Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-10-05
~ ,iinggord Town Fair.

IT,. l,, ~ S not very ausPlcious' yet
49,, ,u.s . lar re attendance. The fair
'"'' -. ,ho va nant lot lying north OF
n NJ Tovrsend's residence between
Fr.nklia and Maple st, sets' Consisting Oh
ta.ar fga acres of level land, and per-
,,an,, .d,nted to the use to which it was
mt Floral Hall was capa'Non' Ou'l",
~, oo.r the east eud of the LOT, erected
ax.rsssly for the occasion. Inc S'oeA
non. were built on the west side OF the
lot end the speakers stand a JIttie "'7o
,F,hc hall, near the center
The ofIio r. OF the day were:
I,ym.a B.tchrlIer, Presiient.
n. p. Round, Marshai.
O. NJ. Tuwn-end, Secretary.
,rb, E,st WaIlingford Cornet Band waS
..t.n dance, and provided most be'uti'
music on the occasion.
ta 1880 n. m, the Graded School
Az procession under the direction
irm'a dpson, the principal, and pre-
OF Prof. D. 70 band and the marshal.
oeeded by : q school house to the fair
marched from I.
groun]. ,ay tho comro,n, of
-, O.'T rP~.3,o, n,ore On in full uniform
armel and equipped, anll % ~ So s,,.noan
rarv beautiful evolutions in t, g " '''' -lN,.,
At3p.m., the cfieers of IL e d. 49,
o,irn3 TO the speakers atand' aud Int
.ro,3 gathered around and listened 70 "
telling and appropriate address from rev
Edwin NJ. Haynes, Of Lewiston M''ne'
and Instructive and practical re1na' kF
from one of our "7joe farmers" u y,
ChHls Both speakers sat down ''Oi'D
lore.coutiuu applause.
At this point the new board OF oin's1s
for the ensuing year was eleo{ed' so our
or,,iz. tion ia an accomplished fact.
Hero followed some splendid Slnk'ng'
bringing out our own home talent !" I" -
m,n9er III It drought down the crowd
There was a most beautiful display Oy
the ladies in Floral Hall, which reflected
their good taste as we'll as their puO"0
spirit. -.
The department Of fruits and vegetables
nrosontaa most wonderful display Ct
everything to crafty the most fast'olouS
palate.
There was a fine display of blooded and
native cattle, sheep, horses, swine and
poultry. There was a specimen OF golden
rye. the seed of which was brought from
California. 1t is very productive.
Thee were fine specimens OF surprise
fl. e. and great variety of seed-oorn Also
am, ug the < God things were cheese honey
etc, te-
Tbe, o were twt., moving machines or
the ground, the sprA que and the Chsm
pion. ,:.
It ia useless to atten. 1T to mention
tenth part of beautiful ant uselul 'n'ns
on tho ground We had no s. 'orse r7cips'
and we hope this will always be trne II
re.pcct to our fair 1t is estimaL cd ina
there were 1900 persons present. Had
the day been clear and pleasant, fhert
would have been double the number pres
ent.
should have mentioned before tha'
Batoheller s. Sons and Batcheller Manu-
featuring Company both shut down anc
turned their whole force to fit up TIT
grounds. Marshal Round proved himsei
the right man in the right place. Every
thing moved off like clock-work. He ha
been the soul of the whole thing from 1t
inception TO its successful conclusion
HE Major Is all right.
The following is list of the premium
awarded
HERD BOOK CATTLE.
1st premium, COW, "Latty," J. s. Emery
I'd premium, better calf, J. s. Emery; .
premium, yearling bull, j. S. Emery
THOROUGHBRED DURHAM CATTLE.
lat premium, 2 year old heifer, Bessie
J. S. Emery Cd premium, 2 year o.
hsifer, Jennie" J. s. Emery; 1st prem
ium, COW, ''Msrtha," j. S. Emery; z
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