St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-22
VERMONT STATE FAIR.
MPcH0Nic'S H0U.

and they made very handsome SHOW.
1t may be proper here TO say that the
, Fairbankses had 10 scales on exhibition,
and have had none at state fairs for sew
eral ycaIs These fairs come at 4 sea-
son of the year when they are pressing
their forces TO the utmost 10 fill orders,
and they actually had not on hand an
assortment which they could put into
the fair
James Mutt had quite display of files
from his works in this place. Harvey
& Haskell exhibited agricultural and
joincrs' tools. There was also in this
building section Of watcr-pipe made
from lIutchin,' patent concrete or &C.
rnent. This is new thing in this coun
try, and promises to make something of
a revolution in wafer conductors, water
holders, walks, roofs, etc The little
"coasting wagon" from Springfield was
a pretty chilTs toy, but there is hardly
call for them in this climate. They
will take better further south.
Lane, Pitkin x Brock, of Montpelier,
exhibited one Of their double circular
saw mills, AMI Il patent lever set. This
mill was il fine piece Of machinery, and
attracted much attention. The adyanta-
gcS Of double saw ale these: ability
to saw through the largest lug, and at
the same time use thin plate saws With
a four feet SAW it is estimated that fully
one quarter of the lumber is cut into
saw dust At the present and prospect
i've prices of lumber. this is Il heavy toll
to the saw it is therefore an Object 10
use as thin saws as will properly do the
work
In the vicinity Of articles above men
toned, was a LARGE variety OF farming
and other implements. l.. +. Rollins
exhibited horse powers Medal Wright
x Son of Montpelier, planners and match
ers; Ely, Balch y CO. of 81, Johnsbury,
hoes, forks and rakes. By the way, this
firm are supplying Il large share ot the
western country with their superior man
ufacture~, while at the east, where they
have been used for years, their wares are
the staEdad.) Besides these there were
hay tedders and hurse-rakes, plows, cul-
tivaturs and corn planters, and innumcr-
able other implements of hu>handry.
There WAS fine display of carriage
work and carriage painting, by }. ID.
Miller OF this place, who exhibit d u very
handsome phaeton of superior workman
ship, a top buggy of ordinary style, two
open buggies and Il sleigh. The Lyndon
Carriage Co. a!,o exhibited some elegant
open buggies and a sleigh. c. j. Uttorl
of Barton had 4 very handsome top bug
gy, and sleigh Of unique style and fin
ish was shown by a Newbury man.
The patent rights were fully represen-
ted W. West Of Dorset, showed San
fords improved sickle grinder, a contri
vance for sharpening the knives Of Il
moving machine. 1t must be seen TO
be appreciated. The same may be said
of Colby'S little washer, one of those in
venlions calculated to lessen woman's
hard lot. +. }. Marsh's knife scourer
is another, and one which looks practi-
cal. Gales SUGAR cvaporator was cx-
hibited alongside of Wakrfield's and
Mud2ett's. These are both contrivan-
ces for warming the sap by passing it
through tube in the fire box, before it
goes into the pan.
j. y. Scranton OF Bennington exhibit
ed portable gas machine with which
he proposes TO light buildings at one half
the cost of coal gas. \ machine for
twenty-five burners can be put in for
$50 This is different uN from that of
men who have been about here Of late.
One advantage this gas has over the gas
oline gas, is that it can be burned in
common burners, without globes or CHM
neys, and being lighter than the atmos-
phere, burns as we'll in the third story
! Of I,,il al,
III. f. Il ID. e. Woodruff of this place,
exhibited quite line OF stoves, copper
and tin ware and +. Il. Gage had a
good exhibition of photographs, lifc-size
and smaller. q. III. Hastings of Lvm-
donville also exhibited photographs.
THE STOCK,
As we said last week, was unusually
choice. To he sure some of it was of
the shot. bed kind, but there was much
high blood and many fine animals. The
horses were exhibited poorly, but there
were good many valuable ones on the
ground-some over thirty stock horses,
we believe. w. Il. Streeter of East
Burke, had his old Morgan there with
five OF his colts. The old horse is ~
years old c. NJ, IIuckins Of Topsham
had Il worthy son of worthy sire, in
"!Starlight," get of the old "Flyinp
Banncr'
2:4i TROT
This trot was open TO all horses in