St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-09-30
THE CALEDONIA FAIR.


hour the people BEGAN focking towards
the far grounds, and there was little ces-
satlon in the flow until about the middle
Of the afternoon, when the tide set out
ward
From the time of our last dry rain, 1t
WAS evident to the weatherwise that this
was not only bound to De fair day,
but also pleasant day; and the wealth
cr being so mild as well as pleasant, the
farmers and Stuck-owners were more than
usually encouraged to bring out their
best things.
The Cattle. --OXen.
Tuesday was the great stock day, and
prominent among the stock were the neat
cattle. The exhibition of oxen within
the enclosure was very fine indeed. There
were not 50 many oxen as i'll some form
er years, we think, but probably there
were never 50 many choice yoke together
;.- this year Waterford was quite
prominent, As usual Barnet had Il pref
ty string OF TWO and three years old
steers; 1t. Johnsbury exhibited some
splendid cattle. We think we never saw
Il handsomcr yoke OF cattle on the ground
than Il pair OF three years olds, Devons,
owned by Charles Starks. Large, well
matched, and Of u beautiful deep red,
they received the praise Of all lovers OF
oxen. {. L. Dawson also had fine
yoke Of three years olis f. 4 Z. Fair
banks x Co. showed their bouncing,
$500 lbs. four years Odds: .. :. Ladd
had /, large pair of Durham cattle. But
we cannot cnumcrate.
Cattle i'll Pens.
There were over forty pens of cattle
exhibited, Of various kinds, and most OF
,hem the best of their kidd The Dur
hams prcdomlnatcd, although there was
far show OF Dt>on~, Attorneys, AYR
-hlrcs and Grade cattle The pens of
Young stock were quite numerous, and
the yeaciing- and two years old, were
uncomInouiy iar@c.
Emory IIovsy wa large exhibitor
in this department. His thoroughbred
Durham bull and cowS,-the former
costing $1,000 and the latter 500 apiece
and "a pen OF white StecrS-a pair OF
two years ODDS weighing $3.50 lbs.-were
much admired.
l.. u +. Fairl anks \ Co. exhibited
some handsome Ayrshire cows, c'Jcnny
Lind and 'AIinnic') two Aldcrncv
cows (''Sylvia' and "Dazzle = the latter
imported from the Jersey Lies in 'GS);
also several bull, OF both bloods and va
rious ages, down to six months old.
john Higgins y Sons showed large,
full blood Ayrshire bull, bat two years
old.
Thcoph. Drew exhibited a fine shor.
norm Durham calf, six months old, which
WEIGHED 90 lbs. He lately purchased
him OF Bcmi> X S1n>, Lyndon, Tor 500.
But all the pen cattle were unusually
rood, a viii be scen 10y the number OF
pens, unusually numerous. They were
Il very prominent feature in the eNhibi-
lion OF thi- day, and the pens were sur
rounded by visitors until they were re-
moved roIu The ground
Sheep.
There were thir;y-iive p Ms Of sheep
on the ground. The South Downs and
Co,swolIs prc'lominatcd, though there
were Mciiuo- and Grades enough to give
variety. We noticed the same old cxhib-
itors on the ground-those who have al
ways helped our fairs along for many
yyars.
The display of no" was various. Ed
ward Allen exhibited a SOW and ten
handsome niue P'S'' ana IN The same
pen was Il Pig oil Il M;'rch inter by the
same 'o"-m"N'n@ % children IN one
season IN a"oiner pen was mann
moth sow with eleven pigs.
Mares and Colts.
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