Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-25
Brandon Town Fair.
PREsENT-FULL ACCOUNT OF THINGS IN
GENERAL.
BRANDON. Sept. "a.

BRANDON, Sept. "a.
To-day was the opening day of the
tenth annual fair of the Brandon Farm
ers' and Mechanics Club, an institution
which deserves imitation in every town
in the State. The enterprising citizens
of this fine town have, for several years,
maintained an exhibition, in which the
principal feature was a continued and
universal interest in county and town
matters, which has made the yearly
show matter of attention to the coun-
ty, and to other parts of the State.
This year the proprietors have been fav-
ored with unexceptionably fine weather,
to-day being the pleasantest of the chill
September we are experiencing.
The show is held in, and around the
town hall. The cattle, swine, poultry
and horse entries are not so large in
number as was expected, but it would
not be fair to speak of them before the
entries are all made, which will hardly
be before tomorrow morning. The
best stock in town is expected to be
present, but up to this writing only a
small portion has appeared. In the hall
considerable taste has been displayed in
decorations and if there be a fault ne
cessarily incidental to such an exhibit
ton it is that the hall is more given over
to ornamentation than competition. The
platform usually occupied by the rostrum
is well covered with flowers, and to-day is
the scene of much energetic action on
the part of many picture hangers and
belated exhibitors. The back end of the
hall is ingeniously divided by wooden
bars or racks for the reception of pic
lures. 1t is unnecessary to state that
these are of various kinds from the print
and subscription chrome to the more
pretentious but not always more meri-
tOrious oil painting.
The flowers are mainly on the benches,
though many plants and shrubs are on
the front of the platform and before the
pictures named. The hall, as it now is,
shows vast improvement over other
fairs of this year in several particulars.
and any reader in Rutland county can
not fail of benefit by visiting it.
The show of vegetables is better than
that at the State Fair, in that there is a
vital interest in each citizen of the coun-
ty-or rather of the town-and a more
complete show is the result. On entering
the hall one finds at his left fine show
of squashes, entered by Mrs. Marsh, Mr..
Kentfield, Mr.. Bride, Mr.. Sergeant, Mr..
Mr.. Bishop, Rev. A. ]. In
gals, as well as some others. The show |
in this and kindred lines takes up much |
space, and is the most complete of the |
exhibition.
If one looked-or smelled-solelr at
that portion like to attract most atten-
ton, he could not pass by thr, onions
In this branch Mr. Estat rocks and
Mr.. WEIGH were notable.
We noticed watermelon entered bv
Henry Bride, weighing 81 lbs. Col. II
4. Merritt's show of vegetables of all
kinds was very cred;table.
In relation to the useful vegetable
'alled Murphy, there might be much
aid in praise of the showing. The chief
interest conferred in the display of Mr.
Webster, Mr.. Bride, Mr.. Estabrook. and
Dir. Simon Lewis. The latter had some
hree or four varieties entered, each of
which was raised from the vale. Mr.