Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-09-17
Connecticut River Valley Fair.

The fourteenth annual Fair of the
Connecticut River Valley Industrial As,
ISOLATION, was held at Brattleboro last
week, and in spite of unfavorable wealth
er, was large success as an exhibition,
owing largely to the live men of the So
ciety who had the management of its af-
fairs. Several farmers of the Society
brought their stock more than hundred
miles from up the river, thus showing the
spirit Of enterprise which has produced
the excellence Of their herds on exhibit
ton.
The show Of fruit was small, the sea.
son not being favorable for any great
show in that line in this section this year.
Domestic manufactures were also rather
light. In manufacturers articles there
was a good variety, among them two SUI
gar eyaporators, one Corey's made in
this place by the Hartford Sorghum Ma
chine Co., and another made in Hartford.
The one made here took the first premi-
UNI.
There was a fine show of horses, by
r. Bradley of Brattleboro, J. D. Wheat
of Putney, l.. B. Holland of Walpole
n. H., and others. f. G. Miller of Brat
tleboro, and w. r. Kimball of West
minister had each a fine pair of fancy
matched horses, and both were awarded
premiums.
The exhibition Of short horned cattle
was such that the committee pronounced
it rarely equalled in New England. d.
S. Pratt of Brattleboro, and Robert Ell
we'll of Langdon, N. H., took the first
and second premiums on best bulls of
two years old and over. For best COW,
D. r. Way of this town received the
first award. A fine herd were also ex-
hibited by II. M. Arms, Springfield, who
took various premiums on the same. Mr..
Charles Houghton of Putney, had a herd
of Dutch cattle, OF which the committee
reported in terms of high praise, and es-
pecially commencing Mr.. Houghton'S
enterprise, and as no premiums were of
fered for this kind of cattle, they award.
ed him gratuities. In native and mixed
bloods, B. III. and A. Dwinnell of Wal.
pole, took the first premium for best year.
ling bull.
| In sheep the number of pens was moi
as large as in former years. Among the
long woods or mutton, our townsman
Wyman Flint, took the first premium fol
best buck eve year old. As Mr.. Flint:
farm is in Westminster, the credit o.
raising it will have to go to that town
as in many other celebrated cases in thu
sheep line. We copy the following prin
cipal premiums awarded on cattle ant
sheep as follows:
Steers-Best yoke, three years old
Clark P. Whitney, Westminster, So; *
H. M. Kimball, Sc; Sd, Henry Brock
Claremont, 81. 2 years old steers, 1st
FL. M. Kimball, So; I'd, III. N. Flint
Putney, So. year old steers, LIST, Clarl
P. Whitney, So; I'd, J. Armes Miller
Dummerston, 81.
Fat Cattle.-Best pair oxen, Cheste
Pike, SO; I'd, John C. Tyler, Sc.
Fat Cows.-Best, Chester Pike, 81.
Mich Cows-Best, G. G. Allen, Brat
tleboro, So; ID, G. G. Allen, 81; Sd, s
M. Fisher, So.
Sheep, Long Wool or Mutton,-Bes
buck, l year old, Wyman Flint, Below
Falls, Sc; best pen, years old, Wyma
Flint, IS I'd, Wyman Flint, IS; Spar
ish Merino Bucks, best 2 years old Q
over, ]. d. Wheat, Putney, SO; I'd, A
B. Palmer, Oxfordville, N. H., 81; q
]. D. Wheat, So; best pen 3 buck lamb
J. D. Wheat. Putney, Sc; I'd, A. !
Palmer, 81. Spanish Merino Ewes
Best pen ewes, 2 years old and over, ,
d. Wheat, SO; I'd, A. B. Palmer, 81
best pen 3 ewes, year old, j. w. Ste
ems, East Cornish, n. H., S.; I'd, A.