The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-10-18


cur held Ia ihis placc Il Opened e1
WclIcs of tii. week aua continued
through THURSDAY Bnd Fifda1 aHa s.
though s MAS quito cieudN dmuas itr
Hfs4 slas aid threatening a .Eb Hl,n. gri
peapie Honl various paste ei thg County
.leEaH a. gather herr Is large nambefs. 8,
if Determined % have Some Kind % a
Hair ju spite 81 tbr uufaYarab'cHc" ed
Tee weather And when. to This cncoUr-
agemaut uili eleut iH ITSELF cyca--Wc
take into consideration the gneat number
II entries made On tbe iir-t dey which
was upwards " Coo and adj thenta, Ne
could uoi help o. feel that TIE prospects
les anticipation WuHid bt molr thau tails
waGfed During ihy Aay ears came
iU1dcl With people Nho thongrl d tht
Fair Ground. TINS constantly Increasing
the number. This excitement looked
prophetic FOR THURSDAY, and our auiiai-
pa}ious lor this daN were nut di@ppoiut-
cd, Entries were constantly being made
mp q nearly il.3n 4 ~ aud this d8y
alone there were between 5t0 aud Gao
eHtr,e, made, amounting ID ~ q over
100, which covered upwards OF 31aJ aT-
titles This will give sou au idea Of Che
high appreciation in which Fair. are held
among the people ol Washington Go.
The crowd keeps increasing during de
morning OF Thursday and reached il,
height az the arrival got the afternoon
trains. During the night. howoycr.tliefe
was considerable stir made over J Thnm-
hs Davis, Of Troy Republican candidate
lor NJ. g.. who came up on Wednesday +,
evidently on an election tour We think
his Republican prospects very slim, On
Friday, although the day was beautiful
for this season OF the year. and seemed
almost cordial invite from Nature her.
SELF, sin many We're homeward bound
aud soon a gradual subsistence was very
apparent Aud now the chief attraction
Is all passed. the numerous articles iuai-
yiduallY and collectively examined, Sec
reiary's Reporlread, premiums awarded,
aud all aspirations la this direction salts.
fed for one year more.
10 enumerate the various articles la
detail IN the different departments, diri-
sians aud classes, would occupy too
much space and time, and become too
tedious also. We therefore, iotbear the
particulars, aud will only give general
description Of what we saw Of interest.
and Of some of the most conspicuous pre-
miums awarded.
We viii begin with the Agricultural
Department, which was well represented
in all of the rich varieties from the corn
aeopia of the farm. We saw many kinds
of grapes, large and beautiful apples,
squashes and good fat pump
kns. Also cucumbers, onions, gourds,
aud most magnificent display of corn,
oats, &c. In the division OF domestic am
finals, there was good show of cattle
and horses. We noticed quite number
Of fine thoroughbred and A ldcrncy stock.
and among them some noble specimens
Of mich COWS. There was also Il good
show Of working cattle, stout, heavy and
full of activity Some iull-boOded
Cheshire hogs which are certainly fine
sample Of the kind. Also fine cxhibi-
ton of Leicester and Cotsaold sheep-no
merinos on exhibition. This specie seems
0 belong solely to Ycrmonters-i fact,
merinoos are pretty thoroughly "'payed
out in this section of country for profit
able stock There was good show of
one, two and three year old colts, among
which we noticed some which were fine
Illustration of the noble horse. Poultry
was also in good display Brahaim
fowl being quite conspicuous. lii the
Department we also find a no
less variety of articles than in the Agri-
many Of which are most indis-
TO our domestic happiness and
most inseparably related TO the susie
nance of human life--we mean stoves
and especially those which can produce
the "statl of life" III palatabe form-and
can also "turn the winter of our d scon-
tent into glorious summer OF the for
mer there were several frst-class stoves
on the grounds, among which were the
Vindicator and Harmony of George II.
Phillips Il Co., Troy; ''Woman's Rights"
IF Burdett, Potter, Smith n Co., Troy,
and stove q do not know the namc,) of
filley of Troy. The first was entered by
Nichols n Norton, of Cambridge, the lat
ter by Mr.. John Murphy, of Salem. Of
.he Parlor Cook Stoves, there were on
exhibition the Hot Blast Oriental, of Per-
~ ~ CO., Albany; the Superb, Of Hicks
Hicks IL Wolf, of Troy, and "The Morn
ng Glory Of Littlefcld, Albany. The
first of these was entered by Maxwell ~
Ilolley, the second by Norton a. Nichols,
md the last by Mr.. Murphy. or the
cooking stoves, Geo. ii. Phillips a. CO., |
took the first premium on the Vindica-
tor Indeed, the charm with which il
worked was a sufficient vindication of IT, |
self; the ease with which YOU conld con-
troll the fire and heat was very marked,
and the Improvement in supplying the
Iucl with hot instead Of cold blast, was
very pcrceptiblc, and needed no elaborate
to support this philosophy. OF
The Parlor Coal Stoves, the Oriental
Hot Blast " whipped OUT everything
there was on the ground; in fact, it is
for 1t 10 be eXcelled. It,
claims for a genuine base burner are
lust, TO anyone, who happened around
HE stove when in operation, there must
have been sufficient evidence in its pow
ars Of radiation from the bases, above all
other stoves. There is more surface for
from the base than in all Of the
rest Of the stove. For many feet around
.be open air was quite warm, tho the
lay was chilly aud accompanied with
more or less wind. The ladies crowded
around here in great numbers TO get
warm, having evidently failed at other
places. We have no doubt bat that this !
stove saved the others from freezing.
Open and top carriages were displayed
IN fine style, with all Of the modern inn
aud conveniences. John
Ireo OF Greenwich, exhibited single top
carriage which Is deserving Of special no.
lice. II was very symmetrical in form
and design and possessed of "a superior
finish and grace This carnage was
awarded the first premium. The best
collection Of top carriages double
md single-was displayed BY j. WILDER
Df Sandy Hin, an Of which @ere awarded
aud one, second premium.
We feel "a compliment Mr. WILDER for
bis pains taken IN making such a prcseu-
.ation on the Fair Grounds There were
several other top-carriages aud buggics
which were highly recommended by the
committee. We also noticed several
heavy farm wagons, tanning mills aud