Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-09-22

Bradford. and Goldthwait, Of New Hampshire.
DIR. Henry Boynton Of Woodstock, deprecated
the mathematical calculation Of the degree OF
blood in one snimal or another, and said that
the facts on this point did not and could not
show the possession OF any positive proportion
Of blood in any individual Of species, Dur tney
did show that an animal might possess as much
Of the peculiar CHARACTERISTICS Of the sire or the
dam as though it was the sole product Of the one
or the other. The language in use among US
was calculated to deceive.
! Messrs HilIman Of st. Adams, Stafford OF
/ Springfield. Stafford of Hartford, +. "ad-
leigh, of.Sherburne, c. E., and others, also SPOKE
/ and the Question was then put to vote and unan-
imously decided in the negative. The meeting
rss then dissolved.
SECOND DAY.
At eleven o'clock A. NJ, on Wednesday
the Grand Cavalcade of Horses took place.
Examinations and trials of the various class
es of horses by the Judges, occupied the af-
ternoon.
The attendance of spectators was fair some
1000 persons being on the ground. The to-
tai number of entries made in all depart
ments is sS7. This includes llo cattle, DDS
horses and go sheep.
CatIe-Short Horn Sfoek-A. NJ. winslOw
& Sons, Putney. exhibit lS head including the
magnificent years old bull ''Rising Star" and
cows LADY Sale, 6th," and 'Topsy," each
years old; Charles K. GRAY, Z. Montpelier,
years old bull '.Duke of Dundsle," which took
the New England Society's LIST premium; +. L.
Nadleigh. Hadley, c. E., 6 head, including
years old bull Gen. Hooker" and fine mich
COW years old; Carlos Pierce, Boston, exhibits
an OK 'Gen. Grant, years old (grade)
heifer weighing POO, and a years old (short
hornl bull Monitor weighing 200 lbs;
Henry e. Cleveland. Coventry, head, inelud-
ing IA months old bull Major" fine cows
and a bull calf months old; Ira Wood. Hart
ford, years old bull; d. W Barney, Clare
mont, n. H., pair year old steers, pair years
old steers. and yoke 8 years old oxen; Jas
Palelford. Hartland, one years old bull Our
ham) and one years old bull (mixed blOod);
I. L. Terrin, Stanstesd, c. E., pair working
oxen.
DepoH. Geo. W. Pease. Hartford, years
oil COW: ID. Davis l. Son, Windsor, l3 head, H.
cluiing years old bull, "Young Bloomfield,
and a very handsome pair OF years old steers;
George Davis, East Montpelier, five head, in-
GLIDING a hne years old bull.
III Other BiOods. $. & W. $. Allen, Ver-
gennes, VT have eight hesd, including hue
blood bull years old, and handsome mich
COW. wears old: Stephen Hill. W. Lebanon, y.
H., EXHIBITS years old bull.
.Nafires. George W. Pesse, Hartford. has
two cows. years old and years old; D. W
Smonds, Hartford, yearling heifer and years
old COW; n. Hunto0n. Hartford, lO years old
COW and yearling heifer.
Nd -.
/ XIV. $. Allen, Vergennes. exhibit AZ varieties
OF the former and there are four other entries
There are but seven entries Of swine.
Fruit-The display was moderate. On ap-
pies, s. X W. 5. Allen exhibit SIX varieties y.
B. Hazen Of Hartford, 81 varieties, and stephen
| Tryon Of the same place, llO varieties On
grapes, J. W Manning, Reading, Mass, has
varieties; c c Benton, Lebanon, has varieties
of native grapes; Edson Hutchinson, Norwich.
I 10 varieties; Dr. Grant, of Iona, n. Y, has
! yariets of grapes. OF Pears and peaches. as
well as of vegetables, the display was limited
I F7olrers-Niiss L A Sumner, Hartlsnd, has
An elegant she'll flower receiver filed with choice
/ flowers, and a mound Of % varieties Of dahlias;
| DIR Worcester, Thetford, exhibits oeautl-
full mound Of psnsies. circle and basket OF now
| ers. magnificent display, and mound OF 20
varieties Of verbenas-
In Honey and Sugar, C b Bgelow has box
| Of 65 pounds of honey and boxes Italian bees;
| I Bingham, Windsor; Stephen Tryon. Hartford;
HMC tting, d Hunt, North Tunbridge,
| Wood, Hariland, exhibit honey. Samples oil
sugar are exhibited BY A D Smith, D nby, Ju-
Illus Hazen. Hartford, James G Bates. Hartland,
a.d Vim II Walker.
Butter and Cheese, Moore, East Berk-
shire, E L Hibbard, West Berkshire, and u
Smith. exhibit 9 boxes each Of factory cheese.
Ew Ormsby, East Montpelier, has a boz OF %
pounds Of beautiful lump butter, and Joseph l.
! Dunton, Hartford, 6rkin Of new butter, very
nice.
In the departments Of Household Manufse-
lures and Fancy Articles, are the Lamb knitting
machine, Arctic soda apparatus. by Cone fease'
Hartford. patent hand loom, by Zeoedee Bowen,
Bethel; photograph. BY Billings Hougn anu
G c Rowell, Leblanc and Newport, II; cot
tare organs and melodeons, by Estey & Co,
Brattleboro; an octave piano. by Powers &
Story, Burlington; Smiths American organ,
Boston; 4 styles cabinet organs, by Mason
Hsmhu, Boston; vulcsniIed rubber work in den
,is,ry, DR. A NJ Move, Lebanon, n II; and a
great variety Of pictures, embroidery and fancy
work of various kinds
One of the most remarkable exhibitions IN this
fair is that of plumbago, from Chelses, VI: Ihe
specimens contain less than ~ per cent ot stone
and were taken from q vein Of nearly feet IN
thickness. The mines are owned BY hon : W
Patterson, S W Cobb, W Y Ysncey, and Prof.
Alb Crosby of New Hampshire, and Henry Z
Rood of Philadelphia, whe are working them
with great success Tue purity OF the mineral
from thesemi mes is, We believe, only surpasseu
by that obtained from the famous Burrowdalt
mine in Cumberland. Eng. worth from : Is tS
S25 per pound
Poultry. Best collection, 81 for each of l.
varieties 10 s W Allen, Vergennes best
, collection Of native fowls, 81 to Stephen Tryon
Hartford best collection of poultry owned and
exhibited by one man. So to S Allen
!. Farm Implements and Heavy Ihaehinery-
Hav and Cotton Press Premium Of S2O &
Americon Hay and Cotton Press Go. Mosini
Machiues-lst premium, Sl5, to Buckeye Mo"
= ing Machine Co, St. Adams ID, $40, sn'
, diploma, to Knifin Moving Machine Co., diplo
ma to Union Moving Machine Co., Stone hoist
: ing machine-Premium Of $40 to Chas. {. Slse
Norwich. Land plow, corn shelter and harro'
Premium Of S5 to A Wellington, WOODSTOCK
Q Revolving horse rake-Premium Of SO TO q
r Warner. Essex. OK cart Premium OF SO
G II Tenney, Lebanon, N, II. Or Scraper-
u Premium Of So to W Balston, Harristown, Me
il Soda fouutain-Premium of S3 to Cone & Peas
"a Hartford.
" Machine iuork and manufactured goods
n Premium Of So to DR. A NJ Move, LEBANON,
,. H, for one case dentistry; premium Of SO to
D TerriIl, Claremont. N II, for buggy; premiul
D of sS to Z A Gushing. Lebanon, II, for clOth'
= washer aud wringer.- ,-t. -.t. -,-.-. .
" SuqIr and Honsy-Maple sugar-lst pr
: MUM, So, A D Smith, Dandy; I'd. 81. Jas
III Bates. Hartland; Sd, ] Hs1en. Hartford. Hone
list premium, So. Hunt, n. Tunbridg'
ID, c B Biglow. weatbers6eld. s'@irA
bs Veoetables-Best and greatest vsriety--l
Ia premium S. JasG Bates; I'd. SO, Z Dutto
he Hartford. t-....-.. -, %. e.
IT. The public discussion. Wednesday evenin
To- was on the question |" What IS the best breed
or cattle for. Vermont a. Mr. Daniel Kinball
he Rutland, considering the subject in every ligt
es did not hesitate to say that the Durham
r. Short Horn breed was the best for Vermont
Deyons might be better for some particular
Of cations. II had been said that the end Of I
q csstle was beef Durhsms would bring the bt
inc prices in the market for thew contained less Il