Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-10-11


another place. Both of cur Brat,leboro
contemporaries, with commendable enter
prise, published the list last week. thus
leaving us the duty Of taking care of I" an
cient history" Fortunately the Fair was
so good that the particulars nave kept
with freshness and will yet be found very
palatable. M
All accounts agree that the exhibition
was one of the best ever held by the AS
ISOLATION, and in many respects surprising
the State Fair. The officers of the soci-
ETY. were untiring in their efforts to make
TIA good one and we heartily congratulate
them on their success. Some years since
the interest fell of. and some thought the
society would die out altogether, but as
the farmer infuses new life and vigor into
his worn out or neglected fields, SO the
Windham County Agricultural Association,
has sprung into an activity and created an
interest highly creditable to our county,
making the annual Fair one of the most
delightful Of the autumnal festivals, and
in the front rank of similar exhibitions in
the State.
The show of horses was good and the
entries for premiums quite abundant. Mr..
!. J. Holland of Townshend, had fine
pair of matched horses, weighing 2462
lbs. and S. p. Miller of Newfane, also had
nicely matched pair of ligh, carriage
horses. N. G. Moore of Westminster, C.
NJ. White, AID l.. w. Page Of Townshenl
made very creditable showing in this
department, as did also, Geo w. Black
Of Westminster, +. r. Osgood Sidney
Perry and j. O. Smith of Saxlons River.
The fact that all of the last named drew
premiums, sufficiently shows the estimate
in which their stock was held.
In cattle the entries were large and the
quality Of the stock excellent. There
were four town teams Of working oxen
consisting Of As pairs, from Newfane,
Putney, Townshend and Brookine. The
Putney team averaged over 5000 per pair
in weight. The smallest was three years
old but weighed 5000 lbs. The first pre-
MUM on tboroughbreds was won byJ. w.
Watson Of Jamaica. S. d. Conant Of
Grafton who has some Of the best cattle
in the county had some of his herd on
exhibition, and the Winslows of Putney,
were on hand as usual. Clark p. Whit
ney, N. c. Moore, and D. d. Rand fully
sustained the reputation of old Westmn-
ster, for good cattle. Townshend, 100,
was not behind, T. j. Holland, A. nj.
Wood, Phillip Rutter having representa-
tives from their fine herds. The aggre-
gate number and quality Ct the cattle on
exhibition, attracted much attention.
Sheep were excellent though we think
not quite 30 full in number some other
exhibitions. Most Of them were Merinof,
among them fine flock of Az full blooded
Spanish Merino bucks shown by S. E.
Wheat Of Putney, another flock of IL by
r. NJ. Crawford from the same town. 4.
III. Harlow Of Westminster West had 10
splendid Merino ewes from his flock. Hor-
ace Goodhue from the same place also had
4 bucks and one eve, one of the former
shearing 81 lbs and two ounces wool the
past season, being years growth. N. c.
Moore, Charles f. Moore, J. Holden and
G. w. Harlow all we believe of Westmin-
ster had fine representations from their
focks which are among the best in the
State. In the aggregate Westminster was
perhaps ahead in she ep, though The Wheats
Of Putney carried off the first premiums
on fine woods. j. o. Smith of this town
received gratuity for nice eve lambs, and
j. b. Weston also Of this town took 4th
premium on fine wool bucks
The show of Poultry was not large, the
fan tailed pigeons shown by W. T. French,
being very attractive for their beauty, and
we were glad TO see were awarded PEE
MUM. w. r. Stebbins of Brookline had
turkey weighing 26l lbs.
The show oil fruits and vegetables was
good and creditable, considering the sea-
son, which has not b en- very favorable es-
pecially for some kind, and the contribu-
tors were quite numerous. Among them
we're jerome Holden Of Westminster. r.
d. Ball Of Athens, Jas. Derry of Towns
bend, M. Pike, Stratton. and others who
each had a large number of varieties.
Mrs. L. f. Ward of Westminster had
eight varieties of canned fruit. o. f..
Peck of Westminster had a variety of
things in this department almost sufficient
for a fair alone. Among them maple SUI
gar, honey, beeswax, homemade wines,
maple syrup and several kinds of fruits.
Stillman French of Westminster had some
Hubbard sqoashes of mammoth size. a.
j. Cotton Of Athens exhibited two nice
cheeses, and w. II. Thompson also OF
Athens had a sage root of extraordinary