The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-22

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Of the large number of sheep on exhi-
bition the Merinos took the lead. The
Messrs. Wilcox and c. A. Sylvester are
among the pioneers of this style, but others
are following Oh so closely that they will
soon be overtaken. Mr.. Sylvester exhib-
tied his "Sweepstakes," valued at $1,000,
and that sheared this summer 264 lbs of
wool; also yearling son of "Sweep,"
that sheared l61 lbs. Messrs. Jacob Ide,
j. Higgins & Son, Hall, Bemis, Carr, etc,
exhibited the South Down and COtswold
breed which must furnish our mutton, as
thousand dollar sheep are expensive eat
ing. There were several pens of high
colored and doubtless very valuable Meri
no sheep, the owners Of which we could
not find.
There were but few colts exhibited.
Messrs. II. Fisher and S. Owen had some
sucking colts; D. Quimby, - Spaulding
and H. NJ. Hall some nice two and three
years Odds.
Of Swine there was good show; but
both Jews and Gentiles gathered about the
pen of John Allen, which contained
mother and eleven little ones of the Mack
ey breed, and though but two and a-half
weeks old he was offered s. apiece for
them. A returned soldier exhibited a
Fairfax Co. (Va) pig that he confscated
1--WE suppose) in the Old Dominion.
The Poultry show was fair, comprising
everything from an American Eagle down
to Bantam chicken.
In Agricultural Hall we found a large
show of vegetables fair show of fruit,
very good for the season; excellent butter
cheese and sugar, little bread, pastry and
preserves, and few agricultural implements
except mowers. The display of p vari-
ties Of apples and 5 of pears by Mr.. Geo.
Galbraith of Barnet was truly tempting
Both his and Joseph c. Fuller's Flemish
Beauty pears are pears that no one objects
to several pairs Of Henry NJ. Aver of
this town exhibited several varieties of crab
apples from Mr.. Bryant's nurseries al
Stanstead. 1t is too bad that we cannot
raise apples inthis valley, but we cant,
and the next best thing we can do is to
raise Mr.. BIS varieties of crab apples
They are very large, fine favor, and good
either to eat, make pies, sauce or cider
There was but one entry of grapes and
that was from this village. We looked in
vain for more We think the Delaware,
Hartford, Prolific and Israeli can he ma
tured here in the open air There is no
better fruit raised How many vines shall
be set this fall?
After the above was in type, and the
second day of the fair, Chas. f. Ramsay
exhibited fine lot of Delaware grapes :
and he is ready to demonstrate to the most
skeptical that good grapes can be raised in
the open air in Caledonia Co.
The mechanical part of the exhibition
was failure. 1t has been approximating
that for several years. Messrs. Trull and
Mattocks of Lyndon had two open bug
gies of unique pattern and extra finish,
and Harvey & Greenleaf of W. Concord
exhibited a sleigh. There were also four
different moving machines, new style
harrow and horse rake, root cutters, etc.
etc.
The Waterford slate quarry company
had on exhibition some of their beautiful
slate which was admired by all who could
appreciate. A full description of this val.
liable quarry was given in this paper a
few weeks ago, and samples Of what il
quarries can be seen at this office
There were five different styles of now
ing machines in the building, all of which
had their especial advantages over all
others. There was the Buckeye, favor
lite of widespread renown, the Woods
patent manufactured by j. NJ. Warner Of
this place. of no less notoriety and proba.
bly, more extensively used than any other
in this country; the Union (made and
sold by Fletcher & Kniffen Of this place.
which though more recent machine, is
Justly popular, and great numbers have
been sold the past season, and we under
stand they give good satisfaction; the
Granite machine, made at Lake Village,
N. H., which has some advantages over
all others we have ever seen and one.
wheeled machine the maker or patentee Of
which did not appear.
There was a goodly number of people
out, but not as many as we should think
would come the first day considering the
fact that the stock is only kept for exhi-
bition one day. The entries in the agri-
cultural department the first day were