Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1861-10-10
SPIRIT OF TIL, AGE.
WOODSTOCK, VT.
THURSDAY MORNING Get. 10, 1861.
The County Fair.

Fair Gound in this NilIage on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday Of last week, and
was n success-far exceeding our expectations
We shall be under the ecessity Of referring
our readers to the Premium List, published in
another part Of this paper, for most Of the
news as we were too much engaged, to give
norsonal attention enough to the details Of the
exhibition, to make up anything like report
of our own. The weather was all that could
be desired-days that We "shoud like to be
abroad in," and, probably, owing to this, the
the number Of entries for premiums were much
larger than previous years. To mention all
the meritorious horses on the ground, would be
too long for as to write or you to read, there
fore We will condenso it as much as possible,
The trot for the purse of $50 was nothing ex-
traordnary time. 249, won by Mr.. Ballard,
ofIIartord, the other three competitor, after the
second heat, withdrew, although Mr.. Carlton S
Roam Mare, first and second heats, made very
GOOD time, but did not have bottom to hold
out, so Mr., Ballard had the track to himself
last heat. Mr., Jenniug, of Hartford exhibited
noble specimen of horse flesh, in the shape OF
Bay CeIding, five years old, and had he been
entered for the $50 purse, would have won it
without doubt,--he was the fastest trottng and
walking hore on the ground, trottng his mile
in 9 45-thc fastest time ever made en- the
Woodstock track, and it is called an "honcs
mile" although like Jordan the last day, cit was
n hard road to travel" Mr., Winslow, Of
Pomfret exhibited very fine stallion
Among the 81 class Of horses was Mr.. Cheney
of Barnard, and made very good time, $50
254, 2.52. Mr.. Allen W, Thompson, Of
Woodstock, drove some fast "Dags' On the
whole, the display of horses far excced any
ever exhibited in this County.
The show of cattle, sheep and swine vas large,
and were very fair specimens of Vermont stock
raising. Our readers are referred to the
Premium List for the best stock, although it is
not alauags the case that the best receives a
premium.
Mechanics Hall was we'll flied with the
various articles Of mechanicism, among them
we noticed Cheese. Press, manufactured by
S. White, of Bridgewater, which We considered
an ingenious construction Soap.stone Stoves
and Frs.plsccs, by Messrs Dodge 4 Henry,
of Perkinsville, for which they claim great
merit; two buggys by Messrs Az d. Chamber.
lin, OF Barnard, and well gotten up sleigh
by +. Ii. x NJ. Il, Siayton, OF Woodstock.
There were many other mcritorious articles
in the Hall, but our space will not allow us
particularse any farther,
Floral Hall WAS well decorated with the
industry of the "fair sex" and most every
article was embeIisbed with the Stars and
Stripes, and were emblcmalical of the Union.
We hope the Iedes will be as mild az possible
in their curses upon our head, Cor not particu-
larizipg the various articles of handiwork on
exhibition in this Hall
The Address ty Rev, VIM S, Ba)ch, Of
Ludlow, was a philosophical discourse. and
listened to with marked attention by the vast
concourse people,
Mons. Denier's ftats on the Tight Rope
was truly astonishing, and held the GROVE
Of people almost breathless daring bis per
Torrance. We noticed several 'side shows,
Ethiopian minstrels; big bears mammoth
horse, Ross, the brass, gas and "soft soap
man. and rural lOvcrsi in the shade, "formin' as
sgnations to meet some ither day."
On the whole, the Fair was what it should
be-lucurative to the managers, profitable, in
structive and amusing to the people. County
Fairs are "inslitutions' which the farmer anf
mechanic will patronize if they arc gotten up
as this was, on a fair principle
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