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

of Conn. the improved plows of Au-
gu>tus Sanborn. formerly of this town !;
Tyler +. Parker the VIM. Arson Wood.
aud j. VI. Warner the Walter \. Wood
mowers. There was the usual number
of hay teIder>. horse-Iakes. har1"ws,
etc: and beautiful granite monument,
highly polished. from the st. JohnSbury
Granite Works. The only thing of the
vehicle kind was an elegant sleigh made
10y the Lyndon Carriage Co. W. L..
Dean of New York showed il patent log
binder invention by which the log
is securely fastened while being cut 10y
IL lag saw.
Inside the main building were gath
cred IL few of the implements OF ''auld
lang >ync. To offset the modern pillow
of Nh. Buzzcll, l.. {. Mathews brought
forward the old wooden mould- board.
covcrcd-with-shcetiron pillow. such as
he used to pillow with : while Abel \.
Pierce set over against the modern tools
of Ely, Balch y Co. and ID. BoHnton,
the old fashioned manurc-tolk and the
pod-augtr of l115.
K. b. Gammcll exhibited II blind f;I>-
tcnng which seemed simple and effect
ual, which securely locked the blind
when either open nr shut. l.. X. DeN-
ter of Whitctied had IL model OF his
patent clamp sled: David Morrison eX-
hibilcd sash and dool> of very fine
Workmanship. and VIM. Marshall of st.
bloomsbury showed Il round table, sur
mounted 10y IL small box. in which there
were 5000 pieces of various kinds and
highly ornamental woods. The article
/ exhibited nice workmanship, as we'll a>
ingenuity and patience. Hall and Swift
ser had II display of handsome furniture
from their Warcroom>, and Shorey y
Bailey exhibited the EstN organ, Geo.
Woods piano and organ combined. and
the Mason y lIamlin organ. W. ii.
Nelson exhibited the celebrated Stein
way pianos and the Smith organs. OF
the latter he had five different styles
The Fairhank>e> exhibited Ii valic-
ties of scales. and Dantold Wiley
showed the result of I'm invention tor
sharpening circular SAWS. He has made
Il machine 10y which he >halpcn> old
SIMS. OF cuts new teeth. with an emery
wheel Instead of IL file. 1t is said To do
the work better and quicker than the
file.
In this building james Hamilton had
his display of plants and flowers, OF
which he has great variety and very
thrifty specimens. Charles Howard cX
hibiIcd several shades of writing ink OF
his own manufacture, which i of good
color and flows we'll.
NoI NJ HOE>E> AND OLD OMEN.
Among the Nnuu. hoI>c> We're several
promising SrIcki! = colts. and Il fine look
ing iron grey colt sixteen months old.
weighing so lbs. entered bN Robert
Haskell of lcacham.
In the AFTERNOON. while the Judges
were examining the brood MATES and
colts, of which there were Il number of
fine animals. there WAS All interesting
Trial of lraught oxen. The heavy stone
roller. used in rolling the track, and
which weighs four tons. WAS loaded on
Il drag. AN. single NolcS of cattle were
asked to pull this immense load. This
was Il lengthy and SomcWh hat exciting
trial. Some teams drew it after much
''gccing and ''haw ing, and not Il littl,
shouting. while others could not he in
duccd to start it at all. Among those
that hauled the load off handsomely
were the oxen owned 10y Shcrh. Moore,
VIM. Roy and l.. :. Freeman. This
contest was tie attraction of the day.
and tol an HON "r more drew the
crowd
While this trial WAS being had. tn,
White Stocking ball club OF Peacham
and the Calcdonia> of Danvillr. wer,
hl\ Ing Il matched game. 1t Was rather
an interesting game. though not very
sharp plaAi ing. The CalcdoliaS won til,
first purse.
FRI IT AND VEGETABLES.
This Is not Il fruit county. and tn,
more the surprise that W. r. Gibson
exhibited II varieties of apples. ano
Mr.. pettcngill OF Danvillc. ID. Other
parties had fine displays of apples
grapes. etc.
1t WAS remarked that this WAS not {;
cabbage year. but most other kinds Ot
Vegetables showed that it WAS Il good
year tor them. This department wa.
well filled.
! This WAS true also of he household de
paItmcmt. Butter. cheese. sugar. honey
bread, pastry, .jeilIcS, pickles, all tlicS,
articles were abundant and choice.
TIE PEOPLE II ESDAY.
Notwithstanding the fine Ncather an,
the good exhibition in almost every de.
partmcnt, the people did not come ont
the first day. There were fewer per.
SOILS on the ground than we have SeeI
for several wears past. No doubt tn,
hard rain of the evening previous hao
somcthil to do with this but it mus
he remembered that there was no eXtri
inducemcnt for them To come. Those
/ who came. came for the fair and moth
in" else.
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 30.
Although the second day opened
bright and sunny, it soon began to clou,
ND. and before mimc n'clnck i WIS cnll