Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-23
tc., make a fair show, maintaining and

bury manufactures I0r sterling excel
lence. as we'll as workmanlike finish.
The Fairbanks Scale Works display
a large though not a complete assert
ment of their various styles, adapted to
every possible demand for weighing ma
machinery for commercial purposes.
Moulton & Richardson of Stowe, con-
tribute case of we'll made and hand
somely mounted carriage harnesses
David Morrison of St. Johnsbury, ex-
hibits specimens of his skill in door
making, conspicuous among which, is a
magnificent double-door of black walnut
and glass, designed for place in the
new mansion now building at Wells Riv-
er, for Frank Deming, Esq.
A. B. Norris of Barnet, exhibits two
handsome croquet sets, of which he makes
considerable number, though his chief
business is the manufacture of bobbins
for factories.
A. H. Hill Of St Johnsbury, shows
very neat clothes drying arrangement,
which can be put up in room and when
closed, occupies but very little space.
Lyndon Arnold of st. Johnsbury,
shows good specimen of grain1ng in
imitation of wood.
Charles n Webster of Newport, ex-
hibited some very creditable specimens
Of job printing, which evinced both good
taste and skillful workmanship.
In the
LADIES' DEPARTMENT
There is such multiplicity of incom-
prehensible wonders of needle and other
fancy work, that we cannot dare to es-
say description. Only one thing, a
wreath of feather flowers, by Mrs. E. f.
Fletcher of St. Johnsbury, struck us as
particularly beautiful. and so we name
it in passing In
PHOTOGRAPHS
Clifford of st. Johnsbury, shows very ell
egant work in views and portraits, in
GLIDING fine view of the Scale Works.
Hastings of Lyndonville, contributes a
number of good pictures, and Gage of
st. Johnsbury, some fine portraits, fin
ished in India ink-a speciality of Cages.
FLOWERS.
Alfred Parker, gardner for Horace
Fairbanks, Esq, makes beautiful dis
play of rare ornamental plants, as also
does Mr.. Ingraham, the gardener of Hon.
Thaddeus Fairbanks. Among these
plants were specially to be noticed many
new and choice ADDITIONS, bigonias, cal
albums, coleuses and marantas as well as
the new willow leaved amaranth OF
''fountain-plant." sanchezia nobilis vari,
egata, tittonia, etc., etc.. The baskets
of cut flowers, bouquets, ETC., of these
exhibitors were very noticeable, and We
regret that our notes are not sufficiently
explicit to enable us to award the credit
of his individual efforts.
The live stock comes next in order
and the stalls and pens this morning
were all full. Beginning with the leas'
We notice among the
-- SWINE
Nothing very remarkable. Indeed there
are not over a half dozen entries, nearly
all sows and pigs, which although some
: of them are good as individuals, repre-
sent not one of the pure breeds. This
being the case we will not attempt t.
particularize.
SHEEP.
!, Here the show is very full and excel
lent, not pen being empty. In tn
merino class Col. Stowell of Cornwall
; shows one, two and three years old bucks
coming pretty near perfection in ever.
point of excellence. A. E. Fuller o
= Pomfret is on hand with three fine bucks
a pen of Is ewes, ram and eve lambs
all choice animals. The same may b
said of the merinoes, bucks, ewes an,
9 lambs shown by Edward Bridge and A
t E. Perkins, two other Pomfret breeder
e familiar with the feeling that come
: with first premiums at the largest fairs
n E. S. Hall of East Randolph is also
c prominent exhibitor, as likewise is Jas
!; R. EMERSON of Peacham. H. O. Smit
:. has pen of Southdown lambs, A. 0.
d J. Bemis of East Burke six pens of South
!. down bucks, ewes and lambs, and job
e Higgins & Son of St. Johnsbury six pen
: of webb Southdowns. all fine ami
mails, between which we do not feel CON
| petent to discriminate The Cotswold
|, are we'll represented, H. M. Hall of Eas
r Burke making grand display, embrao
ing six pens, and including bucks of dii
n ferent ages, ewes and lambs. The Messrs
It Higgins have some nice specimens of thi
b breed, and r. G.. Hill of Elmore in show
l. ing his magnificent Cotswolds, with a
n the honors of the first premiums at th
V late N. E. Fair fresh upon them, confer
$ favor on all lovers of really first elias
;. stock. J. & S. S. Walker of Harlan
v shows also some good Cotswolds; an
], Salmon Nye Of Coventry, if he had onl
had the requisite three instead of til
!. two buck lambs of this breed which /
| exhibits would have stood fair for some