Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-23
There were then loud calls for Senator Morrill,

There we're then loud calls for Senator Morrill,
but he had disappeared from the stand.
After the address in the afternoon, the hrst
exhibition was of tandem teams, two fine teams
being entered They were entered by h. u
Root Of Bennington, and H. D. Kent Of Dorset
The next was for matched driving teama
and span. were entered by A. J. Chase, Winoos-
XII; & E. Laugdeld, Isle LaSIOtte; E. $. Brow
nell, Essex Junction; D. V. Sunderland, hign-
gate; F. B. Carlton, Jericho; F. Parker, Caste
ton The display was very good.
THE TROrTING.
The first race in the afternoon was for horses
that never tro,ted better than 2SSi mile heats
best in s. The entries were, white mare an
ny, II G. Root, Bennington, aud the Drown
gelding Green Mountain Boy, A. A Spear
Highgate.
In the first heat. Fanny had the pole The
gelding shot away from the mare at the start
and held the distance to the end OF the nest
winning by lengths.
I In the second heat, the mare broke badly at
the quarter pole, and the gelding got long ways
in advance the mare gathered up a little, but
broke badly at the "a pole AMI the geding COOK
the hest by lengths.
In the third heat. the gelling shot ahead at
the outset keeping his advantage to the end OF
the heat Green Mountain Boy was declared
winner of the race in three straight heats
The following is the summary Of the race
II. G. Root, ms. ". m, Fanny.
4 4. 4. Spear. rs. br. g, Green NJ. Boy,
Time, 23S; pa; 2.@e
The next race was sweepstakes. open to all
horses in the United States and CanadAs mile
heats best in ., for society purse sl5o' 500
for the first; $50 for ihe second.
The horses entered were Red Dan and XII
patrick. the former Owned by Mr.. Smith, Of
Essex, n. Y; the latter by J. A. Williams
Willsboro, y. Y,
In the first heat, Fitzpatrick hal the pole, but
at the first quarter Red Dan took the Lead
and held it to the end OF the heat. winning in
f1ur lengths.
In the second heat Dan took the lead at ;he
start, but broke up nssr the quarter pole, and
Fitzpatrick passed him, gaining several lengths
Dan tried hard to lessen this distance, hut he
broke again near the three-quarter pole, and
Fitzpatrick came in the winner. In this heat,
/ Dan cast a Shoe which somewhat delayed the
race.
F In the third heat, Dan broke badly nesr the
half-mile pole. and lid not get down to his work
again in season 70 hinder Fitzpatrick from win
lug the heat
In the lta and last heat, both horses broke
near the hAlf-mile pole, but Fitzpatrick reco'eT-
81 himself the quickest, and gained several
lengths on Dan. He held this distance to the
end Of the heat. winning i; handsomely. AMI
Fitzpatrick was declared winner of the race.
The following is the summary of the race;
I J. a Williams, ms br. Fitzpatrick , ]
- Smith. rs b Red Dan,
Time. 39:2 4S:2 40 80.
MECHANICS HALL.
The exhibition IN this leplr. uent fully equal
if not superior TO that Of any previous year and
the number Of entries in many articles are con
sle-ably larger. The hall is continually pack
ei. and it is Glowing ones way in good earnest
{, pass from one side of to the other Under
the head Of
VEGETABLES
the display is line and extensive T. Brow
nell Of wnli.t5n. has a table Of hne garden yege-
tables. wD Nuuson Of Colchester, has vsrie-
t.es Of potatoes, in connection with other yese-
table, The largest display il made by VI. Re
gan Of Colchester, who hiss some splendid tug
nips squsshes. tomatoes aai cabbages.
CARRIAGES AND BvGGIE-.
In this department the display was never oN-
cellei. and It is largely owing TO the splendid
4 l5t 90 in number) Of buggies, carriage and
rsr.ons from the well known mauufast1rT IF
C5as 3 Cray Of this city The exhibition by
Mr Gray is a credit % himself ami the safe.
JH Moore Of S,raaorl, has portable en--
riage Top THAT i, certain'ya go9i thing i' j.
light aui strong. aul can be attached 70 any
buggy LW. Collins Of Fair Haven. exhibits
dae lot Of open bu-giss.
y. French s. Co. Of Grafton. have . beau
,ifal gold-,rimuei TOP buggy. this, attracts gen
eral attention The workmanship and finish
would be hard % beat
FURNITURE
The furniture on exhibition by Allen Stone
Of this city. consists Of beautiful c>rvel chsn-
Der Sc, Of black waIuu; with marble up. the
finish and beauty Of design Of which is not easily
surpassed Nothing finer in i,' line was ever
exhibited in this State. They also hal fae
bel lounge good thing
H. J Nelson Of this place, had two splendid
black wAlnu, chamber sets. marble TOP and
10, Of beautiful folling chairs His display was
very fine
In harness aud horse furniture, the chief eK-
hibition was made BY 4 McGstey Of this city,
and 5 : 81 o. Bedarl Of ST. Adams. Each
exhibited a Gue goll-trimmed harness. aai
McGaaey msie good display Of horse furni-
tore
AK. Ballard Of this place had fine lot Of Lis
ezoellea; pottery.
In agricultural implements, is. Pierce IS Son
Of this city. made good display, consisting OF
cider mills plows, straw cutters, churus. Sc.
The Dashaway washing machine, exhibited ty
o. A. Sd. 4 Martin, East Wallingford, hai the
appearance Of being good thing
S Nichols 4 Co, of this city, exhibited a
lot Of iron work from their celebrated machine
shops double and single planners, jack screws.
iron fence, &c
Wing Smith, Of Burlington, exhibited about
- diferen, kinds Of boot aad shoe lasts, and
large number Of boot crinps snd trees They do
good work, and use the best Of material.
H. Green & Co, and Peck s Johonnott Of this .
city, inside very fine exhibition Of leather.
They had some fine specimens Of imitation of
French calf
NARBLE WORK
Beautiful specimens Of marble work were ez-
hibited by Walker Bros of this city and by
Cobb & Cummius, ofMontpelier. The latter had .
some stones Of Italian marble, polished like
mirror. Walker s Bro. showed six stones Of .
Sutherland Falls and Italian marble. They had
some beautiful work A rustic cross 90 rustic .
base of Isle LaMot;e stone was much admired
Ripley 4 Sons Of Rutland, made display of
their cement pipe
In the line Of stoves, the display was not re-
markably extensive, though the list embraced
some excellent kinds D K Zottman exhibited
a number; also l. II. Paul, both Of this city.
The American cooking stove 3" exhibited by
the latter, possesses many desirable and superior
qualities Its general finish is fine. a desire
able feature is the arrangement of the coal CRATE
and ash pan, adding much to the convenience
Of the stove.
C. S BlOOdgett & Co, Of this city, exhibited
their favorite portable ovens in seven szes, rang
in, from No. . to No O. No has 50 square