Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-10-06
Rutland County Fair.


rain greatly intcrSgcd with the BUSINESS
or he fair yesterday nevertheless up
waus .! taNr hGg red entries were
made-the IA. Of them before IL
o'clock. weare author12l to state that
entries C. a "a made till about II O'Clock
today. 10 4, .,au anlatc those who were
kept back r'.o estefuay'
As might ha,v J.en expected, the
most noticeable feature Is the merlno
sheen, of which there are about twenty
exhibitors, several of them entering
twenty or thirty head each.
Lester Fish of Ira has hye pens OF
sheep among them two year old buck
which sheared twenty-three pounds OF
wool; and very fine buck lamb two
months and half old. We mention IN
this connection twenty yards of carpet
ing entered in Mr.. Fishs name in Floral
Hall
] q. Proctor OF Rutland has very
large number of sheep, among whlch
also was two year old buck which
sheared twenty-three pounds.
j. Rounds, Jr., of Clarendon, exhibits
i've merino ewes that sheared over fifty
yoruds OF wool. One of them weighing
tn. .y-three lbs, sheared nine and half
pounds. This was woody head in
deed. At one time the wool had grown
over the sleeps eyes so as to render
her nearly blind, and it became neces-
sary to tie up her wool with ribbon.
Messrs. CT. Barber of Castleton, G. L.
Gorham of West Rutland, II. B. McCluer
of Middletown, j. Lincoln OF Shrews-
bury. and s. j. Merriam of Brandon
have each pen of fine merinos. Mr..
Mt. Sprague, Jr., has on exhibition
two yearling bucks named respectively
nTom Savers and John Heenan,"
the former OF which with carcass
weighing sixty and hree-fourths pounds
sheared seventeen and one-fourth pounds
of wool Mr. s. has refused $500 for
this sheep. John Heenan sheared
fifteen and three-fourths pounds of wool.
Twenty yearling ewes OF Mr.. Spragues,
on exhibition, aud sixteen Others, left
at home. averaged at shearing twelve
and three fourths pounds apiece. Be
sides these there is one pen of five ewes,
and another Of ffteen belonging to the
same man.
Mr.. G.. D. Smith of Sudbury exhibits
one yearling and one two year old buck
pure blood Mr.. j. Thornton of Ira had
twenty six sheep Mr.. Sheldon of Fair
haven has twenty or more Messrs. W..
T. Nichols, j. G. Griggs, A. j. Meade and
INV. Cook, all of Rutland, have each two
or three pens of very fine sheep.
Mr.. Z. T.. Holden of Clarendon, exhib-
its one Spanish Merino buck lamb, five
Oxfordshire ewes, very large, and five
New Oxfordshire ewes and one buck,
Mr.. II. also has on exhibition one peck
onions six Hubbard squashes, six cab
bages, six pumpkins, twenty-one varie-
ties seed corn, one tub maple sugar and
two boxes honey.
Mr.. G. l.. Smith OF Rutland, had on
ex} pition fine sorrel colt from Mr..
X ley's well known horse, the Orange
County Morgan" Also an elegant yoke
o. I've years old steers, from tWn helf
ers, weighing 1880 pounds. These oxer
have done the ploughing and hauled the
hay, estimated at one hundred tons, of q
three hundred acre farm. Also, are ex-
hibited in Mr. Smiths name, one piece
tow cloth, four skeins linen thread, one
piece diaper, one piece linen cloth, and
one piece Of flannel.
Mr.. E. Pike of Shrewsbury, has yoke
of four years old twin steers, almost ex
actly alike which weigh 1906 pounds.
Mr.. George Sawyer of Mendon, has {
yoke OF good working cattle, supposed
to be unsurpassed for draft by any 9th
ers. ) much larger show of cattle may
be expected to-day s 1888 ba4
Mr-H Clark, Jr, of Mendon, exhibits
seven varieties of very fine large pota
toes, among which was o Jackson Whit
weighing two pounds and two ounces
Also orc woven coyerlet.
Mt. Henry Pike of Shrewsbury, ha
onesvafiety Of English fiat turnips an'
two varieties of potatoes. The larges
turnip IN the lot measured upwards Q
eleven inches in diameter 97e
Nj. r. II; Lincoln has two boxe
weighing abedt seven and oneJlalf lbt
each. oiAyerE nice honey. The swarm
frore which this honey was taken came
out in June, and filled six boxes of thi
sizesSanl partly filled two more
CoLQNY. T. Nichols, whose sheep hav
lsdy been alluded 70, had on cxhibi
= Il six varieties Of the largest kind Q
IS, three of carrots, eight OF potatoes
and FIVE Of grapes.
Mr.. w. Chatterton of Rutland, ha'
two strings Of very large seed corn. som
Of the ears being nnsrlv foot in length
Mr.. r. o. Thru .. Centre Rutland
has on exhibition au exquisite specimen
~ ~a,,ory carved from the finest kim