Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-20

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several wagons, double and single, Of their sub
stsntial and thorough make: and J. G. Ross Of
Underhill, has patent thill. one feature Of which
is rubber cushion to prevent rafting, which
locke ss if it might be good thing.
The Wheeler Wilson, Weed, and Grover s.
Baker sewing machines, are the only ones on
exhibition.
| FLOWERS.
The very large and fine ssters exhibited BY c.
NJ. Crane Of Jericho. and Mary Gilmore of CO..
chester the psnsies Of II. N Tracy and Miss
NJ. S Barstov; the petuniss by Mrs. J. E.
Smith and J. w. Davidson; the zinniss by Mrs.
D. E. Slater, were all noticeable for size and
beauty. For the other exhibitors Of flowers, we
must refer our readers to the li,t Of premiums.
BREAD.
We always Ike to see good number Of CON-
petitors for the premiums on bread, for nothing
conduccs more to the health and comfort Of the
family than good bread. This year the fair com
petitors are chiefly maiden lsdes Miss Z. J.
BrOwrel, Miss Nellie Atherton, Mrs Ruby
Brownel, and Miss Mary Mayhem Of Essex;
MisE Harriet Brown a nd Eliza Lander of Wills
ton, snd Miss Il. Z. Rogers of Winooski, exhibit
specimens of their skill as bread makers.
HoUIEHOLD MANUFACTURES, ETC.
We think the incest piece of rag carpet we
ever s2S is tha. exhibited by Mrs. E. B Weed
Of Essex. 1t is remarkably even and fne and CT
tasteful pattern. Only second to it is very nice
piece by Mrs. C. Teachout Of Essex, and there
are other specimens Ofr.g carpets and rag rugs
Of ccmmendsbs merit. 4 lady collar, ez-
hibited by Miss Eva Weed of Westford, is s
beautiful piece Of tatting, nothing finer and
nicer Of its kind hss ever been on exhibition in
this county, We think. Mrs. S. NJ Allis, Bur-
Ington exhibits very nice knit quilt. There was
very nice pair Of three ply knit woollen hose,
and home made table cloth, whose exhibitors
name is lest from our minuteF. Nice wax eros
SEES are exhibited by Miss Georgi.na C. Peck,
Miss Eva Chase and Mis- Hattie H. Willisms,
and wax water llief with ether wsxwoTk by
Mrs j. J. Joyner. The art department Of the
Fair is, however, not very extensive, the pret'i-
est thing being copy Of the Morning Glory"
girls head with wreath CT morning glories in
mSrble, without card OF LABEL bu, We ruppose
by Mr. Ike Of Rutland
We add to cur notes Of vegetables, box Of
popcorn containing CSC little care, of remark
able uniformity Of size, all quite small however,
raised (on taniy soiD from three ears, by Rev.
C. ". Wilder Of Essex.
CATTLE, &c
Three OK four exhibitors, Messs. Drew and
Barnes OF burlington; Mr.. Osgooi Of Milton;
Lyman and Asa Brigham OF E,sex; c. W. and
G. ". Bro8nell, Orton Goodrich, II, \. Tracy
and one or two others. prevented the cattle de-
psrtment from being an utter failure Nj.
Barnes exhibited some good full blood and half
blood Darhams. Mr.. Drew had his bull
"Clyde" and some nice Ayrshire COWS and
heifers. Charles 0sgooi had six head Of Ayr
shiref, including come very nice snimsls Mr..
C. VI. BroSnell hsd some nice grade cattle G.
W. BroEnell snd L. Il. Talcott exhibited fat cat
tie The Devon s.eers, shown by Lyman Brig
ham were good, and handsome Of their kind, SIS
they always sire But sfter going over all on
the ground, the enquiry Of every visitor lad TO
be " Where are the cattle of Chittenden coun-
tyr" The same question might have been
asked concerning the horses and sheep. There
were but eight entries Of stations, all told, and
but Eve exhibitors Of sheep. We sre compelled
to say that this is not the way in which
to make prosperous and useful Society The
Society hiss provided good grounds, and ample
accommodations. It oifers fair premiums. Now
if the isrmerr 10 not take hold and sustain its
fairs by making them fair and full exhibitions Of
the products CT the County, go that we can con-
pare prcgrCss from year to yesr, see how We
s,and, snd what We hare learned and have to
learn, the fsirs will degenerate into mere horse
trot5and tae Society will deserve to die. The
farmers Of the County must remember that in its
present location, the Burlington contributions
to thess exhibitions are necesssrily much
lessenel. Tie shog Of fire fabrics, displays Of
jjeEelry AID silver Fsre. sad The array Of beau
tiiul towers and fruit from the gardens and hot
houses Of this city, which have sdIel 20 much to
the attendance Of former fairs can hsrdly he ez-
pected now. But the c2tile, and horses, and
sheep, anl farm products Of the County can be
collected at Essaz SIS well SIS anywhere The
great numter rreseut-not lesa than five thou
sand probably-on Thur,isy, showed that the
people like to attend these exhibitions Bat they
do 10. so simply to lock Al each other On the
farmers Of Cbittendea county depend the rue
GEES Of their Agricultural Society, and they must
tske hold Of il With more interest and spirit in
future years, or it will be failure
FOURTH DAY.
L raiaei about all the forenoon. snd few PEG
pie were On the ground, ard The track beipg in
such bad condition as 10 prevent any further
trotting, the oficers Of The rocieiy decided to
bring The Fair to s close