Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-13
From our regular correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA Letter.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. I. 1876.
1t was thought that the dog-days were
over; but that the dag-star is in the as
cendant, and that every dog has his day.
is evident from the attention they are at
taching Just now at the Centennial Expo
sition There are 722 dogs here on ex-
libtion! What a harvest there would be
for the pound-master. or, if they should
be impounded. what necessity for the
Philadelphia Dogbcrrys; for the capture of
one of these dogs would involve law
suit, legal dogmas. and illustrate the dog
matism of the litigants. If one of them
should g die like dog it would be a fit
subject for doggerel, not one Of
hem is a plebeian dog they are the de-
scendants of n long line Of illustrious an
cestor>. having in their veins strains OF
noble blood; their owners valuing them al
figures in the thousands. This is a sad
plnning; but what can one hope. even by
the most logged effort, to make of such a
>uhiect9 Excuse me for emitting the ele
CANT expletive of your childhood: dog
gomez resign yourself doggrdly to the
remainder of this letter. and consider your
self - lucky dog" TINT you have not the
odium of its authorship.
The animal show is highly appreciated
by breeders, f,nciers, and even The ladies
manifest II keen interest in ii, shown by
their amorons demonstrations toward some
of the pretty little CANNES; these have
been kissed and fondled.an their long red
tongues have licked the punt from many
fair, PEI fumed face The din Of seven hun
hundred of these selping. barking, bowling
whining qutdruped, of every age, sex and
breed. sounding every note in the g:,mut,
from the honest watch-dog's >onorous bark
to the pctulent yell Of the lady's poodle.
makes it lively for the Quakers of West
| Phladcl phia. On Tuesday there was Il
taste of winter, and the delicate dogs were
| uncomfortable, shvcring i'll spite of thcil
luxurious wrapplngs.
| There are at present in the horse how
two hundred and tiftv->ix animals, Of which
one hundred and stvrntvsiX are from
Canada, mainly from the Province of On
tario. The Canadian exhibit embraces
some gigantic specimens of the Percheron
breed, and these attract more attention
from IA large number of visitors than do
some smaller bat more valuable horses.
| Conspicuous among the trOttcrs is the
Royal Harry, from Prince Edwards Island
He is ;, venteen hands high, five years old
and was sired by Prince Harry with Lady
Dexter. Among the heavy draught stall
lions j., the C;.n,,litn horse, Dan Donald
he is 4 colossal animal. pulling the scales
1t 200, which is, | believe, five OF six
| hundred pounds above the weight of the
heaviest horses. There are many other
horses distinguished in appearance. and
for the prizes they have won at other fairs.
TO see these proud powerful! prancing an
lmals on their daily parable, arranged ac-
cor'llng to classes and breeds, moving
| around the ring to strains of mtr1ll mu-
sic, Is 4 superb and inspiring spectacle.
Governor ll;trtranft Of Pcnn>y lvania is an
exhibitor in this department, and yester-
day, " hlle driving two fine and spirited
| colts around the ring. one of them became
| UnmAnaSablc, got his Lee over the tongue,
| and I, II. NJ setting the vehicle. and tu:il-
bling lis occupants, the Governor and the
chief Of the Bureau Of Agriculture, upon
the ground HE latter was considerably
bruised, but Governor IIartrantt spr:,ny L.
BIZ feet unhurt. and hoih gentlemen rc-
ctlvcd the congratulations Of Pres licnt
Graz ard EN-Secrct.trv of the Navy. Bo-
RE, who Were present.
! yesterday compc tive trial OF fire en-
Tlnts from various munut,rtorlc, took
place very app opp ltlt'N wien lilt CITY l.
tull OF tircmen from all parts of the coun-
try. There We're visiting the city forty
| tive companies, representing the state, OF
Delaware. New jersey, New York, Penn
>N.vaui,. Virginia, Connecticut. Indiana,
! Mass ,ci.uSctts. Louisiana and the Province
ct Nova >cotit. The tircmcn', parade
was :, II md pageant. requiring an hour t.
| pt-s Il gINrn point. 1t is estimated that
there We're 5uOJ men in the procession.
Among them were the remnants of some
old fhl'tH'lphi. fire companies. with the
>n "r,unlatrd and >uper~, died machines OF
| he good Old tiu,S. 1t appears that in
>rnllun has mad, but little Improvement
/ in irrmcn. but the gilt and Furnished en-
giucs Of to-day are in marked contrast
with the primitive cxtin"ul,hing contri-
yanc,>. A. the old vo unt,'tr and unpaid
| heroes of Il hundred long -torrutttn tilts,
| ana almost ~ many cluo and hrlchbtl
! li.ht> with rival companies marched
l ung, they Were greeted with an almost
continuous ovation of applause, HE
AN and memories OF their more youthful
DAYS seemed 10 be revived. for. at every
vonvrnitn place. they " smiled trchnic-
ally and uerply,