Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-09-10
THE FAIR.


ance and made the list of entries smaller
than usual. Wednesday opened bright.
but storm of rain came on in the after
noon, which made travelling bad and
must have been extremely disagreeable
to those who went home by carriages
that evening.
We undertake to give something of
detailed report, but cannot do justice to
it in all cases, as it was impossible for
us to see all the animals and other things
on exhibition, and make such examina-
tions as enables US to report as intelli-
gently and fully as we would be glad to.
The show of horses was meagre, ex-
cept in stations and sucking colts. The
stations we're very good. Among those
that looked we'll and showed well on the
track, were the Worthley, the Tice, the
Kent, the Darling, the Eldridge and the
Hawkins horses. The Worthley horse
was able to out-foot the field, but he has
had considerable experience on the track.
Among the young stations, there were
several excellent ANIMALS; among these
we mention the colts owned by William
Cameron, J. F. Skinner, James Dunklee
Of Sutton, also very large two-year-old
colt, formerly owned by James Dow of
Glover, now owned by George Dunklee
of Sutton, and couple of Paragon colts,
owned by M. Worthley. The Matched
horses were scarce, aud those on exhibit
ton were not as we'll matched as they
might have been. There were a few
good pairs. The single carriage horses
were more plenty. d. McDougall, J. Q.
A.. Mcclellan and A. w. Wiley each
showed good animals. J. G. Elder had
little the spryest one on foot. Col
Eaton and John Leland had the best
horses entered as draft horses. There
were large number of very superior
suckiDg-colts the other colts we had not
time to examine. The trotting for the
county purses was quite lively. The
Worthley stallion was little too much
for his competitors. Black Diamond was
somewhat lame, and got beat this time.
There were three horses entered as four
year-olds, but one was ruled out. The
John Kelsey horse had the best of it.
The show of oxen was altogether toe
feeble for locality that usually abounds
in good oxen. There was only one town
team, and that from Barton. 1t was
composed of the following oxen: Cyrus
Eaton, Joseph Drew, A. Gray, G. B. LIE
land, N. @. Ufford, j. G. Hall, w. H
Martin, each one pair; c. G. Drown
three pairs. Not to mention several mer
itorious pairs. the best ones shown wert
by Joseph Drew and Col. Eaton. Tht
Drew cattle weighed something over for
ty hundred, and were as straight ant
handsome as are often seen. The Eatol
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Drew's, but are younger; they are hand
some. John L. Dodge exhibited a clean
well-matched pair of black oxen tina
would be hard to beat. The show o
steers was very small. Jesse Alden, N
G. Ufford and Ora Rowell did wha
, they could to bring up this part of tn
8 show. Ora Rowell had as trained ami
mails, one pair of calves. one pair q
8 yearlings and one pair of three-yeal
olds.
s There we're very few mich cows, ez
cept of thorough breeds. Col. Eaton ez
Q hibited his large grade Durham, D.
/ French his noted native, and Mrs. Gil
a mour q very pretty one. There wei
t good animals of different ages, but nor
t that appeared to be extraordinary.
n The various kinds of thorough-bre
!. cattle had their representatives. Fran
g Phillips of Glover, exhibited the mo-
? of the Durhams present. His bull is ;
fine an animal as can be found in tn
vicinity He had several heifers fro
the Cleveland stock. George Bickfol
Is made the only Dutch entry, and that
" bull. The Jersey breed predominant
it and was really excellent. 1t was lit
v strange, however, that the most prom
r. nent exhibitors of this stock were n
10 farmers, but doctors, among whom we
a Drs. ]. F. and R. B. Skinner, and G.
re- French. DR.. J. f. Skinner showed
G. fine cows, DR.. r. B. Skinner some bea
3. tiful heifers. DR.. French had four COW
be four yearling heifers, two calves and
of imported bull. The bull is supposed
ly be as good as they make on the Isle
". Jersey. G. B. Cass had a superior bu
IN as did j. G. Allen, Amos Cook, A.
re Lang. II. o. wh1tcher and f. Z. Colt
re exhibited good animals of this bret
Ill Mr.. Cotton had some very pretty heif'
ms from the Bronson herd of Hardwi,
Isl N. G. UffOrd had the only prize Devc
Tor on exhibition. They were the b
he cOlored and prettiest cattle to be SCI
rs, If Mr.. Ufford sticks to this stock tn
ID will be some good-colored, handsome
nt en- to be seen in this vicinity in a t
w, years from now. |. X. Drew showed {
ok heifers, nearly full blood Devons Il
ad are not excelled in this vicinity for 1