Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-04
For the Freeman.
STATE Fair at st. JOhnSbury'

Having taken a great interest in the late
State Fair at St. Johnsbury, being instru-
mental with the Superintendent, MI onedd,
as committee In locating it 1T said place.
feel that Justice has not been done 1t IN the
tarious concentrations that have been gwen
it by the press some Of the papers naVlnE
I spoken disparagrgy of it, making 1t Inoi'
insignificant than most Of the county Iairs'
The Free Press, am told. insinuated that
II was a small afflir, and that Burilrgt-h
was the place to make money and ST. johns
bury to spend it, at these annual gatherings
/ Cbe truth is If | am correctly informed, we
made more money at the late lar than We
/ ever did any one We r at Burlington, Rut-
! land, or Brattleboro, and that, too uhuer the
same arrangements that we nave always hau
ut the above named places. To be sue, the
/ farmers and merchants in Ca ledonIa county
did not seem to realize that they were par
/ of the State Of Vermont, and hence neSlett'
/ IN brine in their stock and fancy articles,
surprising, | was told that they could not
/ compete with the celebrities from other
counties, who had for many years been sue
ccsslul rs stock growers, and were sure 20
/ take the majority Oi the premiums. Heu
there "; ; some little misunderstanding about
4 the manner ga NbiuuNNlLlF5 WY -s-'-f
more than we have always experienced the
/ first year in a new place. Many wanted
tickets that they could run in and out OF the
/ fair with, which IN years past we found TO our
/ sorrow was a bad arrangement, as men oI
r,succtability. 80 called, were gully OF put
+ ting their tickets through the cracks oil tue
1 fence to let in others one man b0astlhg
that his ticket bad worked in dozen or
more during the four days. Then the ladies
70, t4FF
/ Floral Hall, had at their county fairs been
admitted free, but We had no such arrange
meut.
We did not suppose any one would ask as
tl nav them for exhibiting, for 1t would
amount to that. If we admitted them free
/ living them a premium, If the article was
merItorious, and charging nothing, as
we always did, for the exhibition OF theT
fancy goods. II IT,, we think something OF
a privilege to lie admitted TO itir, and en-
isV !. sight seeing" shaking hands with old
friends from all parts OF the State, ut the
cheap expense OF twenty-five cents day,
and stand IA good chance of drawing a pre-
miuui. ct one. three or five dollars. according
To the value and rarity Of the article cx-
tihitcd
All that was lacking t. have made the fair
successful in point of exhibition. " little
more attention % Floral Hall, few more ot
stock farm at ShelbIrne. Cochrane's famous
cattle and horses from Canada, that we had
reason to expect would lie present, and WHO
have no coubt could be induced To exhibit
an9tacr year, ii the society should see fit ID
f - there again
" surg t. learn President Roots opinion
.of 5he tam, | made inquiry of hun by letter
s relative % it. a4d among other good things
he said in reply was the following Ihe
fair, ia nag opinion, taken as a whole was a
success IN some departments 1t was rather
meagre, but what the main things lacked 10
{ quantity was made an In quality. Iac at
! tendance was ltrSe q the last, and very or
lerlv and all seemed 10 vie with each other
ln having "a good social time. which was the
best ami happiest I1ht Of all TO me. think
the Te5ple that part Of the State are an
> intelligent, orderly, suber and social body Of
r men. women and children, auG 1t Is apparent
that the more dem -r.ljzjng elements OF the
= larger places have not crept in upon them
r lie country people seemed o nave an errln-
8 elus view Of sat Fair, by never having
me in their mi 81 Le.ore, out f they should
have it there again, we could recJity what
mistakes were made, AMI have mutual bet
ter uuler> landing
To those who have been le! T. believe thar
+ the show was about equal a. common C9un-
d Il Fair. let wa state thar there were present
sv,r 10 pens ot sheep, the best display We
nave had tor mum 9cr of wears. fine herds %
. cattle OF the SPORT Horns. Avr>hire- Dev5ns
Attorney and Duteh-a Mechanics Han
. better flied with useful machinery than we
nave seen It for a long time. vi Cl many other
things thar county show could net begin L
+ equal.
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