St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-01

present week.
TUESDAY SEPT. y.
Notwithstanding the omin"u> tokens
of rainy weather. and the heavy showers
Monday night. Tuesday, the first day
OF the fair. Vas bright and beautiful.
and comtol tablc tor the season.
The entries of stock, and i'll the me
chamical. vegetable and fruit depart
mrntS. were even larger than last year.
The first is cmphaticalll the cattle day.
and much attention l. paid I" stock,
espcciall\ oNrn The town teams have
been Il feature of ouI fairs fol several
wears. and there has been much pleas
ant rivalry between the towns, r>pc-
ciallv between Waterford and Barnet -
both towns famous Tor their good oxen.
This wear there were three ten yoke
strings. and TWO OF five each.
THE BARNET STRING.
Barnet came out with Il noble string.
headed 10y Il splendid yoke of cattle
owned bN that finn friend of the Agri
cultural society all these Years Nh.
James Roy. The Owners oi the other
nine pairs were VIM. Roy, tw" yoke
Sherburn Moore. james Goodwillir.
Nathaniel Roy. Alexander Roy. John
Gillian. james McLarcm, Salma Hall.
These ten yoke averaged over $500 lbs.
pair.
THE WATERFORD TEAM.
Then came Waterford with her ten
yoke, headed 10y Il mon>tlous pair own
ed 10y l.. ;. Freeman, and weighing
1000 lbs. The owners of the Others.
and THEN weight is us follows: T.. y.
Parks. 81 10: Barton Works. :iS5O: Cy-
rus Hill. :&5OO: Willard Kinney, tive"
pairs. 400 and Zoo: Charles IIoag.
}5IO: II. G. DAWSON. $500 &. l.. DaNi-
son. :s}lO: G.. Il. Barker. :Hnl.
-. JoIIN>EI.El TOWN TEAM.
If Waterford and Barnet were ont of
the county. 81. Johm>burN would make
II very crcditahlc show OF oxen: but
she generally has to admit the superior
oxen of her sister towns, and bcHIs the
fact as gracefully as possible. She pre-
scented for the Committees inspection
this ycara very handsome string. OWL
ed by \. Aldrich. Geo. Flint. David
StarkS. Curtis stevens. Pembroke StcN
ems, and five yoke 10y +. y +. Fair
banks y Co.
There were also two very cIcditablc
five yoke strings. The character of
this exhibition of oxen may hc inferred
when it is known that Mr.. Charles
Starks pronounced it the best show,
taken all in all, that he has ever seen
in the county: and he has been ON
awarding committees most Of the time
for thmtN Years.
STEERS.
There were some Wcll-blokc and
handy Ncarlin. and 'wo Years old steers
exhibited 10y Frank W. Hale. AFRO
Starks. joel Roberts. John Morli>on
and others.
IN THE PEN>.
The cattle and sheep IN pens over
flowed their accommodations. There
was II fair representation of the Dur
hams and DcNouS. Il small show of
Allshilc>. and Il large show of Jerseys.
We cannot give all the exhibitors of
the latter. but W. ID. Bronson. j. Z.
Miller. Horace Brown. and the Fair
banksr>. were among them. The hand
some DcNonS we've shown 10y Thomas
Randall. Thco. Drew. and J. and f..
Batchcldcr. all of Dauvillc. while the
DrurNS of tirceu>horo were nearly alone
with the AyShircs. Jacob &. Hovcy
had II good representation from his herd
of Short Horns. showing some thorough
bred and high grade stock.
SHEEP.
The MerinocS. South Downs. Cots
wolds and Grades, we've well represent
ed. and we recognized many of the eX-
hibitorS of former Years.
There was Il new breed of swine
shown. for this locality at least. W.
ID. Bronson exhibited the Essex pig. of
which il is claimed there is Il less per
cent. Shrinkagc. than of amy other of the
hog kind. There were two littrrS of
Chester pigs. entered 10y Jacob Hovty
and +. Z. Allen. which were "hamdsomc
a> pictures.
There WAS Il large variety of the hen
1
hap> W L. SWEET had the greatest va
ricty. and choice lot he has. Major
&. W. Bomett showed among others.
the White Iamhurgh>. to which he
gives preference for large eggs and ev-
erlasting layers. \. c. Farmer of Burke
had IA fine flock of White Legh"ln>
MECHANICS HALL.
In the mechanical department there
was the usual variety of farming and
other implements. OF horse powers
and thrcShrrS. there were entries hv 4.
W. Gray \ Sons of Middletown. Randall
\ Leonard. North Danvillc. and b. F.
Rollins. st. Johnshury. franklin Davis
of Sheffield exhibited an improved fan
ming mill of his own manufacture. one
that will clean buShel of grain Il min
ute-a very different machine from til,
grain-ceaner> of fifty years ago. Luke
Buzzell exhibited II Giant Water Wheel
aud plows; the Higganum Manf7g Co