Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-10-10

Drop lever, Flour packing and Army Scales
were great improvement over the old STYLES.
Some nice honey was sent in by J S Hol-
den, Bradley Fish, and others also maple
sugar, and maple syrup, of course. Among
the contributors of the latter were II C. Allen,
John NJ Hall, 2 A Eddy, ED Sherman and
A ID Smith. All had excellent samples The
syrup shown by Mr. Smith was very fine
white and clear, as ne know. This knowl-
edge we have from experience and for
it (and the syrup we have to thank Mr..
Smith.
Conspicuous on the ground was Bolles
Patent Stone-dlgger and Wall-layer and
the great and notorio,,s .Stump-puIler-Col-
by's improved Harrow was exhibited by Isra-
el Sheldon Of Dandy This harrow has two
tOothed rollers arranged along the sides, living
dlagonally to the line Of draught, which cuts
the soil cross-wise, and harrows the soil both
ways at once.
h Smith Of Dandy, had one Of Woods
Mowers. This machine, il will be recOIlected.
took the first premium at recent Fair in
England, whore it was on trial about two
weeks with some twenty competitors. Ethan
burroughs OF Poultney, had the Premium
Yankee Mower, which, Of course. had also
rs friends who claim for it superior merits
over all others
Burrows < Graves Of Casteton, we're. as
usual, " on hand with various excellent
articles OF tbeirs-such a plows, feld-roller
and castings Of various dcscriptions What
was much noticed was their =. No. " pillow.
which is Of long draught, and 50 constructed
a. TO obvlate some Oft the chief difficulties at
tending the use Of the old plow Of the same
length Of draugh;.
l. W Gray Of MiddletOwn. was also on the
ground with his usual excellent variety Of
Agricultural Implements - plows. cheese
press, champion water elevator, &c. His
manuiacturs are too well known to require
more to be SAID and indeed, Rutland
County Fair would hardly be complete
without him.
We noticed a buggy. conveniently and
handsomely constructed, and we'll mad and
finished throughout, from SamI Terrilrs
manutactory-aIsoa very neatly built trof-
ting gIg. exceedingly light. yet strong and
substantial in all its parts
We may perhaps be ,ardoned if We state
here that the ii e Spanish Merino buck Of J
Proctor, (Which We believe took the first
premium) Is nat over y wears old. a. the
types made Us say yesterday. He l. arr ,,
and not yet years old. Mr. Proctor had
'"' ia' -SH' representation d sheep on the
ground
The show Of butter and cheese was very
excellent and large and it j, plain TO Us that
the lucky men who obtain the first premiums
must have something " good to eat" and
with this We dismis the subject. A. We canno,
undertake 10 enumerate the names Of those
who-e specimens IRE thought about rood
enough 10 be- best.
The Engine Companies exhibited some
all throwing. but We did not hear Of any
trial wherr the distance was a-certained
The Fair was entirely successful except in
pecuniary point OF view. and Vs.. congr4t-
ula'e all concerned that il la. passed oil; -
pleasantly auI 50 well. We haye hear no
estimate Of 'he number Of people in attend
ance Thursday. bnt there were nearly A,
Hlany on he gronud 4. ~ any time a4rin.
the STATE Far