St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-09-22
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
CALEDONIA FAIR.

\ more dismal day never opened than
Tuesday. the 10Th of September, 1870
the first day of the annual cattle show
1t had laincd continuously all night. |
and it continued tanning all the morn
ing. with short iutcrmlsSi"n>. Nothing
hut indnmitahlr pluck would bring man
or woman out on such Il morning, cs-
prciaII, men tho had stock to drive for
much distance. Nevertheless. the e\-
hihtS came in. though less numerous
than usual and the show went on a> If
there was no rain.
The first day is given largely t" eat
tie. aud oxen have been fnr HcaI> u
prominent feature of Caledonia county
shows.
TOWN. TEAMS.
Barnet presented u splendid string al
oxen. ~ she i wont t." do. The follow
img i list of the Owners, with the
weight at the cattle: James Roy. ll:}5
lbs Nathaniel Roy, 1862 VIM. j.
GIiilan. :}ctiJ James t,lltlian, :hi.-
VIM Roy. luj2 VIM. Roy, ;S55o: Joseph
Roy. BID: Cloud Harvey. 31n: +.
Fulford. $50: james GoodWillIc. 3Jll.
Waterford turned out TWO strings of
ten \ukr> each. The following age the
owners of the tirS, stlin. from this town.
noted tnr its good oxen: l.. :. Freeman.
G.. ". Young. Charles Ross, F. W. Hale.
Calvin Brown. ii. {. Dawson. &. W.
Fetch. e. l.. Davi>"n. f.. y. Parks. Cha>.
Il"ay.
!Sccond Sfring Is. :. Dow e. NoIr) W.
Is. Rrmick. Cyrus Hill. F. ID. William
son. &. &. Winston. O. :. Ladd. l.. :.
Freeman. g y"krl &. W. Young.
81 .JohnSb",y J. G.. EIorcA, An" NJ.
Peck. Alamsnn Aldrich, +. \ +. Fair
banks \ Co.. seven NohrS.
Fire loLcS +. T. Allen q !"krSl Il.
Wheaton Il l"kc) +. y +. Fairbanks
\ Co. e. lnkr>.)
Lym,ion Willard Randall Curtis
Stevens, y. II. Gilman, James Trctran.
g Nnkrs)
The exhibition of oxen WAS perhaps
fully up t" that of previous NraS. and
while they were upon the ground. were
the chi,t attraction.
TRAINED STEERS.
In this department VIM. Willis show
ed Il yoke each of three and tw" Yeas
4 Il.
wears uldS y. II. Gilman, two and thee
Years oldS A. i. Stark. tw" Years Odds
joel Roberts. II. &. DAWSON. +. W.
Hale. three Years oldS and f.. +. Allen.
NraIling>. The DrNnlr> of \. l.. Stark
and Peter Clemens were much adj
mred. ~ were the Wcll-matchrd pan
which weigh 1000.
CATTLE IN rENS.
There Was an excellent exhibition -
cattle i'll pens, including Il good variety
of the best blnndrd stock.
ALDERNENS.
The mcIc.I~c uf the number of rN
hihtorS of this breed of cattle. Is very
noticeable. There were Il dozen entries
including the choice herd of f.. y /
FAN banks \ Co.. Horace Brown \ son
Ira &. Smith. +. B. Wheeler. H. &
Kinney. VIM. f.. Peck, :. T.. Kent, }. :
EMERSON. j. II. Clement. Geo. K. Bar
ker, etc.
AlE>IIIEE>.
A. X. y G.. y. DrnN OF Grcru>horu
made the largest exhibit of ANI>hirr>
and VIM. McLarcu and the Mc>>i-
Fairbanks completed the list III thi
class.
SHORT HORNS.
L. G.. Fisher of Cabot, exhibited hi
famous herd nf Short Horns. which IN
cluded his three Years old Prince Il
Sraham, Highland Maid. with Il pc,li
gIec running back l3D Years, and he
ten months calf for which he ask
brought SI.IJO. and Mr. Fisher con
sidcrs this Years one much superior
The other exhibitions in this breed, Wcr
:. :. Stoddard. J. u. Morse. F. W. Hale
e. l.. Dawson. and John Sanh"rn.
DENoNs.
The beautiful and sleek DcNonS wcr
shown 10y j. \ +. Batchcl.Irr. who hl,
- head. Peter Clement. and The,
Drew.
GRADES.
The entries of grade stock were quit
numerous. including the stock of J. &
II"NcN, J. y. G"uld. VIM. Gillillan, +.
Higgins 4 Sons. I. Il. Wheeler. jaime
Harris \ Sons. ID. =. CoNemN. &. |
Stevens. II. e. Kinney, \. b. NoIri,
Horace Brown, IL. {. Dawson, l..
Dawson. |. Z. Chase. and Il pair of tv
Years old steers from l.. {. Fisher
which weigh 1900 lbs. and which too
the first prize at the state tair.
SHEEP.
The number of entries of sheep ":
small. owing to the very wet weathe
W. l.. SWEET and &. l.. Stevens Shove
grades f.. 4 +. Fairbanks and G.
Stevens. Cotswolds {. j. Trefran. job
Higgins Il Sons. South Downs. and
l.. Stevens. fine woods.
VEGETABLE AND MECHANICS HALL
The display of vegetables WAS choi,
but not large. Alex. Stuart exhibited
large variety, including sweet potato