Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-10-16
SiDAWG1 FAIR.

The Second annual festival of the Whit
ingham Agricultural aud Mechanical Soci-
ETY. was held in the village of Sadawga on
Tuesday, Oct. 9th. The day was iavura-
BILE and everything conspired to make the
occasion attractive aud successful and the
multitudeS that assembled to ii were inter
ested. delighted, and may we not believe,
instruc ed, which gives us renewed evil
dence of the profit and pleasure Of these
annual gatherings. order, sobriety and
courtesy marked the entire day, and with
out word disparaging 10 other public
gatherings, | cannot but think that none
have so strong hold of the popular favor
IA the farmers holiday.
The various exercises were such as To oc-
| upv fully, and even to crowd the hours
which a single day could furnish; but the
arrangements were So carefully made and
exactly executed that every thing was ac-
complished without accident, confusion or
delay. Much credit is due 10 the marshals
for the efficient manner in which they dis
charged the duties pertaining to them.
During all the forenoon people could be
seen approaching the village from all di-
rectiors until the assembled crowd cou, Il
be numbered by thousands.
Only two town teams were present. Their
general appearance was fine, and gave evil
dence of good taste and enterprisng ambi-
ton from tn cir owners in raising stock, rs
most of them were well matched both in
form and color. | would add that TO each
of these teams were attached mammoth
wagons, handsomely trimmed, and bearing
appropriat. notices, and heavily laden with
the young aud old, who were anxious Ia
have land did have) a good time.
The exhibition of stock was made upon
grounds of J. w. Sawyer, Esq. There were
upwards of eighty yoke upon the ground,
and embraced many very fine cattle. mo-
ticed a yoke of4 years old, owned by David
Chase, weight 352i two yokes Of years
old, owned by +. l.. Fuller, weight ZIG
and 1886; pair of years old, pair of 3
years old and a pair of years old, owned
by Cyrus w. Wheeler, weight respectively
3l76, 26I5, PIP one yoke of years old,
owned by Mowry & Powers weighed 2GO0
one yoke 3 years old, owned by b. ID. jew
ell, weighed 2G50; also yoke of years
old and yoke of 2 years old owned by Da-
vid Chase, weight respectively 2SO4, PTS.
+. X. Carpenter of Readsbolo had nice
pair of 4 years old. II. q. Gi!lett, Chester
Meade, /. n. Wheeler and Henry Haynes
all had some nice yokes of , yrs old, aud
| there were many more whose names am
unable to give, as my time for their exam.
ination was limited. There were no entries
of cattle or teams which in any way rem
dered the show uninteresting. do not
feel that there is any lack of interest or en-
| consignment To- grow the most valuable
kinds of stock, from the fact that the town
| Of Nottingham maintains two fairs, each
OF which the town can well be proud of.
| The show of steers and young stock was
good. A. $. Bliss exhibited n fine pair OF
yearlings which weighed 1856. They were
well matched and of handsome color. It
was remarked by all who saw them that
they were the best trained steers they ever
saw. OF cows aud heifers there was a fair
show. There were some nice calves on ex-
hibition. w. j. Carpenter exhibited a calf
six weeks old which weighed 1893 lbs. Hen
| ry $. Reed exhibited a pen of six yearlings
which are of line growth.
The entries of carriage aud work horses
were not numerous butof the first quality,
james Roberts exhibited Il very nice pair
| of matched horses, as also did Cyrus w.
| Wheeler. There were several entries of
single leans which | am informed made
good time.
There were but two entries of sheep, aud
those by j. II. Upton aud e. Wheeler.
Tho show of poullay was small, only a
few entries of hens.
The display of fruit, vegetables, flowers,
fancy and household articles was held in
the vestry of the Universaist church, and
was what can justly be termed success.
1t will be impossible for me to notice but
small part OF the many articles, both useful
and ornamental that were here 10 he found.
In the line Of apples there was a good dis
play, especially those of il. d. Gould of
Coleraine, j. w. Morse, A. ]. Hull, James
Streeter and ii. o. Gillett. There was
good show Of grapes, peaches and pears.
The show Of potatoes, cabbages, beets and
onions was good, but not equal to that of
last year.
or fancy articles there was a good dis
play, and 1t gives me pleasure to notice the
articles in this department principally from
the hands of the genller sex, all of which
gave evidence of the ingenuity, skill and