St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-09-25

one for fastest horse owned in the cnuI
ty. and one for four Years oldS.
TWENTY DOLLAR PURSE.
For this purse there we've four entries.
Us follows. with the result appended:
+. Bughcc. 3 !
6. G. Goudcll. > > ,
+. Baldwin. 3 , 3 3
Joshua Brown, 4 / /
Time, 2::55. POI. BIOL, 2:jS
FOUR YEARS OIDS.
There were four entries iol this trot
with the following result:
C.. Pinard. > ,
Henry Knnc, |
C.. VI. Richardson. diStanccd.
Robert Cobb. ruled off aS over age.
Time. :,:}l. Bis
TIGHT ROPE GYMNASTICS.
/ Between the two last heats in the
county purse. Harry Leslie, the tight
rope performer. went through with an
exercise upon ii rope stretched from the
top of the covered pavilion t" the top
Of Il fifty foot stick of timber which was
set up between the Judges and music
stand. He appeared in tight costume,
without any head covering. and after
climhi"'s t.. tho top of ia" stick of tim
/ ben aforesaid. lac. mud" brief speech.
III which he told the audience that he
/ should have appeared on the first day
of the Fair. lis advertised. only in his
| journey hthcr he had met with two
railroad sma>hupS. which had delayed
/ him. He said he had travelled 11Ul
miles since last FRIDAY, and was SOME
what wraIN, but he felt confident ne
should h. all right on the morrow. and
would du nearly a> the program an
nounccd to-day. He then seized his
balancing pole and stepped carefully
out upon the rope and adv ancrd down
the quite steep decline To near the cen
/ ire of the rope. when he halted. stood
on one foot. then sat down upon the
rope. crossing his feel out in front OF
him, and hrrpin" time L" the music
with his toes. Afterwards he walked
backward ON the rope. went through Il
number of ~ mn;I>tic EXERCISES. such ~
hangim" 10y his hands and then his feet
and wound up h> dressing up like an
old woman and creating some mrIri-
mrnt. ON the whole. the clnvd w,l,
4. 4 81.
toInInCr.
VEGETABLES AND rEI Its.
tn" Vegetable department wa> not ~
we'll filled ~ usual. which was uulc-
c"umtahlr. CONSIDERING The Year W
i. .I"ln>"m had the greatest variety.
and {. :. Dana the largest IN size. hi>
>uua>hr~ being simply immense.
la fult there we've hut four 81 five
entries. Apples were shown 10y Nh.
lrrrrmgIil "f DanNillr. and Gibson "t
RNrgltr: some lin, specimens of crab
apples 10y MI. Gl,:I>"u OF Barnet. and
p"ar> 10y Albert Damt"rlh of Darl lille.
In the huII department ~ we'll IL the.
vegetable. Nr>>r>. lngIalam. Hamilton
and PHrk"I at this too ''...... .'.....,.'-
"lI> H.. then ah>.urr. There j. little
encouragement tu exhibit the choicest
fruits thai can Ice raised hN means of
skill and orchard houses. and have Il
laWlr>> crowd steal and mutilatc.
In the dairy department The r\hihi-
ton MAS decidedly good and the show
"i bread. raslIN, irllr-. etc. WAS more
than an Average.
ML'IINNI,hI. WARES.
Caledonia county fan has never been
Il tIN"Iitr place f"r he mechanics and
aItiZln> t" exhibit their handy work ::
and lhn> Year. a> hrIrI"tnrc, there WAS
abundant room t"I more. ANON" the
things /" lr seen i'll this department
Na> the Murli-N lie milk cooler cl,-
CANT stain IilI> hN t""diich \ Baker
Lebanon : sash. dnni> and blinds hN
that prince ri Workmru. -. Morri>on
Il. Pru,lI Id.t. of this town exhibited
r"ucl,> "t his own design and make.
and SWit>cI \ Eastman also showed
handsome lounges. Fine chamber SETS
were exhibited 10y Hall \ Swit>rr and
g. n. Ti>'lalr II. L. >h"r.A \ Co. had
Il large variety nf musical instruments
and sewing machines including the
Mason \ IIamlin. Geo. Woods and Is
icy "Igan>. The Woods organ has "A
new thing called Il piano attachment
combining the effect of both the piano
and gan in one instruments Instead
of strings. the piano effect is given 10y
steel bars. The same firm are also
agents for the Wheeler \ Wilson and
Weed sewing machines.
In agricultural implements the Eagle
mower was shown hA Applchrc \
Parker of IyudonNillr. and J. VI. War
mrr exhibited the Woods mower and
rotary harrow. and hay tcddcr. Beau
man Butler had ON exhibition "A new
style of harrow and pulvorizcr, W hich
l. expected to Il" the double duty of
harrow and roller. Some one also
showed an Atlantic tcddrr.
FLORAL HALL.
This always attractive place in the
Fair was fuller than ever of the useful
and beautiful. There were II:} more
entries this year than last. Prominent
in the exhibition was the DISPLAY of
photography. which occupied the entire