The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-11
THE STATE FAIR.
VERMONT On ExlsuHsTsON
SECOED DA J.
che Gathering and the display.
The Afternoons Races.

The second day of the State Fair passed
in very satisfactory style. The weather
was splendid and every one seemed to en-
joy It, The gathering was largely ncrcas-
cd all through the day and the enthusiasm
greatly heightened in every department of
the Fair. The grounds were in state of
high life. the crowd was large and gay and
the exercises passed with commcndable
promptncss and dispatch. More entries
were made in nearly every department.
Floral Hall was packed to its utmost not
only by the busting crowd that continued
TO surge through it all the day long but
als), by the goods that We're displayed in
every nook and corner of the building.
The picture presented by these articles ex-
hibtcd was decidedly grand, and was u
magnificent exhibition of Vermont indus
try, Yankee ingenuity and cultivated taste.
The ladies department b especially fine.
Everything, seemingly, that ladies can do
best is here spread out in lavish profusion
and in endless variety.
The side shows all received due atten-
tons and were running over with spccta-
tors throughout the day. Vendors of every
description drove a thriving business and
the booths were financial success to the
bustlin. proprietors. Humbugs were made
to appear the genuine article in the mouths
,ft hoe .l,n ;oI tn:r tl,.,
of the sick dispensed their miraculous doses,
many there were who believed they would
ever regret the time they were not paying
visit to the ''largest hog in the world
while others secured n view of Punch and
Judy and were made happy.
MECHANICS HALL.
Here is spread out the products Of the
Vermont farmer and the fruit of Vermont
invention. The specimens as a whole are
at once important for such an occasion and
attractive as well. Such display of agri-
cultural implements and farming tools Of
every kind has rarely been made in our
state, and nearly every article exhibited is
worthy of special mention from its merit
alone. Vermont is not only well repre-
scented but also large part of New Eng
land and New York, inventions being ex-
hibited from the different states in large
numbers.
One of the most meritorious and probably
the largest display made thus far is that of
| the
AMES PLow COMPANY
whose fame as manufacturers of agricul-
tural implements and machines has become
world wide. They have upon exhibition
73 different articles, all of the highest i'm
portance to the farmer. The principal
article in the display is the pillow, of which
they exhibit several different varieties,
chiefly among which is the Knox patent
hand steel pillow, made by the company and
in which they claim great superiority.
They have seven of this make on exhibit
ton. They also have Hake's sidc-hill pillow,
improved swivel for pulverizing soil, which
took the first premium at the New England
Fair; also Hapgoods side-hill pillow for one
horse. The famous American hay tedder
is also represented, beside seed sowcr, corn
planter and fertilizer, Gang cultivator size
No. l, KnoX's horse hoe, Frcnch's cultiva-
tor, Burts self-adjusting horse rake, Per-
rvs premium mower, Prairie corn shelter,
n cider mill, Garfield's improved coffee
grinder, three lawn mowers of the Ross and
the Lawrence make, road scraper, medium
size baggage barrow and Little Giant
wheel jack, the whole combined making a
lihe display.
Another of the principal attractions in
and about Mechanics Hall is the display
of the productions along the line of the
ATCHIsoN, TOPEKA Il SANTA FE Il. Il.
which are shown by their gcntlemanly
agent, Mr., C. p. Bolmar. These produc-
tions and samples are mostly from the state
of Kansas and more particularly in the Cot
tonwood, Upper Iowa and Kansas Valley,
and represent the wealth of the soil in that
region and along the line of the above rail
road in very striking manner. 1t give Il:
a view of the products Of that far away
land and affords convincing proof thai
we are every day getting nearer and nearer
to the land of the west in the rapid march
of civilization. Mr.. Bolmar has among
other articles exhibited, samples of timber
the cottonwood and the black walnut
showing their growth in five, eight ant
thirteen years; btuminous coal from Usage
county, Kansas, taken from the Osagt
shaft which is capable of producing SO(
tons per day. Oker clay from Usage coun
ty, in its crude state, and manufactured
into brick and pottery;crystallized salt from
Medicine Lodge district, Salt Plains, il
Clark county, Kansas several varieties OF
stone from that region, consisting of flag
ging stone, building stone of different kinds
magnesia stone two dozen varieties Of
wheat raised along the line of the road
five varieties of corn; six of oats, ten Of
grasses, twelve of grain in the straw, two
of potatoes, thirty varieties of apples, 81,
of pears, two of pumpkins, three of corr
in the stock also broom corn, sugar corn
fax, samples of soil from five different
counties, and the vegetable loan of thu
soil