Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-10-19

lst premium on best lot of boots and
shoes, Mott & Vail.
LIST do. on Washing Machine, j. Kelly,
lst do. on Improved Skates, Luce g.
Smith.
lst do, on Perpetual Fountain, Philip
Aim.
1st do. on Threshing Machine, Hodg-
kins Bros.
1st do, on Assortment of Shoes, S. &
w. H. Stafford.
lst do. on model schooner, 0. Gates.
The washing machine, unlike many
others is an excellent worker, washing,
as the Spanish do, solely by the action
Of the water on the clothes. The ma
chine can be set in the parlor and work
ed by any little tive-year old girl with
out soiling or wetting the carpet. It's
low price and liberal terms offered by
Mr.. Kelly bring it within the means of
every one.
Stafford's soap stone stoves are what
every one should have who values econ
omy and health,
BUTTER AND CHEBsE-5 ENTRIES.
lst premium on best jar of butter, W.
W, Savery lst do cheese, W. W. Savery
End do do s, Parsons 1st Sage cheese,
w. W. Savery.
sHEEP-125 ENTRIES.
lst premium on Cotswold buck, j. J.
Shed lst do Marno do, 3 yrs old, D. P.
Wescott 2nd do Edgar Ganson 3rd do
De Witt German.
1st do 2 yrs Oils, L. French; 2nd, do S.
Webster 3rd dc, Johnson.
1st premium do l yr old, S. j. Mer-
riam 2nd do, Gilbert Barker 9rd do,
]. NJ. 0rmsbee.
1st premium do lambs, Gilbert Bar
Der 2nd do, W, Cheney 3rd do, W. A.
| Williams.
1st premium on ewes, yrs old, NJ. NJ.
Dikeman End do, S. j. Hall 3rd do, E.
johnson.
1st premium of yearlings Is, N. T.
Sprague, Jr. End do 10, d. c. Smith.
1st premium do 5, D. Ingles 2nd do,
5, NJ. NJ. Dikeman 3rd do 5, D. Black
mer.
1st premium on Merino lambs 5, NJ.
P. June End do 5, NJ. NJ. Dikeman !;
3rd do 5, S. J. Hall.
1st do 8, N, t. Sprague, Jr. 2nd do 8,
D. Ingles 3rd do 8, E. Ganson.
1st premium on grade and mutton
sheep, NJ. P. June 2nd do, Col, H, H.
Merritt 3rd do, J. J. Sheed.
CATTLE-35 ENTRIES,
1st premium on best COW, Asa Paine !;
2nd do, A. NJ. Hatch.
1st premium .on best year old steers,
George Swinnington, Leicester End do,
Asa Paine, Pittsford 3rd do, Asa Paine,
PittsfOrd
1st premium in steer calves, Elam
French 2nd do H. H. Sumner.
1st premium on bull calf, Gilbert
Whitmore.
1st premium on heifer calf, A. NJ.
| Hatch.
lst premium on yoke of fat cattle, B.
soorcnS P1tts(ord; 2nd do, S. Segar 3rd
do, G. Swinnington, Leicester.
lst premium on working oxen, 4 yrs
old, E. Fuller; 2nd do, II. T. Lathrop,
Pittsford 3rd do, Mcclellan & Cheney
1st premium do year old steers, G.
! Swinnington, Leicester 2nd do, B
Manley, Hubbardtcn.
The show of sheep was of course sa.
tisfactory, as sheep culture is a feature
with Brandon farmers.
While less attention has been Maid to
cattle, the exhibition warrants the com
/ mlttee and Others interested in the be-
lief that Vermont may yet see the day
when her cattle on her thousand hills
shall roam as lords of the soil, and when
farmers Will have not, "wool over the
eyes alone, but beef on the brain.
HORsEs-42 ENTRIES.
lst premium on best matched horses,
E. L. Paine, Pittsford 2nd do, n, w
Churchill 3rd dose. W. Conant.
lst premium on best single horses. W.
NJ. Lincoln 2nd do, John Balls & Son;
3rd do, R. H. Fletcher.
lst premium on stock horse, G. Barker
2ud do, W. Butler, PittsfOrd Sd do, L.
Fletcher, Goshen
lst premium on best mare and colt, OS
Manly, Chittenden; End do, o. Ford Sd
do, H. l.. Leonard.
lst premium on best yr old colt, j.
R. Stoodley; I'd do, W. Savery 3rd do
w. A. Williams.
lst premium on best 2 yr old colt, R,
WelCh I'd do, J. NJ. Goodnough; 3rd do.
James Cahee.
1st premium on one year old colt, ].
X. Knowlton I'd do, R. W. Fletcher
8rd do, CIV. Conant.
The contest among horsemen was
quite spirited, and gave mnch zest
to the exhibition. 1t was plain that but
little preparation had been made, as we
saw some fine young horses shown,
well docked in name as well as in tail.
BurdOcks may be premium produc-
tiOn, 5pt they are not slightly.
We noticed another quadruped, {" all
saddled, bridled, and ready for. fight"
but which would go right contrary to
the will of the rider, despite bit, blows,
and Hicks innumerable. He had all the
stuboorness as well as the paternity of
mule He might have been, as the an
cient Fenian would say, the daddy of
all rsbbits" d" if not of the pair of English |
rabbits some one had at the Hall. We ap-
preached him for Report, when
He gave US his tail,
We gave him our back;
QuOth he, "He-hau-hail,
Quoth we, Jass-Ack !"
Now, perhaps you "can't see it," but
this IS Fair poetry, especially consider
ing the two authors But we would ad-
wise VermOnters to be wary of this in