Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-28

tins IS not true, but would like a tistc Of that
butter which took the first premium over Mr.
robey's. The competition on cheese was very
close, but the Committee finally succeeded in max
ing an award Mr. NJ. Andrews had a fine lot Of
sugar, but under the rules Of the Society was not
entitled to a premium thereon The bread made
by Mrs. II. A. Putnam was supcrntiyey good.
and indeed the whole exhibition just credit to
the county
flour, GRAIN AND SEEDS.
There was large number Of entries and q dis
play difficult to surpass, indicating that good cu
tiyation has made the most Of favorable season.
We doubt whether better exhibition Of corn
was ever made in Vermont The King Philip
variety exhibited by the Nlcs-rs lIolister. wns
very fine, and as perfect as any we have ever seem
Mr. a NJ. Foster, was successful as an exhibitor
of the Dodge wheat, and nour from the same.
Mr.. A. D. Arms exhibited Surprise" oats
most valuable acquisition, and worthy Of general
cultivation. The fifteen varieties of potatoes cx.
hbted by q. u. Arms, raised on green sward.
without manure, was n sight 10 DO the heart of
Yankee (to say nothing of the heart Of native
OF the Emerald lsle) good. They were superb
Various AGRICULTURAL MACHINES and imple-
ments were exhibited, which will be found noted
in the premium list, with tho opinion Of the COM
mittec as 10 their merits
itogu u,ul.
We squeezed through thi. department several
times with pencil and notebook in hand, resolved
upon making strike" here. but were os often
'eheeid ont by the ever pressing and i0s.lng
crowd, without hardly making an entry, or ozom-
ming an exhibitors card We knew there were
laurels to De won in this department, for a Gre.
porter If anywhere, bat after repeated noble
and patriotic Efforts, with tnmplcd cona. slicd
blank pages, sweat and dust. wo retired DO Che
shady side Of " Floral Hall with poor opinion
of all crowds in general, and this one 30 par,icu-
lar, seriously impressed chat we could not d. tle
subject justice. But it was great display. such
only as the ladies can make, and 81 we were 900
Agricultural Society, with n Peabody purse. we
would make premiums SO large and plenty that
The fair competitors could receive something be-
sides compliments for their labor and ingenuity.
The Society has done itself tho credit of showing
a due appreciation of this part Of the exhibition
By bestowing a long list of premiums. though
necessarily Of limited amounts The absence of
cards or checks upon many of the articles. was
an inconvenience in making out list of exhibit
ors and the omission Of the name Of the town
where the exhibitor belonged was also quite q
common occurrence. We particularly regret our
inability TO do Justice 10 this department. as jas
tice would give the ladies, young and old, Of this
county a very long credit mark which they should
have. Our meagrc minutes, however, of the on-
tries Of this elias. would, we fear, only enable us
to do injustice to very many worthy articles on
exhibition, 50 we reluctantly ilrbear
The Queen City Cornet Band. Z r. Page
leader, furnished the music for the occasion, and
as it has been ruled that nothngi complete with
out " music by the band, this excellent adjunct
Of the fair could not have been dispensed with.
without great detriment to It's interest The
Ciiiors performed their parts to the entire atis-
faction of all present, and were fully entitled 90
sweepstakes premium, pay and ud0ns
As one of the auxiliaries of the occasion, very
comforting to the inner man at lcast, ic not cy-
actly IN the line Of premiums was the well fur
nished oyster and hot coffee booth under the
management of several young ladies from Barre,
who also ' sold apples and sold pies, to the
great satisfaction of hungry crowd and laudablc
swelling of the organ fund for the church of the
Congregational society, which they represented
At halfpast one o'ciock, Wednesday afternoon.
the time announced for