Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-09-17

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stated, will make steam enough to propel
the carriage twenty-five miles, making the
expenses of running it less than a cent a
mile, The engine is two horse power,
| the weight of the whole establishment is
500 pounds, Mr.. w. w. Austin says it
will ascend any hill that horse and
wagon can-which we are not prepared
to vouch for. 1t was announced that
the carriage would compete in race with
any horse or team that might come upon
the track, but il failed to make good any
such pretensions. Mr.. +. A. Leland
! of Middlebury, with his fine three year
old Sherman Morgan stallion, "General
Put" trotted round with the carriage and
! distanced it with perfect ease while an
Irish youth, Mike Foley by name, mount
ed upon a sprightly nag, slappmg its sides
with what once was cap, and appearing
like development" of dandy jack
monkey and his pony, beat it two to one.
1t is but justice to remark, however,
that the corners of this half mile course
are very abrupt, and it is impossible 10
make the turns without retarding the
speed Mr.. A. claims that on a mile
course, or certainly on a straight road, he
can easily run mile in two minutes, and
that on the horse railroad tracks he has
run mile in few seconds less than one
minute. At any rate, the steam carriage
seems on the road to success, and the mind
involuntarily looks forward to the time
when carriages, coaches and carts, plows,
harrows and cultivators, will be every
where moving over the earth's surface,
'sby the irresistible genius of UNIVERSAL
evaporation. .--
Before taking our final leave of the
State Fair we will just pass through and
gather up any miscellaneous items that
NAV have been overlooked.
The Patent Concentric Harrow, belong
inc to Moses Sheldon, Of Calais, VT, is
fully endorsed by the most respectable
farmers of that region as doing double
the service of any other harrow. BY the
arrangement of the teeth in two concen-
trio circles, it is claimed that the harrow
does much finer work than any other,
without liability to clog; that it works as
we'll on hill side as on level ground, &c.
We have thus far neglected to notice
the show of poultry, of which Mr.. E. N.
Bissell of Shoreham, is the principal eX-
hibitor. 1t consisted of many varieties of
pigeons, ducks, geese, hens and turkies,
and in the language of Col Needham, was
much the largest and best exhibition OF
poultry ever made in the State.
Previous to the last day ofthe fair there
had hea,. psvtl,oI d meagra cxhihition of
fruit, but on Friday Mr.. w. S. Allen OF
Panton, had on exhibition between thirty
and forty varieties of apples, and Mr.. j.
NJ. Ketchum of Sudbury, had ninety-fve
varieties.
Mr.. K. had also several varieties of
crab apples, very beautiful to look upon,
and what is remarkable, very pleasant to
the taste He has even succeeded in pro-
ducing a street crab apple. He says he
is able to make only a small show now,
but at the County fair he proposes to ex-
hibit some fruit.
Mr. Scion Bresee of Sudbury had on
exhibition inserted in a bed of moss thirty
varieties of dahlias, altogether the incest
thing of the kind at the fair.
CONCLUSION.
We learn from the books of the Secreta-
ry, Col. Needham, that the whole number
of horses entered was $50, including 81
matched teams, some of which were very
superior The whole number of sheep
entered was 425, and the number of cat
tie 20. The number of entries IN Floral
Hall was l31, and in Mechanics Hall 1l8.
1t was estimated by good judges that
on Thursday afternoon there were not
much if any less than 10000 persons
on the ground at once. There was the
usual number of side shows and of hawk
ers and peddlers; in fact fair would
seem to be wanting in animation and va
riety without these never failing concom-
ltants. 1t was truly an exhilarating spec
tacle, on bright and genial September
afternoon, to look from the Judges,
stand upon the throngs of well dressed
and well behaved men and women on the
grounds, in the amphitheatre and on the
surrounding hills. There was no disturb