Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-10-01
III. brandon iair.

The Fihh Annual Fan ni this club
Was held in Brandon "Wednesday and
Thursday, Sept s9d and eth, The hrs,
das Of the Fair opened rainy, still there
was large number Of entries, O,i in ALL
aud a very fair attendance Of ladies aud
gcutlomen, On Thursday the weather
was good, and everything looked favorable
for large attendance. Teams from the
country iiockCd in loaded with their hui
man freight, some Of which brought ar
tioles Tor exhibition, and others came only
to see the sights.
Brandon is one Of the pleasante,t and
mos, enterprising Of Vermont villages,
Shade trees are very profuse, and gives 1t
warm, home like aspect, and i, seems
one of the. most appropriate places for a
fair that could wen DO found.
The Fair was held In the large, and
comparatively new, town hall, which was
deliberately and tastefully decorated, and
was So arranged as to afford beautiful
display Of the fruits, flowers, plants, veg.
etahlc-, household articles. &c. Sc. in
which the show was very fine and oxten.
sivc, The wall in tho rear Of the Hall
and hack Of the stage, was hung with
portraits, paintings, photographs and en-
cravings. in the center Of which, and sur.
mounting them all, were two fine cngray.
ingS. ono Of Washington, and the other
Of Lincoln, which were surrounded by
large border wreath Of cyergrcens. Tho
arrangement Of these pictures shows a
fine taste, and done with an eye to the
pleasing effect IL would have upon those
in attendance. Everything was arranged
in complete order and looked its best.
Little was done on Wednesday except
arranging the articles for exhibition, and
making the entries
The following are the officers Of the
Club; Col. ii. ii. Merritt, President
Charles ID. Pitts, Secretary; J. W Chico.
pey, Treasurer.
We noticed that the Marshal, Capt. A.
), Cook, was omnipresent, bringing order
out Of chaos, and conducting the affair
with his usual well-known skill. The |
Captain has ofiiciatcd so long at our diff |
ferent Fairs, at home and abroad, and |
with such urbanity -jndulging in no Of |
fensive or abusive language toward the
crowd-that we shall regret when he is |
obliged TO retire from this his almost in.
variable position at our public gather.
ings.
One OF the most pleasing sights on
Thursday was the parade Of the Brandon
Graded School at $50 a m, some r.Eee
hundred and fifty in number. aEaer the 4
superintendent Of Mr.. Cili,y, the Prin-
Spal of the schael, preceded by the
keene Cornet Band, and escorted by a
marshal. The children presented n SPLEEN
did appearance, and if they preserve the
same regularity and well-presorved de.
pertinent in the school as upon the march,
they cannot but be model scholars.
At II o'clock a. m, ON Thursday, there
was grand oavalcade of matched oxen,
some twenty pairs. For the number,
they compared most fayorably with the
display at other Fairs. !
AT 1870 p. IN, on the same day, tn ire
was grand cayalcadc of horses, c. ,m,os.
ing matched and single horses, rar,s and
colts. The cavalcade We ,,,nno.cd &c
about twecty matched = .,,, - ff,eor
+. some fifteen colts.
;, " ~ .ess of President Angell Of the
.sity OF Vermont, was well writ
n and fuely delivered Grafton, and was
listened 10 with marked attention by the
audience. who seemed to feel the force OF
the speakers words. We are sorry that
we were unable 10 obtain the address so
a. Il lay it before our readers. One thing
was noticeable in this address-its length.
President Angel emed to know what
he intended to say, and then. stopped. II
the orators at all our Fairs would adopt
the same course, and not weary their
readers with long-winded addresses, they
would command better attention, ana
their words would be longer remembered.
The display of apples, grapes, pears and
vegetables Of all descriptions, was un-
commonly large and most OF item OF ex-
eelleni quality
We give below seine OF the entries
which we noticed az we passed through
the hall we are aware that our time
did not admit ct oar doing iuli justice to
the different group OF articles and per
adventure we, may have oN'r'""Ned some
which were worthy OF more 'hah pass