Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-09-20
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pens = great rallyi ng Ioini i0T The ef1sd'
Who mostly accustomed 10 merinos, were
filled with wonder Al ihc enormous devel-
opment to which muiion altaihs In hi.
breed. Mr.. Colhrane's sheep are un-
doubtedly the besi that money could bay,
aud arc kept a. clean a. though ready loE
the she1rcr. NJ. Arms. of Springfield.
also exhibited some nice specimen. Be-
sides these exhibitors. the Messrs. Fair.
banks Of s.. Johnsbury had a nice zen OF
Cotswold and Leicester ram lambs. Oh
middle-vooled sheep, A. o. * J. Bemis,
had several pens Of lirsi rate southdoWus.
including rams, ewes aud lambs, and Mr.,
Cochrane shows admirable specimens Of
the larger aud rarer Oxford downs. j.
Walker, Of Hariland, showed some good
/ Cotswold, both bucks aud ewes.
NJ. X. Chamberlin & Son, Of Bradford.
showed 4 foek ofmerlnos, embracing many
good specimens. L. S. Drew, Esq, Of
Burlington, had five bucks aud an equal
number Of buck lambs. W. Bagley, Of
Ilartland had two nice pens of buck aud
eve lambs and two Of ewes; A. T. Full
Ter, of Pomfret, exhibited the same flock
that drew both premiums and praise at
Lowell, A. L. Perkins, also of Pomiret,
exhibited the same fine animals shown at
New England Fair Jos. Dow, Of Barnet,
exhibited a splendid three-year-old ram.
SWINE.
There is but a small show of these nee
essary animals. the interest seeming TO
fall with the decline in the price Of pork.
Nutting, of Randolph, exhibited his rs
sex" grades and thoroughbreds. Chas.
Stark, of St. Johnsbury, had big yearl-
ing SOW with six fine pigs, Chester Whites.
POULTRY
These may be dismissed about as brief
y as h swine. the show being very small.
Gov. Bullocks address on Thursday,
was upon the condition Of model State,
aud occupied forty-fye minutes in its de-
livery. He said the people had assembled
there for week which had been marked
in the calendar as one of the holidays of
Vermont 1t was not the agricultural
alone, BIT all the other interests of the
community shared equally in is glories.
1t was not so much a competition as a
union Of men and vocations. lie then pro
ceeded to consider the actual aspects oil
Vermont as a model State. The climate
Of the State was prominent among the fe.
licities OF its situation, and the star of man,
I empire went where the temperature wa,
robust and braciug. In Vermont was found
the yerlication Of the maxim Of the Ger
man philosopher, that the stern genius o
the North throws men back upon them
selves. 1t was the men thus reared Wit
had reclaimed the soil from the sterilit,
Of wildness 10 the afluence of fertility
The present cultivated condition of tn,
State was the victory achieved by the per
sistent energy Of the poop,e. Seventeenth
Of the surface of the State had been re
claimed to the uses and beauties of civil
ization. Man has mastered the exigencie
Of the climate, and race had arisen ev
err thoughtful of the interests of the world
In speaker eloquently alluded to th
charming scenery Of Vermont and tn
power Of beautiful surroundings to touc
and finish the nature of man. No ma
ever regretted that he was born an
: brought up under the stars Of Vernon
The speaker next alluded the beneficial Of
fects ofthe distribution Of pursuits in life
The age of Arcadian simplify was gon
and all now moved to more stirring musi
than the spinning wheel of the times Q
Stark and Allen. The diversity of ayr
culture had been reinforced by the NOR
sprightly divinities of the arts, and me
chanical inventions had entered the Who'll
domain of practical life. They had de
stroyed old pursuits and established new
The transformation Of the arts was chang
ing the normal condition of Vermont an
the modern divisions of lador were addin
new value to the farm lands Few State
possessed equal facilities for the encoul
agement of miscellaneous industry, an
the idea of state being engrossed in on
pursuit had become obsolete. A commerce
S inside of the State was necessary to tn
. solid and enduring wealth of any peopl,
: The diversilies and unities of industry ha
] infused the New England villages wit
e new life, and the speaker cited the il
' stance of St. Sohnsbury, and expresse
e his disinterested admiration of the enerq
:, of the family whose enterprise had dor
j, SO much for elevation of the social an
e moral as well as the bushes interests
J. its people The speaker considered til
j relations of land and landed interests