The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-10-08
Annual Exhibi ion of the Addison
County Agricultural Society.

Annual Exhibi ion of the Addison
County Agricultural Society.
The Addison County Agricultural
Fair opened on the grounds of the Society
on Tuesday of last week under favorable
aspices. Seldom has more perfect Au.
tumn day favored the society at its an
nual exhibition Wednesday and Thurs
day were equally pleasant and it is gen.
orally conceded that the twenty forth an.
nual fair of the society has been, like its
others. in most departments, brilliant
success.
CATTLE.
The show of Cattle was not large but
the quality of the stock was superior
Among the animals an exhibition we no.
tccd the Durhams OF L. l.. Wright.
Theron Sturtcvant, Daniel Sullivan, II.
+. Hayden, :. & w. S. Allen, the Ayrs-
hires of j. e. Wellington, Daniel Suli-
van, the Dcvons of d. =. Morrison, the
Alderncys of ]. G. Wellington and the
aative Aock Ct Joha To&ic, Asa Smith,
U. d. Twitch,il, NJ. G. tootr, Isaac
Allen, l.. Caldwell, u. Jcwctt, Charles
Bsbec.
This department, usually the most
complete and Interesting in an Addison
County Agricultural Fair, was not so full
as sometimes, owing to the fact that there
were no premiums paid on sheep. There
was however, credltable number Of
entries, and the quality Of the animals
was superior il pos ible to those usually
brought. The sheep were all of the fine
deal of interest the large pens Of splendid
lambs and especially the noted bucks of
+. Hammond e Son. Among the lambs
which especially excited our interest
were two bucks bred and owned by Z
r. Clay of this place. They were fine
specimens and one of them bids fair to
rival, il not TO beat anything now owned
in the county. They are Of the Ham
mond stock. The best yearling on the
ground, as it appeared to US On our hasty
trip around the sheep pens, was Chunk
Jr." bred by c. n. Hayward of Brdport.
His shape is the nearest perfection of any
we remember to have seen. We were
especially gratife on examining pen of
ten Ewes and one of nine Eve lambs
owned and bred by NJ. D. Abbott of
Fairfax. Mr., Abbott's flock originated
from Edwin Ilammond's and Victor
Wrighis, and, judging from the specimans
brought here on this occasion, we infer
that they have not degenerated since their
emigration from this center Of the sheep
business. Other sheep worthy Of especi
al notice were those entered by j. l.
'Buttolph of Middlebury Mason & French
of New Haven; both very fue, NJ. G..
Foote, Of Middlebury; Twitchel & Aims
worth, Middebury H. b. Dodge, Wey-
bridge Geo. Porter, Mddlebury Spau-
ding & Hines, Addison; j. NJ. Peck,
Cornwall and one pen of Ewes which
were not entered and of which we failed
TO get the name. Three Cashcmere
goats exhibited by Oliver Severance, at
tracted much attention and much praise
for the beauty of their forms and the ell
-egance of their long silken wool. They
were a novelty TO most Of the spectators
MECHANICS HALL
was not very well filled but some very
fue articles were on exhibition. A
beautiful lot of maple sugar came from
Lincoln, entered by f. burlington box o
honey from vergennes Thomas Fish bread
cake &C., Miss Olive Sheldon, Salisbury
bread and biscuit, Mrs. Myron Lang
worthy, AIiddlebury; winter wheat
julius Russell, }rdporti ploughs S
Bartlett. Bristol; Early Goodrich pota
toes S. l.. Bissell, Middlebury; Flor
nnce Sewing machine, II. L. Gleason
Rutland pumpkins and butter, L. w
Stowe, New Haven; tub butter, Mis-
Katie Jewett. Weybridge; bread, Mis-;
Maggie Tobin, Weybidee seed corn,
Wm, D. Bell. Weybridge butter and
cheese, Seth Langdon, New Haven; fine
specimens of seed corn, beets and carrots
Rollin Lane, Cornwall mop wringer
A. G. Starkweather, Burlington pota
toes, csbbages, beets, carrots, L. 5. &
+. w. Peet, Cornwall potatoes, cabba
gss, pumpkins, seed corn, DR.. F. Bond
Cornwall potatoes, pumpkins, o. W