Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-10-15

we conuense the following from the
Keene Republican THE Nine Towns Ag-
ricutural Fair Association, which COM
prses Walpole, Alstead, Langdon, Surry,
Charleston and Westmoreland, N. H., and
Rockingham, Westminster and Putney,
VT, gave its successful opening annual ex-
hibition near the Connecticut River in
Cheshire Park, Walpole, Tuesday and
Wednesday, Oct. 9th ana 9th. The Park Is
owned by Mr.. L. b. Holland, contains six
ty ceres OF arabic land, has a mile track,
and is a long II miles from the Post Office
and Town Hall. Mr.. Geo. b. Williams of
Boston, Waltham and Walpole, President
Of the Association, entered much of his val
rablo stock, for exhibition without compet-
ing for premiums. There were twenty
three entries of grade heifers and cows
twenty of working oxen thirteen of grade
steers; four of town teams four of fat cat
tie; seven of stations; fifteen each of
brood mares and colts seven of fine wool
and thirteen of coarse wool sheep; three of
swine; one of pigeons one of white rats /;
five of ducks three OF geese one of rab-
bits; thirteen Of fowls; seven of single
and ten of matched carriage horses two of
draft horses; two of work horses, four of
draft cattle; one hundred and two exhibit
tiors fancy articles, drawings, paintings,
pictures, flowers and wreaths, etc. ; TWEEN
ty-three entries Of fruit thirty.fi five of veg
etables; seventeen of bread, wine, pre-.
serves, honey, butter, cheese, ETC. /; forty
two of farming tools and implements, tools
and implements of the work shops stoves,
etc.
There were three much complimeuted
thorough bred herds. r. & II. NJ. Elwell,
Langdon; II Durhams-7 cows, helfors, 4
calves, marquis of Oxford" bull. f. w.
Bancroft, Terrace Hill Stock Farm, Bel
lows Falls; 0 Durhams-5 cows, l yearl
ing, bull calf "Fall Mountain Boy" bull.
a. NJ. Winslow & Sons, Puiney; 10 Dur
hams-S cows, l two years old heller, 2
yearling heirers, yearlng bull, 1 bull
calf.
Jerseys, Geo. b. Williams, Walpole,
nine head; Josiah G. Bellows, Walpole,
heiler Butfum & Howe, Walpole, bull
calf; James Milliken, Alstead, two years
old bull.
Dutch bull, Two years old, N. G.. Pierce,
West minister.
A brace of tenls-30 by so and % by SO
leet-were crammed with useful and orna-
mental articles, and the multifarious pro-
duets of fields, gardens and orchards. Mag
niicent shows of apples were made by res
idents Of Walpole, Frederick Watkins en-
tering p varieties, Jerome Lebourveau %,
Charles L. Watkins "Northern Spy" and
enormous Twenty Ounce" Edwin Guild
10, VIM. w. Guild 10 and L. B. Holland 5.
Butter and cheese.-Cheese was entered
by Lora +. Burt, Cyrus Church, WIN. w.
Guild, Walpo!e, j. d. Minard, Foster
franklin, Westminster. Luscious looking
table butter bore the imprint of Mrs Je-
rome Lebourveau, Mrs. 1. S. Guild, Wal
pole Mrs. D. C. Wright, J. L. Minard,
Westminster; Mrs. L. N. Currer, Lang.
don.
The display of potatoes, beets, squashes,
seed corn, etc., was good.
Moving machines, horse rakes, turnip
cutters, harrows, plows and unnumbered
"farmers's mechanical helps" were exhib-
tied on level plat near the "cattle empo-
RUM" Twenty-Five articles came from
the Ames Plow Company of Boston and
Worcester, and tw enty-one from the YER
mont Farm Machine Company at Bellows
Falls.
On Tuesday afternoon there was an ex-
hbition of carriage horses. Handsome
matched teams were shown by G. d. Kings
bury, II. d. Barnes, b. p. Spauldng, G..
b. Williams, ]. l.. Mitchell, j. w. Hay
ward, George Jennings, Walpole; c. L..
King, Bellows Falls Thomas Dinsmore,
Alslead and d. c. Gorham, Westminster (;
single horses by D. c. Ordway, Walpole {;
j. d. Wheat, VIM. Robertson, Putney ;
Marvin Davis, A. S. Watkins, Westmin-
ster; j. S. Walker, LangdoH; Henry
Moore, Charleslown. Next in order came
the trial Of draft oxen, owned by Isaac NJ.
Graves, Geo. d. Kingsbury, Eli w. Graves,
Walpole James Milliken, Alstead.
During the afternoon there were trots in
classes and 2. On Tuesday evening an
able and interesting address was delivered
by Rev. DIR. II. w. Bellows, Of New York.
On Wednesday thee was an exhibition oil
town teams, base ball match, blowing
match, foot race, ladies' driving match, &C.,
together with the trots in the classes No.
and No. 4. The Mechanics Cornet band
OF MafIOOrO, n. H., luIuiSneu h'uS'N'
Gen. Banks and friends, who visited
Cheshire Park Wednesday forenoon, were
much pleased with the fine show of cattle
warmly commencing the Short Horn
herd displayed by A. NJ. Winslow and
Sons, whose LADY Sale, ODD" weighs 100
and is valued at $4,000. A three years old
heGer from her, aud its calf, were sold by
them last spring for $500.
Geo. Joslin, Walpole, showed a promis'
ing Durham, Alderney and native 3!
months old heifer calf which weighs 4s'
pounds.
About twenty-one hundred and sixty en-
trance tickets were sold Wednesday, II
spite of gloomy clouds which continually
threatened to "wet down." Eleven hun
dred pasteboards having been disposed o
Tuesday, receipts will undoubtedly deiraJ
expenses, and the first "Nine Towns Ag
ricullural Association Fair" was therefore
to-