Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-04
Orange County Fair.

This fair came off last week and gave
universal satisfaction. The two last DAYS
we're all that could be desired in the way Of
pleasant weather, though the attendance was
not as large as we have seen.
The show Of cattle was good, especially Of
working oxen. Town teams were from
Bradford, Corinth aud New5ury.
The show Of stock horses was unusually
large and of superior animals. Among these
we noticed = Len Rogers, owned By John
B. Clark Of Manchester, n. Il " knights
Horse, from Cornth; :. Green MJuntain
Tiger, owned BY J +. Hemmenwav, Chelsea.
" Abiallaa Prince, " owned by Henry John
son IF Ftirlee Thuaderb)lt," owned by
f. ". Chalmers Of Newbury and the
" Peters Horse" The premium mare and
colt We're Hubbard Kni.hts of B-aif9rd
the colt having been sired by :. Len Rogers -
The two other premium colt were after the
- Knights Horse =" and Peters Horse. -
The q. Len Rogers was much admired by
horse men, is called thoroughbred. and was
brought from Kentucky during the war
His weight is 1000 color jet black has
most graceful and easy movement, being a
sort Of e free and easy = gait, with a most
dOcile disposition, and for beauty was all that
could be desired. \ large number of his
family were there, and were much admired
~ the crowd
The last day the e Peters Horse . and
=" Len Rogers showed their style and action
It the same time, and it was amusing to hear
the opinions Of their respective merits. Both
are animals to be proud Of.
OF sheep, j. W. Stevens Of East Corintl
had very nice lot Of thirty fun blood At
WOOD Merinos, eight of which were lately
bought Of W. r. RcmIee Of Middlebury
Mr.. Remlee says he could have taken : ,5Ol
for such animals in 1863 But Mr.. Stevens
could not obtain a premium on them because
he had not owned them three months o
and f. 5. Hall Of East Randolph had nine
teen very superior Mcrinos, all descendant.
from the flock Of the late Edwin Hammond
Of Middlebury.
In Mechanics Hall Mr. r. W Laird 0
st. Johnsbury exhibited some superior speci
mems Of Granite Monumental work with tn,
letters covered by a patent composition 0
his that is far superior u anything else in
use. His business Is increasing rapidly. ant
he has already commenced selling bis worI
in Massachusetts,, and Will soon put some d
his work in Mount Auburn He makes th
Blue Mountain Granite in Ryegate spe
cialty. His sales now are over 800 OOO
year. lie is bound to excel IN everything
The Lyndon Carriage Co. had a buggy anc
sleigh that made US all want t. take
ride" Both were perfect specimens Of tast
and skill in workmanship. Their carriage
are known and appreciated all over that par
Of the state Their sales are also incre4sin.
rapidly.
The show Of farming implements was very
small!
The vegetables and grain were choice varie
ties but were not in large quantities
In Floral Hall the show was the best eve
seen IN the county. It was packed wit
;hoice productions Of fancy AMI usetu
articles, which were exhibited by severa
,dies in attendance
The trot5ins was the best we ever saw
The rules of the Society we're maintained
and no breaking Of horses or yelling Of driver,
was allowed, but good, honest, square trot
cing. Best time 43
We did not hear word Of complaint from
5ae thousands 10 attendtnc The Chiel
Marshal, Col. Gould Of Piermout, deserve.
great credit for his efficiency, and was abb,
seconded by his sistants. The fnancia
part of the Society was a perfect success.