The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-09-15
State Fair.

tue annual cAnlDltlOn Ol AGRICULTURAL
Societies are and will be the order of
the day for a month to come. Our State
Fair is always an important one, sue
cessful in an eminent degree. This
year 1t was If possible better Than ever.
There was 40 entries for premiums and
countless numbers of articles simply on
exhibition. The number of persons
attending the Fair is almost exceeding
| belief On Thursday afternoon it was
estimated that there was fifteen thous-
and present. The LdeqenSeats descrip-
! ton of who was there and what was
exhibited is well expressed andanswcrs
our purpose -" Some few items out of
the usual course may be mentioned
Amongst. these, the crowd itself
1t was immense. Some thinkas many
! as fifteen thousand were present. The
railroads made money by doing the SEN
sible thing Of reducing fares.
The farmers met in'clubs and debated
short horns and long horns; speeches
| and addresses from time to time gave
variety to the entertainment. Floral
hall abounded in useful, beautiful and
attractive things. The horse tanner,
the fat woman, weight 675 pounds, the
lean man sitting in. his bones beside
her majesty, weighing AZ pounds, the
bearded woman, the boa constructor
(called by the chap who handled his
snakesnip, the bore constrictor,) the
learned hogs, with the usual amount
of pedlaTs and Ministries, besides q num-
Der of catarrh doctors and mules, were
all there, and everybody was in the best
humor.n
Races were, as usual, all important
feature of the Fair. Speed in horses is
quite desirable, and yet it is not the
most important quality. Besides the
danger of giving undue prominence to
this one quality, there are grave objec-
tions to the introduction OF races in
agricultural fairs. We are unable to
give full particulars of these races. VI
A Munroes Big, of this place, took the
first premium in the race open to all
horses never having trotted for prem
ium; and T A Leland's Gen Put took
the first, and Z Eells' Grey Norman the
second premium, in the stallion raco
for $3.50, on Friday.
In the sheep department, the leading
contributor was Col Il $ Stowcll, Of
Cornwall, and others in the merino
class were ; Messrs L P Clark of Addi-
son; b T Van Vlict, of Shelburn L )
Drew, of South Burlington; NJ D Alb
bolt, of Fairfax Mr. Spalding, of Brid-
port; w F Weston, of Shelburn Frank
ID Barton, Of Waltham, and perhaps
some few others.
In the class, Long and Middle
Wooled," there were but two entries.
Mr. f Buttolph, of Essex, entering nine.
and w S Allen, of Vergcnnes, sixteen
! individuals Of various ages and kinds.
The exhibition OF cattle was said to
| bc u good one. The short horns were
the most noticeable.
Floral Hall was, as is usual NJ all fairs
! the grcat centre Of attraction, whether
from the beauty and excellence Of the
! articles on exhibition, or the beauty of
those attracted TO observe, it. is ;mpossi-
bic 10 say, Eithc II reason would proba-
bly, he sufficient 10 draw The crowd.
Mechanics Hall was moderately we'll
filled with appropriate articles, The
! vegetables were said to be excellent,
The evening discussions wcro quite
a. profitable rs any part of the show.
Among the speakers we noticed the
names of l. l. Wright, Daniel Kimball,
Mr. Nutting, Mr. Jameson, : r Tucker.
! r Walker, &c.
Hon George Edmunds delivered the
annual address, Thursday afternoon.
Terrible Earthquakes III South America
Peru, Chilli, and Ecuador have been
visited with the most terrible earth
quakes ever known. The shocks oc-
cured on the 18th of August, and lasted
only five minutes. In that short time,
from 5000 to $4,000 persons persisted,
and 10000 were made homeless. The
sea rose thirty feet and swept the coast
with irresistible fury. Arequipa, lqui-
que, Chala, and Chericha were literally
ruined, and all tho other buildings
in these towns which were not destroy
ed, were so badly damaged as to require
demolition for prudential reasons. 4
correspondent Of the New York Heeola
: says: