St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-15

Z. MeServc, ard Z. Nj. Hucklns, Tops
ham; ID. c. Conner, Cabot G.. NJ
Stevens, Lancaster; G. IIarpin, Bar,
nard VIM. Farwell, Barre Thomas
Rancour. Waterford Jerry Drew, No
Derby w. III. Walker, Hartland w.
b. Smith, Burke James Vance, Alba.
ny; A. Bemis Il Son, Willoulhby
Peter Laundry, st. Johnsbury.
BROOD MARES.
w ii Walker, IIarlland james
Vance John O'IIara, Sheffield; G X
Dodge, Calais G Gates and J Arm.
strong, Peacham Thomas + Bray, No
Danville + ID Williams, Walden Jo-
siah Newton, Waterford John Buzzell,
Newark w NJ Evarts, Windsor.
GELDINGs AND FILLIEs.
James Vance, Albany John O'Iiara,
Sheffield ; VIM. Persier, Calais A
Bemis u Son, Lyndon G II Dodge,
Calais l. y Woods and V ID Moul,on,
Peacham W Bcmis X Son, Lyndon
ID. Trull, W. burke Jerry 'Drew, Nc
Derby; W III Walker G Cobb, 81
Johnshnry L + Bray, No DanvIlc.
HORSES FOR ALL WORK.
Harvey Fisher, Waterford A O & j
Bcmis, Lyndon Il. +. IIaviland. dan.
vile; j Brown, st .Johnsbury Willard
Bnndy, Burke III Goodhue, Westmin
ster West ; Jerry Drew, No Derby J
Wooley, Newbury BemiS x Hall and
Geo w Carr, St Johnsbury.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
The show of fruit and vegetables Is
very mcagrc. l. Bryant, the nursery
man at Derby, had Il GOOD show OF APP
pies, including some forty varieties OF
English and Crab apples.
There are some very choice lots of but
ter and cheese. The stamped butter
made from Attorney stock, and shown by
Allen Toby of Calais, NJ Anderson OF
Barre, and j. {. Webster of I.uncnbnr",
was very nice looking
A. Nj. Foster Of Cabot has the hand
soonest display Of potatoes we ever saw,
including Early Rose, Prolific, Peerless
and King Of the Earlics.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
There Is 4 superior show of cattle and
sheep upon the grounds. In the various
classes Of horses too, the Fair i Il sue
cess. The display of mechanical nipple
ment~, especially those adapted 10 the
wants OF the farmer, is very good Flo
raj Hall, which at our county fairs has
been an object of much ii not the great-
est interest, l. mainly Il failure, owing nc
doubt 10 the different management of tho
two societies. We cannot however ac-
count for the lack of fruit, Vegetables.
and articles usually found in the bread
and pastry department, nor for the
dcarth OF poultry, swine, etc.
y despatch TO the Journal of We'd
ncsday speaks thus approvin@ly of the
cattle: Most of the neat cattle entered
are already upon the grounds, and for
the number the display l. a remarkably
choice one. There are Twenty-Five en-
tries of Jerseys, a dozen of them from
the splendid herd of Mcs>rs T.. y r.
Fairbanks. There are ihirty-scven en-
tries Of thoroughbred short horns, rh.
finest brin" Il herd of eighteen shown by
Shcdd y Van Sichlin of burlington. in
Guiding the splendid bull Earl of Ok
| ford, which is valued at three thousand
dollars. \. KNIGHT of S.auslcad. Prov
ince Of Quebec, has Il fine short horn
bull, an excellent pair OF youn" Hereford
steers, and some other fins stock He
is the only exhibitor from the Provinces
Other exhibitors of short horns are w
X Chambcrlin y Son of bradford, T..
+. Iloycy and Samuel f.. Stoldard OF
Waterford. There are thirteen entries
of Drvons, anon. them good pair OF
four year old steers, owned by Charles
Stark Of st. .Iohnsbury. ii. VI. Hall OF
East burke also has Il fine herd of 4 duz-
Ell QevonS. One of the choicest and
most attractive herds on the grounds Is
fifteen bead of full blooded Dutch cattle
exhibited by Thomas Baker of Barton.
1t includes Il fine, large five year
old bull, and one three years old.
scarcely inferior, and several beautiful
mich COWS. There is only one other
herd OF Dutch cattle in the State, and
that sends no representatives to the fair
On Wednesday forenoon there was AN
examination of cattle, and cavalcadc OF
horses. In the afternoon, exhibition of
brood mares, tandem teams, AMI two
trot-. For the three minute purse there
were nine entries. After the first heat
three were Withdrawn. The first purse
of so was taken by Harry IIockcnber-
rvs katy" the n OF 50 by j. Hob
sons sally" and the third by W. II.
Martins elm"
For the 2:ii purse there were four
entries job. IInbSon, Of Newbnry, en-
tered 'Rcd Cloud" Geo. IIarpin, Bar
nard, "American Boy" Harry IIockcn-
berry, bradford, morrill, Prince -
French u Washburn, Montpelier,
"Scratch Gravel" Red Cloud took the
500, the Prince the second, AMI the
Boy the third
This ended the exercises oC the day.
Thursday morning opens bright and
beautiful, and the crowd promises to he
larger than any day previous Gov.
l5ullock's address will be deIivcd at ,
o'clock.
BEWARE OF CnLoRAI~-'rhc new an
aesthetic chloral, or hydrate Of chloraI,
from which such great results have been
expected, Is proving a dangerous druo.