roans; while everybody admired the
beautiful, sleek, black pair of matched hors-
es owned by Thaddeus Fairbanks, and div
en- by young Shorey. Perhaps the most
snowy horse upon the ground, and one uni
versally seen and admired, Gor he was NOV
ing all the time) was sorrel four.year-old
owned by Mr.. Lawton of Burke. He was
splendid figure of horse. Among the good
horses not awarded premium, We noticed X.
{. Stevens's of Barnet.
After dinner there was display of fast
horses, among which the Morrills took the
lead. For particulars of this part of the
programme our readers must consult the pre-
MUM list. At 3 o'clock the list of awards
was read from the judges stand, by iona.
Ross, the secretary.
From early in the morning, the balloon
"Belle of New Eng land"-had been in the
course of imitation, and now it was so large
as to sway about above the crowd like the
back of huge elephant. The programme
had all been carried out but the ascension,
and the dense crowd now all lowered about
the aronauts. Half-past three-four o'clock
came and went. but no balloonists vent
They seemed like certain religious sect for
ever "going up" but never fairly off, Final.
ly, about half-past four, the balloon was seen
to slowly rise, minus the windlass and rope
without Mr.. Kings wife, without MIR.
Hing himself-having no graphing irons, no
small bottles, no oyercoats, no provisions, no
basket even,-"no nothing" There is card
in another column which touches upon this
point, and which all will read. If it was a
great disappointment to many spectators
present, what was it to the managers of the
Fair Ground Company, and the balloonists
themselves ? Talk about its being intention.
al !. Amt the fools dead yet
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
t This department was quite meagre com
pared to what it has been some years hereto
fore, yet there were many very excellent tro
phies of skill, some of which we will make
brief mention. Prominent among the arti
Giles which attracted the attention of all,were
the splendid specimens of cutlery, &C., manu-
featured by John Belknap of this town. The
beauty of style and finish of the skates were
particularly marked, and We prophecy abrn
dant work for him in this line now that skat
ing by both sexes is all the rage with US win
tiers. The Belknaps are among our yer,
best mechanics let US patronize home indus
try
! +. X T. Fairbanks& Co. had on exhibition
several styles of their standard scales
/ II. Somers of Barnet, presented rifle of
rare finish. and virtue too, no doubt.
Still further up the hall was to be seen the
Empire Bee Hive, said to be an excellen,
kind grain cradle, made by Mr.. Peck, We
suppose specimens of three kinds of leath
er by J. Bacon, I'd 4 Co.
l.. o. Stephens exhibited Cooper's paten,
window spring supporter, something which
is destined to do away with all the presen,
arrangements for supporting window sash.
Wal, & Hough,on Of Paddock's Village
were the manufacturers of very neat style
of buggy wagon, scarcely inferior to any We
have seen.
Torrent Engine Co. drew their new and e.
egant fire engine into Mechanics Hail, to-
gether with its hose carriage the first day of
the Fair. These truly beautiful pieces of
mechanism were admired by all who passed
through this building.
OF marble work, the only entry was made
by Mr.. S. c. Otis, Of the Lyndon marble
works. He showed specimens of both Amer
lean and Italian marble, some of which show
ed skill and taste in carving which was wor-
thy of much praise.
MIR. l.. B. Harrington of East St. Johns
bury, exhibited musical reed instruments, of
several sizes and styles.
On the last side, next the Ladies' Depart
ment, was an assortment of boots and shoes,
entered by Geo. NJ. Barney and in another
part Of the building similar show case of
boots and shoes exhibited by Baldwin &
Burpee, each of which deserve special notice.
Alex. Strong, Hayward e. Co. of Burlington,
also had on exhibition a large case contain
ing fur boots, made of moose-houghs, with
several thicknesses of cork in the soles also
glove kid boots and ladies' CATERS with cork
soles, rendering them impervious to water.
These were presented by Edward A. Jewett.
We noticed also pair of ladies' slippers
from Turkey, placed on the table for exhibit
ton by DIR. Fayette Jewett, recently from
that country.
MIR. J. I. Casino had specimens of uphol-
stery Of tasty and thorough workmanship.
In show case, entered by J. c. Bingham.
was large amount of. toilet articles, pe.fum-
cries, surgical instruments, &c.
Joy X Carr had tempting display of we'd
ding cake. which as silly and closely exam