Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-12

Ct East Montpelier, and to D. r 0say q
Montpelier.
The exhibition of horses was good. 81
though il might have been bstsse. Ihsss
wsre several Thoroughbred and tReesin9
horses on the ground, and the races sash day
were source Of much pleasure 70 The Iovsss
of the sports of the turf We ere not ~
fat in the description Of horse races. and
those of our readers interested in the ninutiA
of such trots will find full accounts Of then in
the city daily papers. We notice that H..
G. ED. Benedict of Williamstown, received
a diploma for his fine stallion, " Benedict
Morrill," The fancy-matched horses, the
blooded and thoroughbred animals. the tandso
teams and the handsome turnoats OF twos,
fours and skies were we'll worthy The oom-
mendation they received whenever they sp-
peared.
The show Of poultry We called good, o.
though others said there was not % fall 4
display az. at some previous fairs. AT al
events, tbs oackling. growing, quseking and
souaking was sufficient to remind one of .
small Babel, and We were glad there were no
more to increase the intolerable din. To their
credit, however, it must be said they were
creditable, " wide awake" specimens Of al
the gallinaceous tribes that have fourished
since Noah's ark disgorged its feathered oeou-
pants.
The address of Gov Andrew of Maeachu-
sets, delivered on Friday, was on the topic
of " Diversified Industry in its relation to the
prosperity of American farmers" and the
subject was ably treated and the views of the
speaker enforced with much eloquence, and
| supported by an incontrovertible array of
| facts and figures. Ii was very lengthy, but
the audience listened with attentive pleasure
throughout the hour and half occupied in
it's delivery.
OF course no Fair would be complete with
out its array of side-shows to satisfy the
pleasure-going and curiosity-seeking crowd.
So at Bra,tleboro there were fat women and
skeleton men, and all sorts of shows ranging
from the Siamese twins, of whom . lady o.
the Fenian persuasion innocently inquired
e Place, which of you bees the Oldest .
down to the anacondas and the fat dog. Then
there were the pickpockets striving, e. I
brother reporter naively remarked, " to tur,
an honest penny" BY relieving you of you
pocket book. This class of gentry wer,
abundant aid did thriving business. Man,
an unsuspecting countryman who came Il
the Fair with money in both pockets, wen
home with none in either but in great won
derment to know how he did it," The polio
arrangement was doubtless good, but somehow
its members didn't often happen to b
: around - where the thieves moot do congre
gate.
: The hotel accommodations and the PROV
sions made for feeding the multitude ct Brst
tleboro, if not exactly such As might seem d.
sirable, were certainly as good - could be q
pected under the circumstances. The crow
to be fed and cared for was unprecedented
large, and everybody must expect to endul
many discomforts on such an occasion. It
sometimes necessary to take the will to do fl
the deed itself, and We feel sure tho citlsens
Brattleboro ,OilIed to do the right thing In
l. week; and if any of US feel Ike grumblin
over our entertainment there, let Us be se
erous minded, and reflect that if one-half
US had stayed at home las, week, the Brattl
boro people could have much better entertain
ed the other half of the crowd
One word relative to the agricultural di
. cushions in the evening of each day Of Il
Fair, and we will close. These meetings we
we'll conducted and interesting. Much valu
bic information was elected at them, and '
hope at some future day to give the readers
:, the FIREMAN the benefit of some notes '
made on those occasions