Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-09-20

Among the fat animals we should not
forget to mention a three years old
heiter, grade Durham, exhibited by
Simeon Goodrich of Hardwick, which
would put to shame almost any of the
tat oren Of "days lang syne." We
do not know her exact weight, but
presume it was less than ton, as she
only girted about seven feet. Mr..
Goodrich thinks that by feeding her
corn meal year OF so she might be
made good beef.
The show Of sheep was not large,
but of good quality, and here again
" blood" told, as well as with the cat
tie. The fine forms and long silky
heeces of the Cotswolds, and Leices-
tiers, and mutton promising bucks, and
quarters Of the Southdowns, make
fine contrast with the long legged,
scrawing built, wing wooded sheep of
few years ago. The names of ex-
hibitors in this department are nearly
all given in the premium list, so it is
needless to mention them here. There
were algo some fine specimens of GRIM
ters on the ground, and among them
we especially admired Mrs. Ira Da.
Wis /" fat pig"
The attendance the first day was
not large considering the fine weather
and taking into account the fact that
it was advertised that the cattle, sheep
and swine would not be required to
remain during the second day. But
the horse show was to come off the
second day, supplemented by the in
evitable "hoss trot," and then the
crowd came out. There was probab-
ly larger attendance the second day
than has ever before been at any of
the fairs of this society. After all,
preach as you will, a majority, yes, q
large majority of the people, even in
this staid and sober community, will
90 further to see two or three SPAWN
ed horses trOt a mile in $40 than to
see all the fine cattle and sheep in the
country. The fact is they enjoy the
excitement attending a race more than
almost anything else connected with a
fair. The first day we were favored
with music by band from Hardwick,
who came and played by request OF
the officers of the society.
The second day opened clear, and
about 9 o'clock the horses and colts
began to arrive. The show of car
riage horses, matched and single, was
good, though not large, comprising
some five or six pairs of the former
: and eight or ten of the latter. w. \,
Jackson Of Greensboro had a single
, carriage horse which we particularly
, admired, for beauty of form and style
, of action, which are the main points
in a carriage horse. The show oil
! colts was very good, Mr.. Vance o.
= Albany, as usual, leading off with the
Rebel" mares colts, from three year.
= down to a yearling; and IN the class
5 of brood mares and colts, was the
f " Rebel" mare herself with colt by hel
r side. We were informed by the com
} mittee on colts, that they found il
2 very difficult to decide upon the rela
! tive merits Of many of the colts, they
| were so uniformly fine. The number
? TOO, being quite large, rendered then
r labors quite arduous. We did MOI
, see the stations, nor the brood mare;
, and colts, and consequently canno
t speak of them in detail; but heard
G them spoken Ofin terms of praise, es
D pecially A. NJ. Harriman's three year!
G old stallion. and D. Buchanans foul
S years old. Mr.. VaGce's stallion, Gal
). bany Boy" was not entered fer {
;. premium, the owner magnanimously
4 Withholding him, as he had ALREADY
r taken five premiums in this town
G Several entries were made in the clas
s OF trotters, and some very fair trot
d ting was shown. The second rae,
came off at about one o'clock anC
!. created considerable merriment am
d ong the spectators. The Afternoon
Y exercises closed with horse trot, 70.
!. purse Of $50, raised for the purpos
It by subscription on the ground. w
It are not able to give the names of tn
d horses, but believe the WalwortI
d horse Of Coventry took the larges
# part of the purse, making his mile il
e about $50.
n The hall was better filled than las
d year, though it was far from bein!
n what it should be. In dairy product
l. especially we notice for the past tw
y years. great deficiency for a dair
r region like this; only three or fou
/. tubs of butter being shown. We nc
e ticed some fue looking cheese, but di
d not try their quality, although it seen
d ed to be quite the fashion to do 81
IS on some Of the articles on exhibitio
D. at least, if we were to judge by th
s. way some nice maple sugar disappea
Of ed under the examination of an a.
L. preciating crowd. On the whole "
IN think the fair was success and CAV
rs general satisfaction, though there wei
doubtedless some, as there always ar
ut who went away dissatisfied. On
e, thing, however, was noticeable the Sc
lie ond day, which we can hardly pass b