Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-09-17
fowls
E. D. Baker, Essex Junction. displays

showed to better advantage in larger coop
A. washburn. of Milton, showed the gray
Connecticut turkey.
PC. Abbey. of Essex, also exhibits goou
turkeys
E.R. Coon, of Burlington. exhibits IN
this department a spaniel slut with seven
puppies.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC
The National Wheel Harrow Company,
composed Of citizens Of Burlington and WI
nooski. exhibit their wheel harrow Powell :
patent, manufactured by Edwards & Stevens
of Winooskl Mr.. Powell was present to
explain the operation of this harrow as a
pulverizer, seed sower, and distributor OF
phosphates and fertilizers-and found no
difficulty in convincing his hearers OF It's
value.
The lawn rake. exhibited by Edmund
Brown. Is an improvement on Ny. Brown :
former invention. His design was TO sup
ply rake. which shall Gear itself from
leaves. without compelling the user to stop
and pull them out with his fingers and be
seem. TO have succeeded. The rake costs but
little more than a common rake. and seems
to be a good thing.
TIE Burlington Baske. Factory Of George
LL5,mi-6C Co. have large number Of their
superior baskets on exhibition, Of many
styles and prices.
VEGETABLES.
P E. smith. South Burlington, shows %
varieties Of beans.
Oh. Alexander. Of Charlotte, displays
p varieties OF potatoes, among them the
Snow Flake. Alpha, EarlY Vermont, new
seeding Compton'- Surprise, and sweet
potatoes. Mr.. Alexander has al-o specimens
ofthe Russian melted cucumber.
Charles Ladue. Of Milton, exhibits large
variety OF vegetables.
j. N. Gilman. Of Colchester, exhibits
some mammoth beet=.
John Donahue, Of Essex, shows superior
varieties o, corn.
Elias ;. Brlwne.l. Of Essex junction. ex-
hi5it- the Brownell's Beauty potato, and Is
varieties of new seedlings. among them the
Ssek-n9-iarther. Superior Pathfinder. For
tune. Early. Wiie-lEaks AMI Mountain s-ar-
These attract mach interest on the part Of
gardeners and farmers.
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
The most cz- ensiye display Of plants and
flowers was that made oy Mr. Thomas Mad
den. Of this city. OF flowers. be exhibited
large collection Of beautiful verbenas.
dahlias. zlnnias. gladiolus, phl9Z Drum
mondii. ana many other varieties His dis
play Of plants was also very extensive. en-
trely coverings large table Among these
we noted several choice varieties Of the
besonia, very beautiful Moss. Eastern and
other varieties Of ferns elegant Albert and
American cameHas, and splendid specimens
Of the Century plant and Nighi-biooming
cereGs.
Mrs. Mary A. Gilman, of Colchester, had
a very large collection Of asters, displaying
all the c5lors Of the rainbow. dAhlias,
uh.oz and hinged petunia>
Ms. H. B4r-1wdale, Of Jericho, mad an
exceedingly craditabe display Of flowers,
embracing some roses of rare beauty, fine
Lilies and s.-lil,u-. dahli4s, pe,unias and
verbenas.
Miss Julia i Porter, Of Jericho. exhibit
ed some choice flowers 10 pots and Miss
Eva Tarboz, of Fax junction. bewilier-
ing collection Of as:er-.
These flowers and plants. with those a.
ready mentioned, formed very creiitabie
and attractive feature Of the fair.
1HE RACES.
Attw clock p. II. the three minute
race. for horses owned in this county. was
called. Premium Sl75: 500 20 first, : i5 to
second. 50 TO third. So to fourth. Nsss-s.
James \ Sleli, o. ,hi, city. Walter \.
Weed, Of Sae.burn, and P D. Benjamin, OF
WoieoJt, acted as jais5-. TIE following
were the
ES1HIEs. 30
". Flanagan, H-nesaur-h INNS. 3. 2. So-e-an-
Appleton.
:. a. Madden, Bur -ta- ulas. p. H., Ella.
l. J.. P.ati. Jr., " .u5.sk.. INNS. b. m, Clara 3.
t. " Delaney Buzz D EJan, INNS e.. r, Leeds
r. F-laery, k'clmlud lms. b. u, Kitty.
e. r. fre-more. o1e-nuru, ANS. b. =, Bay =.
Ella and Leeds were drawn.
first Heat Cara 3 led around the first
time, Kitty second, jim third, Fanny
fourth. and Soregan fifth. On the back
side Kitty collarei Clara and made the pace
50 fast tor her that she left her feet and gave
first position to hi,ry. Bay Jim second, and
the other horses keeping the same positions
the entire heat Kitty Won the heat in
252, Jim second. Cara third, Fanny fourth
and S5regar fifth.
Scaud Hat kitty led around the first
turn. Clara second, Jim third. S]regan
fourth Oh The run, and Fanny fifth. Inc
horses KEEP, these positions until they
turned into ;ds home stretch, when Clara
broke and Jim look second position. Up
the home stretch the strife between jim and
Kitty was to see which would get there
second, but Jim came under the wire the
winner of the heat in 2.5l. Kitty second.
Clara third, sJregan fourth and Fanny
fifth
Third H.af.-Kit;y Id the entire heat,
with Jim second, Clara third. Fanny fourth
and s.r4gan fifth. Time. 2.5ll.
F0irta Hsat-Kitty took tie lead and
Kept it throughout. Clara second. jim
third, Fanny fourth. SJre-au fifth. Time,
r6t The following is the
SUMMARY.