Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-09-16


and went for the poultry. We found IA
huge box case of Il dozen Kissing, cackling
geese the property of Josiah Holden. and
to OUT anxious calls for more poultry. echo
answered mockingly. Where?" Will /
not friends Davis and Toby and Town do
nate few pullets and Il growing chanti- |
cler to the citizens of Mad River Valley.
and charge the same to their humble ser
want the writer-or some other equally re-
sponsibc town pauper. \ fair without
poultry is Il totcl abstraction.
They have horses out in that Mad River
country The celebrated Joslyn horse
Rocket" had been there and left his I'M
rress upon much of the stock of the valley
We saw trotting stock sired by Rocket
ONLY two years old, racing it like mad on
the track, hitched to Il trotting sulky, an"
we voted the managers who would per
nit, or offer premiums for trotting such
colts on the race course, is men with none
too "level heads" Is not such veal trot-
tine 4 little too fast for the quiet, SEN
sible denzcns of the valley? Isn't 1t Il
; positive cruelty to the young colts? Where
i, Berrh9 We are not n hater of evensan
= agricultural horse trot," but we infinite
, " prefer to see the old racers, the na@S
that have developed and mature( their
t muscle and their bottom, put through their
Z. hest PAGES on these sublime occasions.
V Spare us the sight of any more colt racing
S un,lcr harness and whip and the "tendcr
f mercies'' of a professional driver 1rot-
# tin~ two wear old colts for purse. Ban
n 1t is enough to give humane man inc
t nightmare for a week to be compelled 10
: witness such sights in the broad MONDAY
{ of the civilization AMI refinement OF the
o nineteenth century We turned with 4
!. s;ch of relief to the contemplation of the
: noble looking brood mares and Their suck
;, inc foals standing quietly by their sides
# Thes. were in goodly numbers. ana the
:. show of gedingS, colts and driving horses
4 WAS unexceptionably fine The chesth"
o two wears old colt shown by +. W Bl>he'
5 was of rare beauty and spirit. Jos. Palmer
II had a tro,tinr two years old. and three
T. wears old trottinr stallion, All descendant
e If .Joslvn'S Rocket" and Drew and Pal
Of MGR = nice two wears old colt; but for ;
" yearlinr colt that beauty exhibited by
is Charles f. Jones wa, fairly entitled t
a tn. palm. That colt. if nothing beiall
n him. is bound to make his mark. Yer.
of fin. brood mares and colts We're eXhlhlte
n
f. BENJAMIN Bean. \. G. Prentice, .. I
o. Wilder. Nelson Phelps. Otis Wallis NJ )
5; Bovce and others, The stations and gen
III ,l,men's driving horses were mostly GU
er of sight when we made our r"uh" OF III
bit Ground. and the premium hit must tc
nd that part of the story,
b. There WIS notable absence OF >w In'
both the four-lcgyel and the two-le9gr
I'D specimens, from AL parts of the ground
.J Even 4 jew could view this part OF tn
of exhibition with sweet AMI placid >atlsia
on ton.
IA FLORAL HALL.
h. That Floral Hall was not ~ we'll hI!ed
m last wear was evident to the most c'>u
,h. ,,hs.ry.r vet there WAS no lack of artlrl
,h. orr,mental or those of less beauty b
ac- greater utlIlty.
the There WIS 4 great VA it'H Va 40
!. " nf hair. wor~tcd, feathers, paper and WA
om to say nothing of the natural flowers II
~, adorned the hall Mrs. IL. Chapman h
r... a vcrv handsome hair wreath Mrs T.
- Green and Mrs j. +. Richardson had ca
:, wreath of feather flowers. that We
,,. very pretty and tasteful. and Mrs. :.
o.l Thav,r had some wor,tcd flowers well t
If rc,red. but the group of wax flowers.
:, Mrs G. II. SAWYER. and the WAX cr
OIL and WREATH 10y Mss Aldie smith, We
irl ,<uui,itr. In bcll work. there WAS
ONT GREAT Variety AL nice and pretty. but NJ
,;.. : \ Thaver bore of the palm with
;,rs bradrI toilet set and hanging baskets,
!, -, which She had three. one with beaut
,r bouolct of bead flowers. another Wit
,irl , uniuu, basket bracket. and 4 lovely y
..l,h basket. Mrs. Thavcr had ais" an clHI
will, ,t,ly trimmed bonnet and hat on cNhI
.1 :, ton. and her work WAS the admiration
IL, all heholdcrS Mrs. B. Mayo had a pa
.,; lamp mat, worsted wreath. hair hracrl
.r,ks and a very fanciful crochet Tag ha-
looked almost too pretty for such hon
,, usr Mrs c. H. SAWYER had Il nice
chad sofa pillow. and bead watch ease. On
= t,,. most tasteful articles on cNhihl
!, We're two unique watch eases. by
.,.;, Hattie \ewcomb of Warren. The de-
,,.,u was a rose in crochet Worsted with
,irrs ming little pocket behind the rose. W
-, G., one would never suspect if they were
, a., in the secret. Miss May +. Gleason
an Of a pretty little frame for photographs
! An. perforated paper and Miss Abbie W
comb shaving case OF the same matt
E,., Mrs. L. H. McAllister had shaving
,.,,, trimmed with beads. Mrs. Wait
-, exhibited beautifully wrought lace
i ~. her own handiwork. AMI a~ beautiful
n - woven bv the eastern hours.
hrioh, Miss Mary f. Fisk had a beautifully |
,1r,or set of underclo,hcS, the insertion !
, tv,a made hv hand. and most elahor
.,, wrought Miss Hattie c. Fisk. Mrs
i Fulton and Martha Towlc all showed
lmuel i"'' ~
pair Of very ''''i''e''''v't ",'"'' ~
r " that speak well fer their industry.
lrlngs flor' n''"' " '''' IN .''''''''
toilet mat, card receiver and tidy.
.b,vea Lucy Palmer had some very nice )
single mems Vi "o,.' '' ~,
herd, "ieasoh MSS '''
worthy oeo 4",'' ''''' =,
evons P'''o" e'''''''' ''''''
:, fno own hands. and we considered it a
cow. creditable piece Of work for a miss {
hcifer years.