Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-08-01
Unless exhibitors watched carefully and


showed u jury an article from America.
He certainly never did contribution
from Vermont. But Americans worked
for themselves and for one another, AL
though competitors In many instances,
yet the national pride that burned in
their bosoms prompted them to abandon
all selfish considerations and do noble
deeds. will cite one Of the many In
stances of this kind. Col. James L.
Griffin, the Agent for McCormick's Reaper,
seeing a competing Reaper from the
mandatory OF Messrs, Seymour g. Nor.
gan and no one to put 1t up suggested
that take hold with hm and put 1t to-
gether before the judges came round.
cheerfully accepted the proposition and
we labored hard to put up the machine
which by hard contested lawsuit some
years since, had been proved to be an
infringement on McCormick's patent. But
all these differences and jeslousies of the
past were set aside or smothered by the
Colonel and more christian spirit sub
stituted in its stead.
But by the union, cooperation and
perseverance we have done well-better
than any other nation. think l gave
you hasty notice of the result, but as
an error or two occurred In that report /
will give it again briefly. The whole
number of contributions is over $4,000.
About five thousand prizes were award
ed, making about one medal to every
eight exhibitors. From the United States
there were about $40 articles exhibited
and two hundred and sixty-eight prizes
or fraction over one medal prize to
every two articles exhibited. The con-
tributions directly from Vermont stand
even much higher than this. There
were six contributions as follows; Ward
rell's Channeling Machine from Rutland.
Balls Repeating Fire Arms from Wind
sor Manufacturing Co., Windsor. Fair
banks Scales from st. Johnsbury Howe's
Scales from Brandon, samples OF Paint
and Kaolin from Brandon Kaolin and
Paint Co., and Vegetable Cutter from
A. FL. Wellington, Woodstock. All but
the last named articles had a medal
awarded. The Agent of Messrs. Fair
banks (Mr. Merrill) arranged to have
his scales divided into two classes (53
and 63) and examined by two jnries.
The first jury awarded silver medal
for the large collection of small scales
and balances and the other one awarded
bronze medal on the large scale, so the
Messrs. Fairbanks receive two medals
on their scales, thus making the num-
Der of medals just equal to the number
of contributions from the State--of these
three are silver and three are bronze.
No State has done better-none so well.
Missouri sent numerous contributions
many of which were very valuable, but
the commissioner for the State did not
arrive till the verdicts had been decided
upon, and not an article from that State
got as much as even an honorable men,
ton. Illinois sent out "school House"
and parties in Chicago "Western farm
House." Both are nice buildings, but
neither of them got mention or medal,
They were not finished when the juries
were at work in April. Numerous other
instances of similar nature might be
mentioned, but these will suffice.
Parties from the United States have
four grand Prizes, II Gold medals, 81
Silver medals, 104 Bronze Medals and
81 Honorable mentions.
The grand Prizes were to the Sanitary
Commission of the United States
Hugehs of New York for Printing Tele
graph; to G. W. Field for successfully
laying the Atlantic Gable; and to Pacific
Mills of Lawrence, Mass, for superiority
of cotton fabrics produced.
OF over fifty contributions of Paint
ings, Epgravings and statuary, only on'
. was noticed by the juries the painting
of Niagara, by Church, which received 6
Silver medal.
Several nice paintings were upon ex
hibition among which were Beard'
Bears dance, Berstadt's Rocky Noun
tains, Bourghtons Winter Twilight
Cropsy's Mount Jefferson in N. H., Du
rand's In the Woods, Hubbard's View
of the Adirondscks, &c. In the Caller!
of Statuary were The Sleeping Fawn, BY
Miss II. G. Hosmer, The Statue of Ma
poleon by L. Thompson, The Indian
Hunter and his dog, by Ward A bus
of Lincoln, by Walk, &c.
But In the useful articles America wa
ahead. The Italians, that to day neg
, lect, the useful arts and devote thei
! talents to the study OF the ornamental
carry home many OF the prizes awarded
to paintings and statuary. l am will
r ling they should do so. / prefer to liv
in a country where the useful arts ar
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