The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-16
DAILY SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 6 1876

THE RUTLAND
RUTLAND COUNTY FAIR.
Tho Closing Day-Bad Weather and
Good Crowd-On tho Whole a Success
full Exhibition-Tho Society to Paw its
Premiums.
The people of Rutland and vicinity, true
to that New England instinct which always
ranges its people on the side of the op-
pressed, have rallied to the support of the
Rutland county agricultural society and
made their thirty-frst annual fair success
in spite of the opposition of Old Prob.
The first day the receipts were $2G5, and
the entries good. The rain poured during
the night previous to the second day till
the turf was as soft rs in the spring, and
the track would have made excellent mud
pies for children. Notwithstanding this
on the first few feeble attempts of the sun
70 shine Friday morning the people began
to flock to the grounds. The races of the
iuii hhNt bNNti III "a AhluOl lhlNtb COANlltlfu.
The first day the only race which was fill
ed was trotted and it was understood that
all other races might be trotted Friday
whenever they were filed. At II o'clock
the three minute race was called.
h. Vidette entered Nellie; George Hoad-
ley entered Grace; Robert Thornton en-
tered Lala Rookh, and George V. Farr
entered Sorrel Horse.
The track was in bad condition, ana the
races MT particularly interesting The
race adjourned after the third heat for
dinner, and was finished in the afternoon
In the fourth heat none of the horaes came
under the wire except Lalla Rookh, and
the heat was declared dead for the others.
The following is the
SUMMARY.
RUTLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY,".
september l5th, 1876. Purse, $50; S25
to first, Slj to second, $40 TO third.
Open to all horses that have never beaten
three minutes. Best three in five to
harness.
| Nellie. Q / 2dh1 .
u. - Il Il
Lalla Rookh. 3 3 / .
Sorrol Horsc............. 4 4dh4 a
No time givsn.
AT two o'clock II. II. Dyer, president of
the society, introduced Hon. w. G. Dun
ton, who delivered the annual address,
which was listened to by large crowd At
''0 '1'''" Va '"e "-o'oa' No'e u the
society, in WHEN the ladies' joined, was
pa sed thanking the orator for the address,
and requesting cony for nublication Tn
ooora,. ,,.;,,, a.. -.
0oiu"N'e WIN '""' request VIC Jay !. DE-
fore the readers OF THE GLOBE IN full this
morning.
JUDGE DuNToNs ADDRESS.
Mr. President, LGdieS and GCatlcmcn-
Having abandoned the ealing of my an
cestors and left tic old ralernal farm in
my early manhood for other pursuits, it
would be arrogance in me to attempt to
teach practical agriculture 10 you, farmers
of Rutland county, who have made 1t the
study and work Of your iiper years, and
among whom are the best agrioulturisls in
| vermont, and l can truly add without
| flattery, in New England
But as | stand before you many pleasant
memories of my early life throng my mind
and am carried back to the time, when
lived and worked upon farm, and, with
scythe in hand. used to take my place wit1
the mowers, in the large meadow by the
brook running through the cid homestead
| Although those dnys t, me were days OF
toll, they were free from anxiety and care;
and now look back upon them as the
pleasantest part of my life; and, in com
| 49,, :, T.
sion. cherish the hope of some time re-
tuning to the farm there to indulge the
taste for agricultuce acc .uired in my youth,
and also to spend the last days Of busy
life.
But enough OF personal "reminiscences.
My history III THIS respect Is but the repe..
tltion OF the history OF very many farmers