Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-10-05

knowledge, my desire to test their good
qualities, was excited. But I refrained.
l think I never saw so fine an exhibition
OF fruit, potatoes, garden vegetables,
bread, ETC., as were here shown.
Now let me introduce you to some
poultry, not dead, but alive, all looking as
though they would, if cooked by our Yer
mont girls or housewives, fully satisfy
the hungriest mortal on earth, if he could
have chance to test their good qualities
as food. In this department there was
good show.
BY Mr. W S Goodrich, Middlebury, Bra
nah fowls, smooth legs, and black Span
ish fowls.
One coop black Spanish fowls, M.
Langworthy, Middlebury.
One pair Bremen geese, Miss Susie
Warner, Cornwall.
Two French Creve Occurs, o. Fl. Hunt
ley, Whiting.
Three ducks, Annie Stowell, Cornwall.
Two ducks, II. L. Branch, Middlebury.
One pair Bronze wild turkeys, A. II.
Sperry, Cornwall.
One pair Bronze turkeys, A. 7. Hay
den, Middlebury.
One pair Bronze turkeys, G.. @. Cady,
Middlebury.
Dominiques, Scotch Muffers, French
fowls, Brouge turkeys, Bramah fowls, by
p r Warpar Cornwall
Bramah geese, George Smith, Middle
bury.
Havings left the coops of poultry, fol-
low me to the fine show of sheep that pre-
scented itself to the hundreds who were
deeply interested in this part of the dis
play in the fair. In this department,
Addison county can beat the world. This
is not an extravagant assertion. Past
history shows it to be true, and this fair
is only continuation of specimens, SUI
perior in blood, etc, for which we are 80
greatly celebrated. I found the follow
ing:
Five Cotswold ewes, J. P. Douglass of
Middlebury.
One mutton buck, Fl. F. Hayden of Mid
dlebury.
Five yearling ewes, buck lamb, fine
buck, NJ Foot, Middlebury.
Five ewes and 5 lambs, G Branch of
Middlebury.
One Cotswold buck, L G Barrows of
Middebury.
Thirty fine sheep, A Chapman of Mid
dlebury.
Twenty fine sheep. H D Fulchete of
Middlebnry.
Six fine sheep, D Perkins of Middle
bury.
Twenty-Five ewes, very fine, J A
Wright of Middlebury.
Sixty fine sheep. Mrs. Victor Wright of
Weybridge.
One mutton buck, Farr of Bristol.
Fine sheep, H C Burnell of Bridport.
Several pens of fine ewes and lambs, J
Wright of Weybridge.
Several pens of fine ewes and lambs R
R Wright of Cornwall
Ooe fine buck, Benedict & Spaulding of
Cornwall.
Twenty fine sheep, L E Moore of Shore
ham.
Twenty-Five fine sheep, S B Cowles of
New Haven.
Pen of bucks, J Hooker of Cornwall.
Pen of buck, J S Higbee of Monkton.
of A (
Pen of bucks, Fl A B4scom of Shore
ham.
OF swine there were or, exhibition,
those belonging to McMs nm and Fl F
Hayden of Middlebury, ar Peter Tul
lay of Cornwall.
Horses and colts, splendid show.
more than so being Gu exhi bition. The
animal were in good condition, and elicit
ed great praise. Time fsile me to get
names of the owners thereof.
CATTLE.
In this department, the bsst show IS
made that have seen for many years.
Among the cattle, noticed those on ex-
hibition ty L J. Wright of Wey bridge, |
az follows One Sutton bull 3 i
years old, weighing 2,005 pounds. This
animal took tae frat premium at the Yer
mont STATE Fair and at the New England
Fir. He is a beautiful animal.
Tru thoroughbred herd book cows, with
their calves ny their side; orc 3-year old
heifrr; two 2-year old beifers; two 3-year
old steers; all OF which are herd book
animals. Those exhibited by D L Wright
as follows: one hull 2 years
old !; two year old heife,s; two earling
tteers; two heifer calves, all of which are
herd book animals, and originated from
N & J Wright's herd.
ILoticed splendid herd OF Ayrshire
cattle, belonging to L L Wright of Corn
wall; beautiful animals and all in good
condition.
A full display Of Attorney cattle was
made by Battell & Bostwick, Rpton
cattle, truly. One Attorney
bnll, G L Baxter, Cornwall; 1 grade Jer-
sey calf A Chapman, Middlebury; Jer-
sey bull, F Bailey, Bridport; 1 Attorney
bull, N Buttorph, Middlebury; Devon
shire bull, Cady, MiddIobury.
But time would fill me to enumerate
all that were on the ground. 1 failed to
discover, however, poor animal, and the
large number, and the good appearance
ELECTED universal commentator.
Thus [ have as hastily as possible gone
through with an enumeration of what
saw, Thursday, the 28th, was good day,
and the crowd was immense, estimated at
from four to five thous md people. ,,
The sun had dried off the trotting
course, and pursuant to the programme, d.
trotting of horses came eff in the after
noon. Being busily engaged elsewhere, I :
lid not take down the speed of the differ |.
ent horses that entered for the purses.