The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-17
THE LUDLOW FARMERS AND
MECHANICS, UNION.
Fifth Annual Fair.


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If an abundance of rain, plenty of mud
with the grass as wet as possibly can be
goes to make up beautiful day for a fair
then the remark made by lady while Oh
her way home from the Black River driv.
ing park, to the village of Ludlow, that
this has been beautiful day. was true; but
If clear skies, fine weather and a bright
sun are necessary, then the remark was
hardly applicable to Wednesday, September
10th, the day chosen by the directors of
the Ludlow Farmers and Mechanics
Union for the first day of their fifth annual
fair. Had they tried their best, they could
not have succeeded in choosing more disa-
greeable, and if they desire any snch day,
their wishes were most abundantly graft
fed. Any way, old probabilities saw fit to
give them day of that kind, and conse-
quently in point of success the fair this
year will fall far short of what it has been
in years gone by.
The day dawned gloomy and dark, with
every appearance of rain, and although
certain weather prophets predicted that it
would come off clear, their prophesies
failed to be correct and about 8 a. M. a
steady, drzzling shower set in which con-
tinued without interruption until the sun
went down. The rain sadly interfered with
| the programme laid down for the day, yet
the officers and committees were promptly
on the ground and kept their posts, faith
fully performing their duties, although
wet to the skin; while the spectators and
lockers on remained at home, and the
swings, air guns, eating saloons, bowling
alleys, &C., that Lad been erected just to
afford qualification for the little (and, in
fact, large) ones, were poorly patronzed.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable state of
the weather, the entries were quite few in
point of numbers, and what they lacked
in quantity they made up in quality; the
display of cattle especially being remark
ably good for town fair With the ex-
ception of the cavalcade of horses and the
trotting, the programme as laid down was
carried out
The Altimont cornet band, fourteen pie
ces, Scion Wakefield, leader, were on the
grounds short time, and in listening to
the fine music discoursed by them one was
in measure repaid for the ducking ex-
perienced while attending the fair"
HORSES.
In this class there are 35 entries all told,
many of them iine-looking animals
Among them is the stallion, eight years old,
Derigo Chief, entered by b. F. Ellison of
Weathersfield one two-year-old colt, by
Augustus Reed of Proctorsville, weighing
$50 lbs. one three-year- colt sired by
Woodstock Prince, entered by Charles
Estey; one yearlng colt, three years old,
Ia hands high, weighs 720 lbs, entered by
William Moore of Weston; one stock
horse, Turk" of the celebrated Sherman
Morgan, by A. G. Blood of Cavendsh.
CATTLE.
In this department there are 100 entries, |
who have been on the ground all day and |
faced the storm. OF course in this condi- |
ton they do not display as well as they
would were the weather fair, yet many of
them are especially noticeable and speak
well for the farmers in this section of the
state. Among them are one pair matched
cattle, entered by Rufus Spaulding of
Cavendish, years old, weighing 3,404
pounds; one yearlng bull, full blood. by
w. II. II. Chapman of Ludlow one pair
matched yearling steers and one pair train
ed steers, by Master James Green one
herd Devons and grade cattle, by c. w.
Stearns one pair four year old oxen, by
G. w. Goodrich, that weigh $500 lbs one
pair yearling Durham steers by the same
one pail yearing trained steers that weigh
1915 lbs, by Master A. L. Spaulding.
Master Ralph Barton exhibits fine pair of
yearing steers. Gen. Geo. F. Davis of
Cavendish is on hand with portion of his
celebrated Jersey herd, and the largest ex-
hibition of cattle is by L. G. Fullam, who
exhibits herd of Is. The working oxen
of s. j. Asherton, and a pair of fancy
open by the same are especially noticeable. |
The display is smaller than it was last year,
but more are expected tomorrow.
FOWLS.
In this branch of the fair the entries are
few, but all are remarkably fine looking.
c. c. Spaulding exhibits pair of fowls
three months old, that commenced to lay
eggs when sixteen days old, and have con-
tinued the same ever since. A. d. Bradsh
one coop of Brahma fowls, G. G. Spauld-
ing one coop of Brahma chickens and
Others
are not very plenty, the only ones on the
ground being one SOW with nine pigs ten
days old, and one SOW with eight pigs
three days old, entered by L. G. Fullam of
Ludlow.
VEGETABLES.
The display in vegetables is very fair,
the amount on exhibition being superior to
that of the state fair last week. The show
of pumpkins, beets, turnips, &C., is re-
markably good, they all being large, and
fine looking cabbages are not quite as good,
while the potatoes are excellent, they
being almost exclusively of the early rose
kind. There are many varieties of corn
and tomatoes and some large stalks of
Western corn. Hubbard ana marrow-fat
squashes fairly abound and beans are quite
plenty. One side of Mechanics Hall is en-
tirely given up to grapes and apples, there
being about 100 varieties of eating apples
on the shelf and fifteen of crab apples.
Butter, cheese and honey are wanting,
there being none of the former and only
| three boxes of the latter TO be seen.