Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-25
Reported for the vERNoNr FARMER
DOG RIVER VALLEY FAIR.


On our arrival on the ground Wednesday
morning we found the fair in full blast, the
entries about completed, and everything
ready for examination. First we visited the
live stock aud found some very good cattle,
horses, sheep, swine, and poultry, and con.
siderable that was not so good, but taken to.
gether a very good show. Among the cattle
L. r. Joslyn, Of Waits6eld, had fourteen
pure blood Durhams, but not all herd book
animals. There wero one two-years-old bull,
weight 1920 pounds one fat COW, weight
1920 pounds; one pair Of ysarliug steers,
weight l75O pounds one pair steer calves,
weight unknown, one bull calf, one two
years.old heller, and eight yearing Eeifers.
making a herd that it would be hard to
beat. DR.. Geo. Nichols had Jersey COW
that was highly extoled. Brookfield town
team consisted of forty.six pairs Of oxen;
Mortified had forty pairs, which made
parade that was much admired
The floral hall was decorated aud filled as
only ladies can do when they are determined
that things shall look as they should, and
the ladies Of Mortified and vicinity have
shown by their floral hall last year aud this
that they understand this point Of business.
There were so many articles in this depart
ment thar We in our short stay did not at.
tempt to examine but cursorly.
The display Of fruit was very good but
not 50 extensive as last year S. r. circuit
had sixty.eight kinds of apples; Il. Winch
five kinds crab apples 4. A. Blanchard
had ten kinds Of apples; Christopher Dole
had three kinds Of grapes two of apples, and
two of pears; G. A. Edgerton one specimen
of apples and one Of Transcendent crab ap.
pies Q. b. Fisk, of Brookfeld, had four
teen kinds of apples; Il. Il. Andrews had a
very nice lot oil apples; j. ii. Orcutt had
several clusters of crab apples on the twg
A. Webster had four kinds of summer
twelve of fall, and twelve of winter apples,
a lot Of Flemish Beauty pears, aud an excel
lent specimen Of sage. l.. ii. Spear, o.
Braintree, had fifteen kinds of apples. and
there are few other small lots. The whole
is very creditablc to the exhibitors.
There was Il small display OF bread, cake
&c., which was nice to the eye aud probably
would have been to the palate, and what
was more interesting was that three OF tn,
five exhibitors were misses.
Mrs. Il. IIuntlcy had lot Of canned blue
berries, white plums, red plums, cherries
peaches, raspberries, black raspberres
blackberries, aud two cans Of pears.
In butter aud cheese there was but mea
ger dispay,-ouly two exhibitors Of each
Why is this thus? Do our societies shov
proper care aud regard for these things
Here the beautiful specimen Of pine appl,
butter was placed in the glare Of window
and had wilted into very deplorable coudi
; ton; we went for its rescue but our feebl
; protest did not relieve it, John Plastridg
had fancy lot Of butter that looked nice
and another lot did not do credit to an
one. w. j. Simonds, of Roxbury, had 10
of prints in pounds, halves, quarters, an
ounces, that both looked aud tasted we'll.
In cheese Ii. ID. Abbott, Of Williams
town, had two grand ones, and Geo. Cram
Of same town, had some very nice cheese.
The weather was very unproptious, it be
ing rainy the last two days, and in pecuni
airy point Of view we do not know as it wa
as successful as was expected, but otherwis
, it was a decided success, and those who ha
, charge Of its management can look bacl
with pride on this their second annual fail
+ We acknowledge our indebtedness to SecrC
tary Morse for the kindness and courtesy h
extended to us. j. +. Ii.