St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-09-27
1igficUitarui Hal.
This Hall has never been 50 we'll filled
as the present year. The exhibition was
unusually GOOD in the line of

This Hall has never been SO we'll filled
rs the present year. The exhibition was
unusually good i'll the line of
VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
There wa, the usual variety of thc
egetalic kingdom distributed about the
building, with an extra large growth on
many articles, owin4 no doubt to inCreas-
ed care in raising and an mrommonlv
! productive season. Oh fruit there was
such display a. 10 neari y convince the
Skcptiral and unFelicyerS that this great
luxury can he raised III Caledonia Ccun-
ty. after all. Geo. GaIbraith of Balnet
exhibited 50 varieties Of cnoice fall and
winter apples, five kinds of plums and
four kinds OF pears. \. c. Danforth
had tcn varieties o. apples and pears
u IN. NcI.arcn OF Barnet, four or five
kinds; Parker Harvey had besides nice
apples. Green and Columbian Gage. and
Manning Blue PIumb>. James GiIhll-
al. I. {. Hawkins and C. Frost of this
town had a good show Of apples and
piums. John Bacon ID, of St. Johns
bury had English apples, choice varie-
ties of crab apples and plums all raised
on the banks of the pa>sumpsic river.
James Lang of Barnet had one of the
finest displays of apples, being no less
than "A varieties.
}. &. Lawrence of DanvilIe entered
apples, pears and grapes, not for premi-
UNI and a choice lot of apples from
peacham were brought in by some one
who left without entering them at the
secretarys office,
The farmers wives and others, outdid
most ii not all former years, in the display
Of butter and cheese; bread, pastry and
preserves honey, cake and pickles and
numerous other articles with which this
department was crowded.
MECHANICAL WORKS.
The fairs in this County have always
been deficient in this department. This
year the exhibition was good but not
large. }. A. Darling of Lyndon showed
two buggy wagons of tasty style and cx-
quisite linlSh-the only wagons on exhi-
bition. J. L. Casino of St. John.bury,
spring mattresses and some of his superior
lounges. l.. ii. Truax of West Con-
cord, beadsteads. j. NJ. Warner Il Son
exhibited the Woods mower, which they
manufacture. 1t is probably known to
all our readers that this mower took the
first prize at the Paris exhibition this
summer. \ Buckeye mower was shown
by the agent George McIndoe This
also is tayorite machine among the
farmers.
VIM. {. Powers 4 Co., Of Lyndon
had a par of light carriage harnesses and
single harness Of neat style and nice
workmanship. There were also the
usual number of churns. straw-cutterS.
root cutters, apple parers, washing ma
chimes and clothes wringers. Of wash
ing machines, c. NJ. Carleton of Haver
hill, n. H., exhibited the sKitchcn
Maid" an entirely new thing which he
has just patented. Rufus Nuttine of
Randolph exhibited some ingenious hold
backs and whitfietree, smooth and fixed
mesh wire cloth, root cutter, and some
buckwheat flour, bolted in his newly in
vented mill, that is as white and pure as
the best Western wheat flour.
Miss George Wright exhibited a very
tasty set Ct croquet, Ely, Balch & Co.,
hoes and forks, Messrs Griswold leather.
both calf skins and upper leather; James
Mutt showed large card of re-cut files,
Dean, Parker & Co. an ingenious con-
irlvance for securing knives, and Frank
Blgelow, a deaf and dumb boy of about
ten years, very neat squirrel cage, of
his own manufacture.
X. 1. Sleeper of Newark entered
lot OF nice hops, but we believe no pre-
MUM was offered on this article.
There was good show of fancy fowls,
but few geese and no turkeys.