Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-10-02

Chitenden County Fair.
Wcre-ame our notices of the Fair. being
compelled &, leave uumenu9uei however.
many articles of merit of waich we had
ukeu note. Concerning the ha--e- we have
only to add. t,at Mr. j. q Tassard of
Kcr-edllr. was present with beautiful pair
of matched uack-. and d Blackhawk stall
E9n, which attracted great admiration, but
which by ucrulc, OF ,ic ciety were not
admitted To competition r,r tine premiums.
Tine display of Cattle was very fine. Alta
rough estimate we SHOULD -ay there were Zee
hae, as many fine cattle on the grounds as
there were at the State Fair. and showing.
too, much higher average Of merit.
In addition t, those mentioned in the
award of premiums, a pair of three year
oh az.a, imported from Canada. and exhib-
i-sI lv Nr. Ezra Mech or >ao,rarne. were
of noticeable excellence. Tine number of
yoke or superior oxen exhibited. was cred
Iu'l. g, tie County. though {, might have
b.ea much larger without difficulty. of
Mich Cows. t9o. the County might as well
a-u.- have made much larger ii-llay.
Tie sheep were not very numerous. the
show in this d.,arrm.nt l..u.. more ,feient
,l,, I'm aor OTHER. I'll. I-. .. premium,
.-.... .f. name. ~. I'D -..e ...i....-.-. who's.
.,.... ,.,-.. 81, -..r..- ..r....I notice.
la ;nr-a,.l swine. our County Fair, are
.r.r,~. ar...f .r ..,--..r- 81, r... >-,r.. anal
viii ..a- I.u.a. ,,.e Burlington breeder, of
.sn.-i.r r.reer. take s1v Mains To show
tlam. T. Wilt. lnr-tei E.rk,lire..
and Chester County b5s-- of N-. T. :.
Drew: the Chester County anl English
Eerk-rir,- ol Nr. ID. G.. Barber. and the
EJ-e boar. el Mr. 4. =, Merrill. all
took premiums. 4 r.a H frc Chester
County pig, .. y. s. p-.w 0 Co.. struck u-
a- remarkably fac-
Th,cgu'i-i.a s. vegetables iu Mechanics
Jan ,a, cs.eu-l,e. OF a very remarkably
li-h average q a...-. aaa included many
nn...a.a ra..t-- ", may ,rerilv the
Fiji Island r.r.t.... terr large and fine. cz-
fr-,t t- T... r.,n.-- lr-. Wheeler
.--I.,.- Sweet l.rt, .oua.h bv T. S.
p-.v. C.rc.rni, smash 1r Robert Rs1.r..
T-,..-,i. ,,..r~.'.-l ,oj S1sar p9,prfin.
Ir Henry ,,mi, and black early corn ay
! y. Plu.-.r Nlr. Pomcrav ais, exhibited
"a mech. or two of sweet no.atoe, of as good
,.srI r-.,..,--,r, al. anv raised in south
Cora-ra. T.erI,n,s were obtained bv llr.
p..o.r.. +, LAKELAND Ohio and were .ct
or. an -l. ,.s of june last. Flax IN tie
,rsot y..c,t,iitcJ bv Drew d Narramore
and n- D. Ii.,5,. and dressed flax h,
n-.,, a. N,--.,. ~. .r Slclbrrp.-pev ,r,i-
H.. er mi. r..i,p The spIendid best.
onions ,,,.o.i, ..r,.bes seed corn and
,,-a-oe. were t,, numerous to mention.
The variety of POTATOES shown bv Mr.. A.
Kiml7II of BURLINGTON was noticeable
The Mechanical display was also "a good
one. TIE display of stove. ovens, 6c., by &.
. :. Blod,ctt and Co.. was an extensive one,
and included the beautiful and desirable Soap
Stone stoves, which attracted 50 much atten-
tion at the State Fair at Rutland. They
have no superior Cor chamber or larlor
stove. Mathews 6 Baxter exhibited stoves
and sheet iron and copper ware Of excellent
Workmanship
Joshua Jewell occupied large amount Of
space with an exhibition of rich furniture
very attractive to house-keepers- The fun
niturc and chairs exhibited by c. l. Nelson,
were of superior quality.
The display Of Collins and Burial Caske's
10y Jacob Greene was extensive and pine
coffin, of his make was awarded the highest
premium given IN tins department ana re-
oel'ed III a''''i'i'n 'i'e '' ''ii'i'i'''''' ''-' u
the Committee.
The PLoaehs e4nioi0ea by MI D. : Fielce
received much attention On the part oi ial-
mers.
\ centre table, made 'y NICHOLS d " alAel
oi burlington "ioiiy oi 'liii'i'' "O0l9, VI
which ''H'ain'1 no i''4 ''.'-i '''' -''' :
Kinds simliy 7 lla'''e anu a''i''ii'1' anu
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