Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-10-02
THE FAIR.


Wednesday and Thursday Of last week.
The weather, always treacherOus in Fair
times, was not favorable Rain set in
on Tuesday afternoon and continued till
dark. and also again on Wednesday
afternoon and continued until Thursday
morning, making bad travelling and keep
ing many at home on Thursday, though
the day proved to be very pleasant. The
number Of entries was larger than last
year, aud though the show was some
what meagre in some departments. 1t
--as very creditable as q whole
We devoted considerable time to an
examination Of the various exhibits, and
will mention some Of those which seem
ed to be most worthy, but cannot report |
in full or do justice to many worthy
things that deserved praise, but escaped
our notice.
Twelve stations competed for preni-
ums. and they were as worthy set Of
animals as has been on the ground for
years. Paragon" the 5. NJ. Worthy
horse. was present with some very excel
lent stock. G. H. Tice had q beautiful
chestnut horse which was much admired.
BLACK Diamond" owned by 0ney Haw-
kins, was both speedy and pretty. He
did some honest and smart trOtting. Da-
vid France, G. n. Farley and W. E.
Sherburne had each q superior horse.
The Hanscomb horse from Sheffield. the
Abbott colt from North Troy, a large
Black Hawk, and the Porter horse all
deserve mention. VIM. Cameron showed
4 splendid stud colt, two years old, that
weighed 1910, while A. W. Todd show
ed one Of the same age, that was a per-
feet beauty. DR.. J. F. Skinner had an
excellent two years old stud. Sixteen
three years old colts competed for pre-
miums, and better set Of colts would
be hard to find in any county. W. G.
Taplin had large dark mare that weigh
ed 1900; W. T. Virgins two that wer,
nearly as large Moses Beedle, A. G
Lang aud D. Buchanan each had colt
Of this age that weighed over 1000 lbs
Frank Phillips showed mare colt thaf
for beauty and action cannot be beaten
Capt. Z. G. RoWell and DR.. A. ?. Brow
had each excellent colts Of this age. DR.
DrUwu uauuIeu carriage Ike a yeJer
an. Chas. Cutler had two pretty bays
There were several very large yearlings
Among those which we examined wa
one belonging to James Dow. three-fOurth
Morgan. that promises to make valua
bic horse 1t weighs $40 pounds. job
TwOmbly, John Leland. ]. f. Skinne
and others showed good animals Of thi
age. A. S Red6eld showed large brOO
mare with excellent yearllng and suel
ing colts.
There we're not as many matched ca
rage horses as usual Chas. Hempstea
j. ]. Allen, +. c. Rowell. William
Merriam and Z. S. DOrman had each
pair. Nine carriage horses were exhibi
ed for premium. G. J. UffOrd led ii
cavalcade around the track with his o
bay "ThunderbOlt" A. W. NorcrOi
Vim. B. Dodge and o. D. Owen We
successful in premiums on driving hors
The show Of cattle was not as lar
as it has sometimes been, but embraC
many good animals and a lively spriI
ling Of thoroughbred stock. Only
town team was formed from the OF
present. This was made up Of two vol
each, belonging to W. G. Hawkins a
G. G. Drown. one each belonging
Thomas Baker samuel Drew, J.
Hall. W. Q. Brown. John Leland ;
George Leland. The pair belonging
Samuel Drew were the heaviest, 3:
pounds, and looked as though they CO
move the biggest stone c. G. Dire
took down Eve large. rugged pair. WI
he uses in his numbering operations.
G.. Hawkins. ]. g. Hall. W. C. Br
and others had very handsome oxen.
Gray had q pair Of three years old st
that weighed 5000. and B. +. Trip
pair weighing 3OSS. n. C. UffOrd
excellent pair Of DevOns. L. c. Ro
had two pretty pairs Of twin steers
ROvell had pair Of trained steers
a pair Of trained calves that were as
eile and handy as need be. The dr
and animals attracted much attenf
We make brief mention Of some Of
thOrOughbreds. A. L. Barber Of
held exhibited a superior Durham
two years old. that weighs nearly
pounds. John /. woOdman showed
COW Of this breed and took a prem
Thomas Baker made fine show
his Dutch animals and carried of D,
all the premiums on this breed. ]
was large show Of Jerseys. The 1
cows aud heifers belonging to DIR.
French and Dr. r. B. Skinner we're
ent, with other good mixers. DR. Fl
showed fine imported bull from
Warnings herd. OF Rhode Island.
Cass. Lyndon Robinson. A. r. Nc
c. n. Farley, Thomas Anderson.
Mcclellan and the Whitcher boys al
meritOriOus stock Of this breed. J
UfFOrd had the only show Of pure
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