Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-09-24
DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.

Home made fulled cloth linen 8
pound Of wooden yarn 6 flannel not less
than five yards 3; rag carpets 3 bed
quilts O.; bed spreads2; wooden bed
Blankets: stockings z; socks 3; wool
ell mittcns 4 riggs 9.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sewing machine l knitting machines
/; worstcd work 4; bead work en-
broidery 9 crayoning 10: bouquet of ar
tificial 6owers1; wax work 2; shell
work soda fountain l; lady equcs-
trianism 2.
There were also several articles on ex-
hibition that under the "rules" could
not compete and were not entered upon
the soc .ety's books, among which we
noticed two rag carpets which were I'M
like any other we ever saw; in fact they
are not such except in name, and the
name is evidently misnomer as there
was nothing ragged about them. They
are wooden carpets upon the right side,
cotton carpets on the wrong side and
rag carpets in the middle, being filled
with fine strips of cloth. Of the manner
in which the thing is dane we are un-
able to form any idea, not being versed
in the weaver's art.
One entry was of pairs of Stockings,
and another, by the same lady, of 8 pairs
of socks, or, as the good dame who had
knitted them persisted in calling them
'footings." We could not help think
ing that footings with firmly kitted,
doubled heels, and carefully run" at
that, and full Is inch legs would be
pretty comfortable for winter wear and
8 pairs, too, as only years supply, $50
she said for the good man. How much
of spinning and knitting md comfort is
implied in that one entry. We wonder,
after all. il that is a fair specimen ofthe
farmers wives of the Union" Dis
trict.
Two beautiful bed-blankets especially
attracted our attention In material, in
color, in design, and in workmanship,
they surpass anything we have seen at
any show. Since somebody took pains
to count up the number of stitches in a
bed-quilt, we have never taken any
pleasure in looking at that class of con-
rributions so vivid is our recollection of
of the WEAKNESS and the wear Of the vi
tai energies expressed by those figures.
From our retreat we looked out from
shivering in the rain, and wondered
how the Committees could do any ius-
tice in the examination of them. We
contenteo ourself with the examination
of the "blood stock" of which there
were few grade Durhams and two bulls
called thorough bred. We cannot let
pass this opportunity Of again entering
our protest against the paying OF premi-
ums to grade bulls. A grade bull is
really more valuable than scrub, but
not enough so to entitle him to any con-
sideration. 1t is n well-established
principe in breeding, that the progeny,
IN great majority of cases, takes back
to inferior blood, and all indiscriminate
breeding is deteriorating in it's in1iu-
ence. Another and very important OBJ
lection to the use of grade breeding
animals is, that they are usually the get
of the most inferioran mails of their class
and bring all good breeding into disre-
pute in other words, the educating in
iiuence of their use is in the wrong di-
rection, tending to level downwards
rather than upwards.
The horse show was the most extern
sive feature of the exhibition. for men
will 60 to horse trot notwithstanding
the rain, and many had arrived the
evening previous. We saw ST. Adams
gentleman sporting fine turnout which
on enquiry we found to DO the property
of Hon. II. d. Farrar,-a very fine four
years old colt. We wonder if he fur
nIshes such TO all visitors from st. A., if
80 we bespeak one for the next rainy
Cattle Show.