Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-04
Rutland County Fair.
FIRST DAY.


announced to commence In this village
yesterday, was duly inaugurated nnder !
its able and efficient board of officers,
but a drilling rain which set in the
night previous and continued through
the day yesterday, efectually put
"damper" on proceedings as announced
in the programme
!" '"A atuernoon we visited the
grounds, and though but few were IN at
tendance, we found that the entries COM
nared very favorble with other years,
both in numbers and quality
A look into Floral Hall convinced us
that the ladies have been at work, 1t be-
ing neatly and tastefully decorated, and
though the articles on exhibition were
not as numerous as usual, this fact is
accounted for by the Indictment weather,
and should to-day prove favorable,
q good display is looked for. Among
the articles already on exhibition in this
hall we could not help noticing hVe
punches of Diana, four Of Rebecca and
three of Catawaba grapes, with three
fine specimens Of the beechwood species
Of musk.melon, entered by Hon. John
B. Paige of this place; also tine exhl-
hilton of marbelized slate by the Forest
Mining and Slate Company OF hyde
vile; Florence Sewing Machines exhib-
tied by H. L. Gleason, Rutland; hand
some case of medicines, by Fem q Tut
lie. Rutland; d splendid hair wresth en-
tered by Mrs. E. L. Bissell, Rutland, and
the celebrated "Peerless" churn, which
attracted universal attention, with many
fine specimens of wax-work. fruit, flow
ers, oil paintings, embroidery, patch
work, foreign and domestic cloths, car
pets, g., &c.
From Floral Hall we wended our way
to the Sheep Department. and found
therein display which would do honor
to the exhibition of any State Agricul'
tural Society in the Union. Rutland
County, in the display at this Fair, has
fully substantiated her claims to be one
of the best sheep growing Counties in
the sheep growing State Of Vermont
The merino breed predominated among
the entries. though some fine long-wooled,
graded and other valuable varieties
were on exhibition. Among those
worthy of especial notice are five Span
ish merino eve lambs and three bucks
of the same species entered by Mr.. ii. b,
Mcclure Of Middletown; five yearling
Spanish merino bucks, by B. Fitch OF
Castleton flock Of Is merinoes by s,
Root of East Hubbardton pen OF five
mutton ewes, by ]. S. Holden Of Claren
don: four New Oxfordshire eve lambs
by Charles A. Styles of Pittsford, to-
gether with fine buck, 8 years old anc
weighing 221 pounds of the same spe
cies; five yearling merinoes by V. N
Forbes of Westhaven three ewes and
three-year old buck, by G. G. FORBES o
the same place; flock of twelve eve
and eve and buck lambs, by E. Porter
Clarendon fine lot Of mutton eve
and bucks, entered by John Engram Q
this place. and many Others which W
have neither time or space to make men
ton of.
In the horse, cattle, sheep, swine an
poultry departments, as well as in Me
chanical and Agricultural Halls, the dis
play is very good, but we were pre-
vented from visiting them by the heav
rain prevailing at the time of our visi
to the grounds. OF these and otht
things of importance we will make mel
tlop, in our report Of to-day's proceed
ings.
At II a. m. yesterday, the officers
the Society and judges of award met
the Secretarys office, to fill vacancies
Committees, and amended the comm
tees on award in the various classes,
that they now stand as follows
Veqetables. - Frank Killings, Senet
Root Lester Fish.
F,wit.-O. Cook, A. T. Woodward,
H.IKellogg, S. J. Merriam.
Cayr;aqe Horses.--E. A. Smith, Smith
Kelley, L. G. Paris, John Engram.
Matched Hmss.-Alex. Norton, S.
Loveland, S. J. Merriam, Charles Forb'
Scion Smith.
Stock Hmses.-L. Rounds, Jr., s.
Harrison, A. A. Greene, A. j. Mead.
Hrss.-I. G. Wheaton, H. F. Lathrc
Wesley Rowe, John Eggleston, Hen
Noble.
Cattle. - Grove L. Smith, Jeremi
Thornton, B. R. Greene, P. X. Osgot
]. III. Rounds.
Domestic and Mired Breeds.-James
Dewey, Thomas Pierce, 0. H. ROM
W. F. Capron.
Workig Cathe.-James Huntoon, Her
Hayward, Willard Osgood, Joel Colv
lMerino Bucks and LanJs.-Wm. Wrig