Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-10-06
the FAIR.

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or expected at this season of the year.
Wednesday was cool and somewhat
threatening. but no rain fell. Thurs
day morning was clear and COOL
but the sun shone warm, and the after
noon was fine. The attendance on the
first day was quite large; but Thursday
seemed to have been considered the chief
day, and on this day very large num-
Der gathered to attend the fair and the
races. Eleven cars well filled, came
from the north Thursday morning, and
several hundred persons from the south
at noon. The turnout from this section
of the county was good, while many
came from the border towns in Caledo-
MIA county.
CATTLE.
The number of cattle exhibited was |
small, though the most of the different
breeds raised in the county were repre-
sented. No competition among teams
of oxen was made, as only one string
was present. This team was from Bar
ton chiefly, and among the largest and
best, were two yokes belonging to W.
G.. Hawkins, the larger yoke of which
weighs over 1000 pounds and is one Of
the most perfect yoke of oxen we ever
saw. Harlow Foss of Irasburgh had a
woke of we'll mated, handsome and very
thrifty cattle, weighing over 1000. that
have gained 600 pounds in the last SIX
months. Samuel Drew & Son of Bar
ton, had very large pair, that equaled
in weight those mentioned above, but
they were not as handsome. Many Of
the smaller yokes and the steers were
we'll made and we'll matched. Nathan
G. Ufford had two pairs Of handy calves
which were yoked and hitched to a
small cart; they were as handy as
their immature judgment would admit,
and were we'll handled by the lad who
drove them. A part of the herd of ex
cellent Dutch cattle owned by Thomas
Baker was present, and though not IL
as fine condition as at some of their pre-
ceding exhibitions, were still looking
we'll and attracted considerable atten
ton. Mr. Baker appears to make eacl
animal in the herd do his part of tn
labor-the fathers of the small stool
were yoked and used on the ground il
distributing forage. President Cleve
lands Short horn cattle were shown
and a good deal of interest was mani
tested in regard to them. A two year
old bull of this stock now owned by A
C. & F. Phillips of Glover, stood at tn
head of the stalls, and was the chief a
traction on account of his perfect for
and his great size-now weighing ov'
1900 pounds. The cows were large, an
the younger animals showed that tt
breed is deserving of the notorlty
has attained. n. L. Spafford of Green
boro showed very fine three years Q
Jersey bull Arthur Gilman had also
fine bull of this breed. The cows al
heifers belonging to S. Nye were al
good. Duncan Buchanan exhibit
some Of his fine Ayrshires. Among t
fine native cows shown, special menti
ought to be made of those belonging
DIR. G. L. French and DIR. r. B. Skim
w. G.. Leland had good COW and f.
Locke showed FIVE excellent ones. M.
Corley of Albany, showed very f
pair of twin steer calves.
HORSES.
The show of stations was not lar
but those shown were good. Of mattel
driving horses we noticed several ext
lent pairs, among which were those
Messrs. True, Freeman, Allen, Be
and few other pairs whose own,
names we did not ascertain. Among
single driving horses, one of the
shown was the gray horse belonging
Col. Cyrus Eaton. The Col. isN Gig
years of age but no one who saw
drive his spirited horse around the tt
at break-neck speed would b
4. thought him over thirty. Mcssrs. ST
Farley, and Marsh drove very pr
geldings. The saddle horses exhib
by Messrs. Mosmam, Baldwin,
Vance behaved very well, and sho
themselves and their riders to excel
advantage. The horse show was Gre
able, but there are too many horse
ers in the county to let any of our
horses remain long after they are m
etable.
All Of the varieties, Leicesters
South Downs and Cotswolds, were
represented, and were excellent of
kind. /. McNeal, D. O. Parlin, an
Baxter showed excellent Leicester
bucks. M. Beedle exhibited fine S
Down, and S. Nye very large
void buck, with fine ewes and IL
J. Underhill Of Charleston, filled a
with splendid eve lambs,--showed a
buck, and superior buck lamb, al
cesters. J. R. Thorp made good
with grade Leicesters.
HOGS.
We saw only one or two of thes