St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-09-26
st. John.pury, ", Friday, sept. e6, 1873.
CALEDONIA COUNTY FAIR.
The Opening Day,

annual gatherings must he Il failure.
But those W no INDUCED in such gloomy
forchoding> did not realize the pluck of
the farmers of this county. The result
of Tuesdays exhibition shows that they
are not men who put their hands to the
pillow and then look back. 1t is con
coded on all hands that Il better eXhi-
bitiun of cattle has not been made since
the society WAS organized and many
insist that this year SurpaSscs them all.
The farmers came in with their stock
five, ten and even fifteen miles. and
walked up to the Secretary's office drip
ping wet, but full of courage and good
cheer.
Prominent on the grounds this first
day were the
TOWN TEAMS.
Four towns competed for these pre-
miums. and when they were all within
the railing, it was splendid show "t
oxen. Below we give these teams and
their owners:
BWnct james Roy, Alex. Roy. Ma
thanicl Roy, Joseph Roy, LuciuS Brock.
VIM. Roy e yokeS,) VIM. Adams. Loren
Kinnie, Joseph Dow.
DdhriHc E. Chickcring. Il. ID. Halt>-
horn. q yokcs,) Moses Batchclder. Ora
Drew. Martin Drew, \. Gilc, Frank
Palmer. This string was Icd by Mr..
Chickering's finely matched and hcauti-
full DcvOns.
81. JOhH&buy \. Aldrich. II. II.
Wheeler. y. and l.. Stiles, joel Roberts.
Edward Allen, Horace W. Ayers. l.. X
T. Fairbanks * Co., q yokcs.) 1t VA,
said that four pairs of oxen in this
string weigh over 1000 lbs.
Waterford Willard kimuic. e yokeS)
Ii. e. Dawson. e. l.. Dawson. :. ;.
Stoddard. Chandler Works, Geo. W.
Stiles. 6. X. Barker, +. \. Parks, c.
W. Felrh Mr.. Fclch'S oxen weigh
1900 lbs. and Mr.. Park 1900 lbs. and
four other yokes run between $3.50 and
1900 lbs.
THE YOUNGER OXEN.
of four year old oxen, l.. :. Freeman
had a yoke weighing $500 lbs. Joseph
Dow pair. $3.50. VIM. Russclow a
handsome pair of Devons.
Three year oldS. we found pair OF
c. l.. Davi>on's weighing $3.50 lbs, also
Il pair each by J. g.. Hovcy. David .
Chas. Starlls and Peter Glenn .
ent. The two last are of the Devon
belief, and but little improvement could
he suggested.
There were several entries of handy
yearling Stcers-somc extremely well
broke. y. b. StarkS. Horace W. Aver.
Peter Clement and Herbert Morrison.
each had Il pair Clements weigh 1914
lhs. and Ayers 1850
FAT CATTLE.
The McsSls. Fairbanks had It yoke OF
fat oxen ON exhibition which attracted
much notice. Their weight is 5OOS lbs.
Charles Starks entered his handsome
beNohS III 'lilN CLASS. heir NelSh' Is Il
lew pounds snort "i 4ooo lhS'' ana one
of the pair girts eight feet.
Besides these there We're several lat
cows III pens, one or two grade Dur
MAINS extra Whlch were extra nice. we
could not learn the owners names. but
they Will douhtless inquire In the prehl-
nm list
CATTLE IN PENS
mere WAS mitch choice i"il hi""d
ana grade stock III the pens of thor
oosh-"re" snort ii"'hS' L. |. I lHher Oh
'a"ot WAS Il P'"'hlh'h' eNl'l"l'"r' III
.'''S ci"Ss To" d w. li"NeH' Nh''''cS MOSS
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i"'E' eA"i"i'oiS =" cows an" young
s'''N' Apei "ilil'''l ii'" me year
ing "ui'' Out one a''"@tiher 10" VIII"
i'' s'i""seiS' 'c"' pIe"' horace
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