Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-10-18

mittee we're not posted, and gave the prize
to the good old mush Millions" which were
good of their kind, but we don't like the
kind. Mr.. Owen is a good gardener though,
as he showed in the vegetable department.
Vegetables.
That funny Webster of the Monitor, (who
is first class wit if he only knew it, and
could beat Nasby or Mark Twain with one
hand tied behind him, and without trying at
all, if he only ,ooald try,J says there were
enough vegetables on the table to make
" Vegetable Hair Invigorators and Veg
etable patent medicines to grease the hair
of all the girls and boys, and cure all the
dyspeptics in New England. The show in
this department was good iudced,-better
than the New England fair, or any other fair
this year, so far as we have had a chance to
know. The principal exhibitors were Brad
ley, Of Browington, Ball, of Derby, Baker,
Bachelor, Beedle, Hill and Owen of Barton.
Way, Chamberin and Kimball of Albany,
Standish and Clark of Glover, Oliver of
Charleston, and Smith of Greensboro. 9th
er good exhibitors might be named, if space
allowed. The first premiums were given on
mangolds to j. Alden; sugar beets, 7. Ba-
ker; carrots, II. Bradley and Daniel Owen !;
potatoes, to Milo Cleveland, d. Owen and
II. Bradley en- kohl rabi, Bradley turnips,
j. G. Oliver; Onions N. f. Ball, I'D to e.
Standish) pumpkins, to J. Il. Chamberlin I;
Hubbard and Turban squashes, Bradley !;
Boston marrow, Mrs. Il. Flanders; cabbage,
Ball; cucumbers, o. T. Willard tomatoes,
Ball, land, by the way, we would ask why
tomatoes are classed on the premium list as
fruit, while melons are put among the veget-
ablesl
Grains and Seeds.
Fifty traces of magnificent corn adorned
the walls, and the committee, though it had
difficult task, distributed the premiums with
judicious discrimination, Moses Beadle, OF
Barton, getting the first on II rowed and
John Paine, Of Albany, on rowed. There
was but a moderate show of small grains.
Mr.. Baker had some nice wheat; so did Mr..
Page, Of Westmore, who got the first premi-
um. Bradley showed "silver hull buck
wheat" which he finds something extra, and
j. G. Page some good rye. We ought not
to have omitted the good traces of pop and
sweet corn, jesse Alden getting first on one
and NJ. j. Tracy on the other.
We find that we have already over-rur
toe space which can be given to the subject
and so must pass over the Floral Hall and
Mechanical Department. They were both
good and creditable to the exhibitors. But.
ter, cheese, honey and sugar were all abund
ant and good. j. B. Cook took first on but
ter, Tracy of Bloomington, on cheese, j. w
Howard of Irasburgh, on honey, Moody Con
ner, lrasburgh, G. E. Bryant, Brownington
and Jesse Alden, lrasburgh, first in the diff
ferent grades of sugar, and A. w. Seavey oil
maple honey. A. NJ. Foster, Of Cabot, ac
cording to the committee, had the best sugar
and we don't doubt it, for he is A l, in
good many things. OF course he got no prize
as he.dOnt live in the county, but the com
mittee invited him to "jne" The Is tub
Of butter exhibited would have been credit
able to the most noted regions of the coun
try. Orleans is ranking up fast as a dair.
county. And, take this show together, i
would be difficult to point out where sh
ranks second.