Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-10-04
mond and MI Webb.
The display Of fancy articles iB

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F1orai nan,
was not as large as that Of last year, but ev-
erything was worth looking at and there were
more fine specimens Of needle-work, wax.work
and drawing than are often seen az county
Fairs. Want Of space forbids our going into
particulars. We could not do justice at par.
ticularization except at considerable loneth
In
Household Manufactures,
the show was exceedingly fine, and all the
articles exhibited were quite meritorious.
The
show was made by Daniel Frazer, of Barn
ard, Nathan Gushing, j d. Hewitt, Henry
PARKS, aud HsF. Sherwin, Of Woodstock
Except one pen Of mixed all we're of the
Chester County breed. In
Poultry
the show was very good, though not equal to
last year. Many Of the specimens we're very
ine. j. E. Montague OF Woodstock ex-
hibited Bramah Chickens; Daniel G. Spaul-
ding, OF Woodstock, Leghorns; Miss ID. M.
Wood, Of POmfret, Houdans; l.. w. Wash-
ourn, OF Woodstock, SiciIian fowls; He.
Orcott, of Hartland, Guinea aud Bantam
chicks and bronze and wild turkeys; A. d.
Washburn and Charles Fisher, Of Woodstock,
Maliard ducksj W. l.. Bragg, Of Quechee,
Aylesbury and ROuen Ducks; II. o. +. At
wood, Of Barnard, and Il. s. Gallup, of Wood
stock, geese Of
there were several tubs by Jonas Il. Russell,
Of Hartland, Il. S. Hunt of Pomfret, Eliza
Ann Oapron, OF Woodstock, Mrs @. w.
Richardson, of Woodstock Alvan Wood, of
Barnard, and Mrs. G. d. Kingsley, of Pom
fret Obed Whipple, Jr., Of Pomfret, pre-
sented some nice Jersey butter in attractive
balls. The only exhibitors of
Cheese,
we're Mrs. Minerva Butler, of Plymouth, A.
5. Phelps, OF Barnard, Jonas f. Russell and
f. S. Hunt.
Vegetables
we're few, and while all the products we're
good, about the only noticeable article. was a
mammoth squash by Leroy II. Atwood, of
Pomfret Of
Honey and Maple sugar,
the show was Weagre. Three exhibitors of
the former, Messrs. Alfred Richmond of
Barnard, Ii. N. Bruce, of Pomfret, and A.
ID Washburn, OF Woodstock, comprise the
list, and very little of the article was pre-
sented by either. So too of sugar, Nathan
el Richmond, Of Barnard, being the only ex-
hibitor, and of syrup, Henry b. Reed, of
Woodstock, and Nathaniel Richmond were
the only representatives of this important
branch. Their specimens were, however, ex-
ceedingly nice.
There was good display of fruit. A. b.
Jaquith of Woodstock showed tempting va
riety of apples, pears and grapes. Joseph
Aikens of Hartford showed so and l.. ID.
Williams of Hartland aoout 20 varieties of
apples Van Ness Perkins of Hartland
showed apples and pears aud N. H. Bruce of
Pomtret showed apples.
The day closed with closely contested
race for the purse of $50, open to geldings
and mares, four and five years old, s25 t.
first, SIS to second, SO to third The fol-
lowing is the summary:
Edgar Morgan enters Ed. Morgan, 4444
Geo. +. French enters Frank, 33333|
Geo F. Davis enters Ascutney Maid, IO22I|
q. Il. French, Aldrich Boy, 2OlII|
Time, 3 O34, ASIA 2.j6i, 2.5s, ASA.
The cavalcade of all the horses on exhbi-
tion was the first of the afternoons exercises
and took place with no more than the usual
delay. The show of horses ras very good.
there being between fifty and sixty on the
course, and among them in particular some
very handsome spans.
The cavalcade OF oxen was omitted for
some reason.
At three o'clock Judge Poland delivered
the annual address from the stand, and had
very large audience of attentive listeners,
who gave him hearty applause.
The two races followed aud were only
moderately interesting, though some good
trottiug was shown, that of the gentlemen's
driving horses was the more exciting, at least
of the two. Below are the scores:
Stallion trot for SIS, $50 to first, S25 10
second:
Il. f. Davis enters Midnight ? .
w. IL. Ii, Walker enters Hermit,
Time 24Oi 2.47i 2.4'.
Gentlemen's Driving Horses, S25 Purse,
Sl5 to first $40 to second
w. d. Foster, enters Peter, ?
Geo. +. French enters Frank. ?
Time 3.lOi3.O6 300
1t should be stated in Justice to Mr..
French s colt, which also trotted in the race
the first day with older horses, that he is on
ly four years old while his competitor, Peter,
is abOnt seven.
ln the afternoon the people were treated
to AN exhibition of the three perhaps the
most noted stock horses in Vt. and New
Hampshire, which we're shown by their own
ers aud followed by some of their stock;
"Gen. Lyon: owned by Geo. w. Dean,
Daubury NH, sired by "Old Morrill,"
the iavorite horse in his state, and whose
speed and beauty were greatly admired by
all Hambletonian stallion, owned by j.
II, Mouton of Randolph, half brother of
dexter" aud several other celebrated hors-
es and our own noble Woodstock, who has
sired more trottino hnrsas than ans, korso ~,